Business presentations are critical in conveying strategic visions, securing stakeholder buy-in, and driving decision-making. Improving the presentation development process results in increased productivity, cost savings, more effective communication, and better work-life balance.

This session will provide a new approach to developing business presentations more efficiently and effectively. It is intended for technical professionals and their work that involves analysis, statistics, modeling, complexity, and uncertainty.

The methodology focuses on effective communication practices, including working with audiences with language, visual, and hearing challenges. Tips will be provided on how to work more effectively with presentation development in multi-layered, bureaucratic environments.

Ready to get some of your productive time back? Are you ready for a better work-life balance? Are you ready to be recognized more for the good work you do?

The key learning objectives are:

1. Understand flaws in typical approaches to business presentation development.
2. Apply a better method for developing business presentations.
3. Understand some of your own shortfalls related to effective communication.
4. Improve your ability to overcome audience barriers such as language and physical impairments.
5. Apply tips for making complex and uncertain information more understandable.

About the Presenter

JD Solomon is the founder of JD Solomon, Inc., a company providing solutions for program development, asset management, and facilitation at the nexus of facilities, infrastructure, and the environment. He is the creator of the FINESSE fishbone diagram and the author of two books, Communicating to Decision Makers and Facilitating with FINESSE. JD is a recognized asset management, reliability engineering, and risk management expert.