What is a Presentation?

One of the most important take-aways from Tony Jeary's "Life is a Series of Presentations" is the idea that presenting is something you do all the time. Most people have the notion that they're only presenting if there's a large audience, a darkened room, and some PowerPoint slides. Don't think this way! It's only when you think of every conversation, phone message, email, and blog posting as a presentation that you really begin to communicate with the proper mindset. Every presentation has a goal and achieveing that goal should be the focus of that presentation. The goal could be simply to get the dry cleaner to understand that your pants need to be ready by Tuesday, but without understanding that you have a goal and focusing on it your communication gets confused. The bottom line is this: Live as if life truly is a series of presentations and by honing your skills on the little, everyday presentations you'll be ready for that once-in-a-lifetime presentation.