Clark_Chuck_Week 1 - Compare and Contrast Two Types of Presentation Styles

Bill Gates

If you did not know it was Bill Gates you would figure that this presenter is a beginner. He is relaxed, soft spoken, laid back, and comical. His body language tells me that he is board and is annoyed. If you are going to say that you are excited to be telling you about this then your body has to be excited too.When Bill is talking about goals his body language is making it hard to believe the goals will ever be obtained. Should control nervous ticks. With Bill Gates the word um comes up quite a bit in the speech and he stumbles over words sometimes repeating them. His voice is almost monotone and lacks emotion. The slides are full of information that is cluttered and don’t effectively communicate the message because they are on one slide. Failing a presentation means leaving your audience with little or no recollection of bullet points, and to change Bill Gates presentation around he would have to put as many bullet slides as he possibly can. Presenters must reach out and make an emotional connection with the audience.

Steve Jobs

Watching Steve Jobs give a presentation is inspiring. Steve does several things to communicate the message to the listener. He makes the presentation feel good and exciting. He uses a tag line. A headline that introduces what the presentation is about. He then gives a quick outline while going into the message. Steve makes it easy for the listener to follow along. His transitions are smooth and you know when Steve is done and ready to move on. He opens and closes each transition. Steve is excited and passionate. He wants to wow the audience by using exciting emotional words. He shows that he is having fun and likes to sell the experience. When Steve uses numbers he always makes them relevant. Steve’s slides are appealing and they drive the point home. The slides are not cluttered, but rather paint a picture. He uses maybe one or two visuals per slides and very limited words. He treats it like a show, using video clips or guests, drama to point to the one memorial moment. Then after concluding he adds something else to the presentation to give the feeling like the audience received a bonus.