MindComet Pearls...of Wisdom

I had an interesting lunch with Paul Lewis and Scott Allen last week and something that was said stuck in my mind all weekend. We were discussing strategy and success metrics for a client and Paul's mantra for project development came up.

While most of us open a Word doc to develop an idea, Paul opens Keynote (or PowerPoint for an equivalent). He always thinks of how his ideas will play out in a presentation. Great strategy, though I am not sure if I can abandon my Word outline quite yet. The concept is not new-- think of the end goal and figure out how to get there. However, thinking in terms of the "presentation wow factor" is often forgotten. This strategy can be implemented not only for clients, but employee programs as well. Try it out with your communication strategies and hopefully you can kick the Word doc habit quicker than I.