http://blogs.msdn.com/atwork/archive/tags/presentations/default.aspxTags: presentationsen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/atwork/archive/2009/02/24/bill-g-delivers-a-buzzing-presentation.aspxTue, 24 Feb 2009 13:00:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9442414GillLeFevre0http://blogs.msdn.com/atwork/comments/9442414.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/atwork/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9442414<p>Following on from Phil’s post on presentations, I was interested to read this <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2009/sb20090213_774006.htm">recent review of Bill Gate’s presentation at the TED conference</a>.</p> <p>It’s got some great pointers on making presentations memorable (keeping your ideas – and slides -- simple is top of the list) – but you don’t get much more memorable than releasing mosquitoes into the audience…</p> <p>“Malaria, of course, is transmitted by mosquitoes. I brought some here so you can experience this. I'll let these roam around the auditorium. There's no reason why only poor people should have the experience!”</p> <p>You can <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html">watch the presentation on the TED website</a>, and the mosquito moment is around 5:05.</p> <p>Watch from 4:15 to see another top tip (use of humour) in action, where Bill compares malaria funding to research into baldness…</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9442414" width="1" height="1">presentations