Presentation Pioneer Gifts

"And this dance represents our latest volunteer recruitment drive..." "I never thought I'd miss Powerpoint."

"Are you sure you want to present your ideas in the form of an airplane?"

Sales Campaign - Ok, Fender - sell me!

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

Can't Do the Math/Won't Do the Math.

"Now that I have everyone's attention..."

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

"I'm razzled, but not dazzled."

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

"A dozen eggs and a pint of semi-skimmed...Sorry, looks like I left my presentation in my other coat."

"Fantastic presentation! All of the investors loved it."

"Three weeks until the pitch, LOADS of time!"

Blue sky thinking

The number one injury in today's workplace: severe bends caused by repeated exposure to deep-dive presentations.

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

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

"It's confusing when everybody has a pointer."

"One of the most compelling graphic presentations I've ever seen!"

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

'Maybe the reason we don't have those 'off the chart' sales anymore is because our charts are too big.'

'On the plus side we've saved money by getting all the numbers on one graph.'

'I see you're still trying to get the staff enthused over the weekly meetings.' (Meeting offers free coffee, free snacks, eye-popping charts, exciting videos and free idea pads).

"For cryin' out loud, Frank, we don't have all day! Cut to the cheese!"

'I won't lower myself to the level of my opponent.'

"As you can see, our corporate structure is turtles all the way down."

Bottom line, is that the sweet smell of success or your aftershave?

They loved the presentation on competing in the marketplace.

Presentation skills.

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

"Enough about the forest, why don't you show us more trees?"

'Duly noted. Now, shall we move on or does anyone else feel the need to have a conniption?'