Presentation Magician Gifts

"Now this chart should clear up any confusion you have with the report."

The night before the big meeting Frank receives a visit from the PowerPoint Fairy

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

'How fast can you hype?'

Uncle demonstrating chemical experiments to children

Domestic Goddess.

Team Leader

'These are the end of year figures recollected in tranquility.'

Businessman with in and out boxes marked: 'Hocus' and 'Pocus'

'Pass it to Dewey! He's got himself into some kind of rhythm!!'

"JB wears many hats. He just can't delegate"

Smoke and mirrors.

'Herb will provide one of his concise interpretations of the quarterly sales charts.'

"You haven't been laid off because you're the designated scapegoat."

'This wasn't what I meant by viral marketing...but if you can get it to work.'

Change Management: Change can be ruf.

'Mr. Hickey really knows how to keep our stockholders meetings short and sweet!'

Inkwell Genie.

'I think I'm decisive. Can I get back to you on that?'

'Well done! This works much better.'

'When you do the article, is there any way that you can squeeze the factory into the picture?'

'Occupation? You name it, that's ME.'

'In keeping with the team approach, we've traded you for two middle managers to be named later.'

'I love it when you cook - it lets me practice faking it.'

"No, it hasn't anything to do with my presentation. But wait until you see how I hold everyone's attention with it sitting next to me at the podium."

The marketing is out there now. People all know the pizzas are prepared on the premises. So why no customers?

'I can't wait for Power Point.'

"I've got a great idea! By adding the words "and associates" to my business name, no one will every suspect I'm really just one person with a phone and a web site working out of my bedroom!"

Graduation day at Telekinesis School.

"And when conventional theories don't work, we've got Charnier here to do us a spot of voodoo marketing."

"We can succeed if our target audience is not made up of rational human beings."

"Recent research has yielded some frightening results...It turns out we are a business team held forever on a presentation chart, locked away in a supply closet."

'I'm feeling a sense of conclusion here, so let's draw things to a close.'

'First the good news.'