What makes a presentation great ?
jacquesm: I don't think Steve Jobs is that great a presenter, Ballmer is (much) worse though.A good presentation and a good presenter are two different things. A good presenter can give a presentation about essentially boring material and make it live, be memorable. A bad presenter can turn a great presentation in to an ordeal.I've linked here once to a youtube video of Joe Ades, have a look at it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUct4NlxE0&feature=relat...The subject is 'potato peelers', from a street vendor no less.That man has more feeling for presentation in his little finger than any amount of high flying consultants that lecture on the subject.Watch the crowd he draws and how well he interacts with the people.Of course he's had years to hone his 'patter', but still, I can't imagine watching someone trying to sell a car, much less a potato peeler, and presenting is essentially a sales job.He manages to turn the mundane in to something interesting and engaging.