Learn how to create and deliver compelling business presentations with Tim Calkins, an award-winning marketing professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and author of the recently published book, "How to Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation." Over the course of nine episodes, Tim explains how to create a compelling story and deliver it with confidence, based on his years of research and experience. Tim's other books include "Defending Your Brand" and ...
…
continue reading
Audience questions give presenters a prime way to showcase their expertise, but can have the opposite effect, says Tim Calkins, a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and author of the book How to Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation. In this final episode of the series, Tim shares tips for anticipatin…
…
continue reading
Harnessing that nervous feeling you get before a presentation can actually help you land your message, says Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management professor Tim Calkins, author of How To Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation. In this episode, Tim explains how presenters can turn their nerves into energy and find confiden…
…
continue reading
Where in your presenting room should you try to position the key decision-maker? What’s a common but costly mistake presenters make when setting up their computers? In this episode, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management professor Tim Calkins explores seldom discussed but often noticed conventions of presenting that significantly im…
…
continue reading
You've built your slides. You've checked your storyline. But that doesn't mean you're ready for the big meeting. As award-winning Kellogg School of Management marketing professor Tim Calkins describes in this episode, it means you're ready to start "preselling" your presentation. Listen to Tim break down the science of soliciting feedback ahead of …
…
continue reading

1
Ep. 5: Using compelling data to tell stories
20:30
20:30
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:30The data you choose to include in a presentation can make or break that presentation's success, says Tim Calkins, award-winning marketing professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and author of the recently published book, "How To Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation." In this episode, Tim explains why some …
…
continue reading
Once you've mapped out the story you want a presentation to tell, how do you turn that narrative into clear and compelling slides? Award-winning marketing professor Tim Calkins of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and author of the recently published book "How To Wash A Chicken: Mastering The Business Presentation", talks thro…
…
continue reading
Many presenters unknowingly skip the most important step when planning out what they’re going to say, argues Tim Calkins, an award-winning marketing professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. In this episode, Tim shares frameworks presenters can use for finding and building the core story they want to tell, before making the first sl…
…
continue reading
Sometimes the best presentation decision is choosing not to present. Tim Calkins, an award-winning marketing professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and author of the recently published book, "How to Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation", unpacks how to think through the audience and business objective of …
…
continue reading
Award-winning marketing professor Tim Calkins of Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management discusses why well-structured, well-delivered presentations can make or break business careers, why he chose to focus his new book on business presenting, and how washing a chicken helped him learn the art and science of building a compelling story. Intervi…
…
continue reading