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The secret formula of McKinsey slide deck: The art and science of building persuasive business presentations

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.6

- Learn how to build a presentation like a management consultant from scratch
- Explore the basic blocks of a McKinsey-styled presentation
- Understanding storyboarding for business

What you'll learn

Learn how to build a presentation like a management consultant from scratch
Explore the basic blocks of a McKinsey-styled presentation
Understanding storyboarding for business
Writing powerful key messages
Using dot-dash storyline and pyramid principle to craft a compelling storyline
Working with tables
words
and graphics
Using simple and complex charts to visualize insights
Apply plan-do-check-act cycle to create a management consulting presentation yourself
Managing presentation nerves
Setting up your room for presentation
Master the system that covers almost everything you need to create compelling
memorable
and persuasive business presentations
Tips for handling a Q&A section
Understand essential body language techniques of public speaking
Learn how to write cover page
agenda
and executive summary like a management consultant
Learn the complete consulting presentation list to give an outstanding business presentation
Understand how to prioritize findings from many analyses
Tips for finding the right data quickly

* Requirements

* This course has no pre-requisites. It's designed for anyone who wants to get better creating compelling
* memorable
* and persuasive business presentations
* In this course
* we’ll be working with decks
* so it’d be great that you have some hands-on experience in using presentation applications like PowerPoint or Apple keynote
* There are no mandatory prerequisites for this course
* you can dive right in

Description

  • Learn how to build a presentation like a management consultant from scratch
  • Explore the basic blocks of a McKinsey-styled presentation
  • Understanding storyboarding for business
  • Writing powerful key messages
  • Using dot-dash storyline and pyramid principle to craft a compelling storyline
  • Working with tables, words, and graphics
  • Using simple and complex charts to visualize insights
  • Apply plan-do-check-act cycle to create a management consulting presentation yourself
  • Managing presentation nerves
  • Setting up your room for presentation
  • Master the system that covers almost everything you need to create compelling, memorable, and persuasive business presentations
  • Tips for handling a Q&A section
  • Understand essential body language techniques of public speaking
  • Learn how to write cover page, agenda, and executive summary like a management consultant
  • Learn the complete consulting presentation list to give an outstanding business presentation
  • Understand how to prioritize findings from many analyses
  • Tips for finding the right data quickly

Course content

6 sections • 122 lectures

Welcome 7 lectures

Introduction Preview 01:47

What you should know before watching this course Preview 00:51

Why do consultants use PPT so much Preview 02:15

Using exercises Preview 00:45

Preparation: learning principles Preview 01:15

Explore presentation apps Preview 01:18

Download the presentations from McKinsey, BCG and Accenture Preview 01:02

Plan 16 lectures

What is management consulting Preview 01:38

What’s consulting project Preview 04:40

Understand PDCA (Plan Do Check Act) Preview 01:51

Identify main building blocks Preview 01:58

The basic building blocks Preview 00:05

Headline Preview 02:44

Keep vertical and horizontal logic MECE Preview 03:39

Storyboard Preview 04:20

The basic storyline in business contexts Preview 00:04

Build dot dash version of storyline Preview 01:31

Write first, format later Preview 00:32

The Pyramid Principle: logic in writing and thinking Preview 07:59

Bonus: The thought process in McKinsey reports and presentations Preview 00:57

Analyze your audience’s knowledge level Preview 03:22

Audience checklist Preview 00:34

Free gift worth $199 Preview 00:10

Do 65 lectures

Combine the best of written and oral presentation skills Preview 02:52

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and the plain English test Preview 00:24

Cover page Preview 03:24

Agenda Preview 04:22

Agenda checklist Preview 00:00

Executive summary Preview 01:27

Communicate the main message in < 2 lines Preview 04:08

Use down-to-earth language Preview 00:21

Remember why you are paid to be there Preview 01:23

Checklist to display information effectively Preview 00:12

Headline checklist Preview 02:31

Headline checklist Preview 00:23

Maintain the logic flow Preview 05:24

Using active phrasing examples Preview 00:19

Use ellipse to support the flow Preview 02:04

Produce the most important data to support headlines Preview 01:32

Body is a more detailed explanation of the headline Preview 02:58

Avoid lengthy and dense bullets of text Preview 02:43

Using columns Preview 01:55

Layout design Preview 00:00

Graphs tend to be poorly presented Preview 02:22

Why management consultants love data Preview 01:15

Data visualization apps for management consultants Preview 01:14

How to choose among words, tables, graphics Preview 01:05

Graphics or exhibits Preview 02:46

Main types of charts Preview 02:28

Other types of charts Preview 05:07

Key graph elements Preview 04:17

Each chart form is best equipped to illustrate one of five comparisons Preview 01:31

5 basic kinds of comparisons Preview 00:03

Component comparison Preview 05:57

Item comparison Preview 03:50

Time series comparison Preview 07:29

Frequency distribution comparison Preview 02:08

Correlation comparison Preview 03:16

Typical amount in a consulting presentation Preview 00:05

Secondary y axis Preview 02:49

3D chart Preview 02:26

Review chart checklist Preview 03:38

Chart checklist Preview 00:24

Diagram Preview 01:48

Bonus: Editable PowerPoint diagrams Preview 00:34

Tables Preview 06:30

Table checklist Preview 00:00

Table vs. Chart Preview 02:01

Words Preview 01:01

Find the right data quickly Preview 03:24

Kicker Preview 01:16

Kick checklist Preview 00:06

Version management Preview 03:51

Prioritize findings from many analyses Preview 04:17

Appendix Preview 01:11

Legal disclaimer Preview 02:28

Theme Preview 01:40

Color Preview 02:25

Design principles Preview 00:00

Font Preview 04:28

Font size Preview 00:00

Image Preview 03:04

Video Preview 01:07

Background Preview 02:21

Animation Preview 01:04

Pace information flow Preview 01:53

Present the data in tables and charts

In this assignment, I will give you some examples, and you need to present the same data in both table and chart formats.

Slide chooser Preview 00:11

Check 10 lectures

In summary, when faced with a deadline, remember the following guiding principle Preview 01:02

Presentation checklist Preview 01:02

Use these questions to review your slides Preview 00:28

How to choose meeting room Preview 00:47

Minimum legible font size Preview 00:03

Set up your room for presentation Preview 03:02

Location checklist Preview 00:48

Practice Preview 01:58

Pre-meeting Preview 02:18

More management consulting presentations that are publicly available Preview 01:04

Act 22 lectures

Quickly establish a link with your audience Preview 01:29

Build credibility Preview 01:40

Avoid hedgers Preview 00:35

Attitude Preview 02:04

Eye contact and body language Preview 02:52

Three techniques to improve body language Preview 01:17

Voice control and how to improve yours Preview 03:16

Don't read your slides Preview 02:23

How to talk without notes Preview 03:57

Taking notes Preview 01:16

Call participants by name Preview 00:41

Using a microphone Preview 02:11

Managing space Preview 02:54

Apply 10-minute rule Preview 00:44

Humor Preview 00:39

Handle disruption Preview 02:19

How to dress for a client meeting Preview 02:15

Wrap up Preview 03:30

Meeting minutes Preview 01:28

Meeting minutes template Preview 00:35

Q&A Preview 03:12

Debrief your presentation Preview 02:19

Conclusion 2 lectures

Next steps Preview 01:40

Course keynotes Preview 00:35