1. Creativity - using a new approach, medium, technology, trend.
2. Knowledge - the idea would not have been possible without the knowledge of atleast 3 things - how does google adwords work, people like to google themselves and what would make them hire him.
3. Self/ Follow up - it would have been easy to get noticed, but to win interviews based on your profile, that is awesome. to crack those interviews, brilliant!
I have written extensively how you have to forget recruiters. 50% of all job hires are now through networking. Recruitment is also getting to be a dirty business.
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Tell the participants/ attendees that how and where they can access the presentation. This makes sure they listen to you and not spend time trying to take all the necessary figures from the presentation.
Do not read from the screen. Talk. Tell them the story you came to tell. The screen is supposed to support your story not drive it.
Introduce the next slide before you bring it up on the screen. Say something like 'and in the next slide we will see why this is imperative' then click the next button.
Use a remote clicker if possible. getting glued to the laptop may not really be the best. You getting rooted in one place makes the presentation drab. move around, following you around activates the brain.
Do not cross the projector (the space between the projector and the screen)
If possible try and manage your own presentation. getting someone else to click slides forward can be very trying. there are bound to be mistakes and that just breaks the flow of the presentation.
Look people in the eye. make eye contact.
Look at everybody. some presenters find a freindly face in the audience and stick to it. dont. make eyecontact with everyone.
Nod.
Dont take questions until unless you have programmed time for it. If anyone asks a question, tell them you will take all questions at the end of the presentation. Park all such questions to a question board/ white board etc.
As always, I am here for you. If you have a presentation you would want me to look over to help you decide if it is effective or can be improved, let me know. Cheers!