Everybody has to communicate every day.  Whether it be one-on-one, with small groups, or to large audiences, we all have a story to tell to an audience that needs to hear, understand, and often act on what we’re communicating.  During this quick 35 minute session, we’ll take an interactive approach to look at the highlights of designing and delivering world class presentations.  Knowing your audience, yourself, and your message are key to success in any presentation.  We’ll look at how to connect with your audience, how to craft a good story, and how to design effective visuals.  If you have to deliver sales presentations to potential customers, status reports to executives or internal project teams, pitches to angel investors & VCs, or frankly any presentations at all, this session is for you.

Tom Crawford is the Owner and Principal of VizNetwork, providing education and hands-on experiences for leaders who need to solve problems and communicate more effectively.  Before starting the current business, he was CEO of VizThink, an organization dedicated to the creation of a sustainable, global community of people who use any form of the visual arts for learning and communication. 

He spent 6 years at Root Learning starting the e-Learning team.  Root’s strong use of art and metaphor introduced him to the power of visualization for learning and communication.  Through extensive experimentation and testing with customers such as Blockbuster, Pepsi, and Bank of America, he developed extensive theories on interactivity, engagement, and visualization.  In the past several years, Tom has run workshops on learning, simulations, visualization, and communication all over the world for thousands of people.  He is a well-respected and often requested speaker for organizations of all shapes and sizes.  He is also about to release an all-visual cookbook for the
iPad called VizChef.