Thank you for a wonderful afternoon and a packed house! It was such fun to interact with you, and to hear your stories, your perspectives, and to see such active participation!! As promised, below are some key points from the presentation, in case they are helpful to you. Also, I wanted to address a very good question that came up during a one-on-one interaction I had during the breakout sessions.

Call me crazy. Call me naïve. But this I believe: no one should have to sit and listen to someone speak for more than 20 minutes (Thank you, TED, for agreeing).   Whenever I see a panel or a keynote scheduled for that magical 50 minute timeslot, I heave a sigh of disappointment.  It makes me feel sad for the presenters, and seems like yet another collective waste of everyone’s time.

Few things make us question our career choices like a really painful PowerPoint presentation.  You know the feeling: at first you attempt earnestly to pay attention.  Then you start to drift off.  Snapping back to reality, you begin to get angry that you’re being forced to endure this experience. 

A recurring theme for me over the past several months has to do with internal communications. Specifically, I've been asked by companies of all shapes and sizes spanning various industries, "how should we approach our internal presentations?"