Management Consulting Presentation Essential Training
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**Updated for 2023!**
In today’s job market, you are only as good as your presentation skills. As the competition for high-level consulting and management positions becomes increasingly cutthroat, you need a powerful way to make your message stand out from the rest.
My name is John Burress and I’m excited to introduce you to the McKinsey presentation system. During my time as a corporate strategist, I’ve used McKinsey presentations to significantly grow many leading businesses using the same techniques you’ll learn under my instruction.
Recent studies reveal that over 80% of clients intuitively prefer presentations that use the McKinsey system due to its unique mechanics and ease of understanding.
My multi-faceted intensive course will guide you through the intricacies of management consulting presentations and cover a wide range of topics so you can begin utilizing the system for your own clients. You will graduate with a deeper understanding of the principles and best practices needed to compete in today’s job market.
Topics include:
· Exploring the basic blocks of a McKinsey-styled presentation
· Learning storytelling for business
· Writing powerful key messages
· Building smarter storyline
· What’s a storyboard and why do you need one
· Using dot-dash storyline and pyramid principle to craft a compelling storyline
· How to build a presentation like a management consultant from scratch
· Working with tables, words, and graphics
· Understanding simple and complex charts
· Managing presentation nerves
· Setting up your room for presentation
· Tips for handling a Q&A section
· Essential body language techniques of public speaking
Forbes reports that 70% of successful Americans report that presentation skills were critical to the development of their careers. Are you certain your skills are up to par?
If you’re ready to move into the upper echelon of effective communication and presentation success, sign up today. I look forward to meeting you soon.
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8What is management consulting
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9What’s consulting project
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10Understand PDCA (Plan Do Check Act)
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11Identify main building blocks
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12The basic building blocks
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13Headline
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14Keep vertical and horizontal logic MECE
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15Storyboard
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16The basic storyline in business contexts
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17Build dot dash version of storyline
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18Write first, format later
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19The Pyramid Principle: logic in writing and thinking
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20Bonus: The thought process in McKinsey reports and presentations
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21Analyze your audience’s knowledge level
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22Audience checklist
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23Free gift worth $199
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24Combine the best of written and oral presentation skills
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25Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and the plain English test
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26Cover page
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27Agenda
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28Agenda checklist
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29Executive summary
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30Communicate the main message in < 2 lines
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31Use down-to-earth language
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32Remember why you are paid to be there
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33Checklist to display information effectively
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34Headline checklist
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35Headline checklist
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36Maintain the logic flow
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37Using active phrasing examples
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38Use ellipsis to support the flow
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39Produce the most important data to support headlines
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40Body is a more detailed explanation of the headline
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41Avoid lengthy and dense bullets of text
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42Using columns
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43Layout design
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44Graphs tend to be poorly presented
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45Why management consultants love data
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46Data visualization apps for management consultants
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47How to choose among words, tables, graphics
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48Graphics or exhibits
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49Main types of charts
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50Other types of charts
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51Key graph elements
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52Each chart form is best equipped to illustrate one of five comparisons
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535 basic kinds of comparisons
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54Component comparison
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55Item comparison
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56Time series comparison
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57Frequency distribution comparison
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58Correlation comparison
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59Typical amount in a consulting presentation
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60Secondary y axis
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613D chart
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62Review chart checklist
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63Chart checklist
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64Diagram
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65Bonus: Editable PowerPoint diagrams
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66Tables
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67Table checklist
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68Table vs. Chart
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69Bonus: IBCS STANDARDS for free (Worth $49)
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70Words
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71Find the right data quickly
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72Kicker
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73Kick checklist
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74Version management
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75Prioritize findings from many analyses
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76Appendix
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77Legal disclaimer
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78Theme
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79Color
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80Design principles
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81Font
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82Font size
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83Image
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84Video
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85Background
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86Animation
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87Pace information flow
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88Present the data in tables and charts
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89Slide chooser