PowerPoint Storytelling: How McKinsey, Bain and BCG create compelling presentations

[@AnalystAcademy]

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[@jehanr]

Love how he goes INCEPTION at the end!! Structure to explain the structure.

[@timgerber5563]

Plus, from an instructional design point of view it also serves as a reinforcing summary. Genius!

[@alexandersumner2104]

😂💯

[@domm1341]

Good video presentation. I’m also reminded of the following mantra when speaking to an audience: 1. Tell them what you’re going to tell them. 2. Tell them. 2. Tell them what you’ve told them.

[@ians7929]

Never ever do this

[@DjIngenio]

In general, that's the structure of this video ;) @@ians7929

[@TheUrbanEpicure]

Yeah, that works for school projects, in college and maybe at a TED talk, but corporate, senior, intellectually strong audiences will be annoyed (best case) or offended (worst case) by your repetitions.

[@rouvenrouven5037]

Then you might haven't done it properly. It's nothing more than a universal structure of beginning, middle and ending. Bu't its also nothing less. Universal and useful for presentation, because it reminds you to make a clear introduction focussed on an aim and to have an end with a clear conclusion.. But you've also cat to add a catchy opener wich makes a clear transition to the key questions wich are focussed on the problems of your audience, provides a key message wich leads into your suggestion... and your conclusion about the whole presentation and your appeal. , key questions, messages and everything else... @@TheUrbanEpicure

[@musicislife-2859]

lol

[@labitx]

As someone who works on projects that have different stakeholders that needs slightly different updates and messaging to suit their objective in my projects, it's really great to see the structure being laid clear to me that I have 'realised' over years of mistakes. How I wished I have learnt this as a start.

[@judyl.7811]

0:10 not just formatting and design, but the story they tell. --> takeways, insights, narrative. 1:20 two important concepts: the SCQA framework: situation, complication, question, and answer. the pyramid principle. 2:20 complication: a change in situaiton (why presentation is needed) 3:15 OER: open resource education. 3:50 however, is the clue that complication is coming. 5:50 provide granular detail. 6:10 how you turn a question into building a slidedeck. this is soooo brilliant. 6:30 however, there are many factors influencing the final version deck, not to mention, executive summary, next steps, and appendix.

[@maepurple9796]

Amazing summary🎉

[@thebesttechnical3608]

here are two types of Excel videos: the ordinary ones and the extraordinary ones. Yours was the latter. Thanks a lot.

[@winargilang3243]

This is it. Finally I found the link between SCQA, Pyramid, and sliding story board. Thank you very much for creating this content

[@leonidas7692]

Absolutely. Been reading McK Mind and Way but after going through Pyramid I too looked for the link. This is it.

[@Esbbbb]

I thought I was good at making PowerPoint presentations, but dam I was wrong. Then I watched this video. Today, I had to present in 5 minutes a research project to some of our company managers. I had 5 mins?! I thought how the hell am I going to get this done... But I did this, sent the material as pre-reading and hoped for the best. Today I had the presentation, and I think I nailed it. I didn't go overtime and I covered all the major points although I had to take some huge shortcuts. I still left the text and points there since I had sent the material to them, so they are then able to later check it again. Thanks for this guide, I will surely utilize this more in the future!

[@AnalystAcademy]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[@terrytraylor874]

I normally don’t comment but this presentation was absolutely outstanding. Subscribing right now!!!

[@BuddyLuv]

I have very little presentation experience and have to pull one together for a big meeting. This video took me from feeling overwhelmed by not knowing what point to start from to feeling at ease and believing I can create a solid presentation. Thanks so much for making it easy and helping me get on track.

[@deweywsu]

Brilliant breakdown of something I've seen many times from consultants, but couldn't ever figure out how they could get to so well. Thank you!

[@AnalystAcademy]

Thank you!!

[@rioafriyanto5208]

Love how he "trapped" us in this video under his SCQA genjutsu. I listen to this video again to ensure my just-completed slide deck meets with the SCQA and pyramid principle. Now i need to practice delivering the presentation with good narrative flow.

[@arieheinrich3457]

Its interesting that i have never heard or read about SCQA as a concept but over the years its exactly how i create my own presentation. Naturally some of it is from reading and seeing other presentations and some as a logical way of making the ideas more understood by others.

[@mastervibz9858]

I think you nailed it. The best way to have demonstrated the concepts was to show how you used it even in this presentation. Thanks for sharing this knowledge

[@deepakthakur9536]

Not sure why you dont have large no of Views Paul . Your content and narrative are the best .

[@snipersgetmorehead11]

Hard work & Great content pay off!! Congrats on 1M views

[@steph_ak]

Would be great if you did a video on the Executive Summary and Next Steps/Recommendation Slide? Basically, how to start and finish your deck strong especially if you will use it as a backdrop in a live presentation. Thank you for content so far, I learnt a lot/formalised what I been doing subconsciously 🤗

[@phillipwilliams484]

SCQA, my first introduction to this concept. Using this in the Ph.D. program!

[@pksteffen]

Nicely done. Structure is key to efficiency and clarity and this is a clear explanation for one approach. To get to the next level you need a visual strategy that creates synergy between pictures and words even for a simplified narrative approach like this one.

[@Omi.iftikhar]

This is probably my first ever comment on a YT vid but man your work is AWESOME!!! Not only does it provide specific insights into what i am looking for, but it does it in a way that is super compelling and to the point. LOVE LOVE your work mate. Keep it up.

[@AnalystAcademy]

Wow what a comment! Thank you!!

[@ranganathan223]

The Inception referred from the End to the Intro was Smooth and Phenomenally put together. The Answer: 1. SCQA Framework 2. Pyramid Principle 💯

[@sveabryan9126]

I have no idea why this would pop up in my recommended clips, but I’m glad it did. Just subscribed.

[@loidadumaguin3457]

The video is clear, easy-to-follow, and actionable.

[@PBR060661]

A good video. I learned both the main concepts over 25 years ago when I read Barbara Minto’s book “The Pyramid Principle”. I still refer to it if I’m struggling to structure a presentation, paper, letter, proposal.

[@AnalystAcademy]

Such a fantastic book!

[@thesuit4820]

Another point on SCQA: the SCQ/intro slides content has almost certainly been pre-agreed, at least implicitly. It's a defensive structure in a commercial setting, in effect making sure the the vendor's material defines the scope and sets the terms by which it should be judged.

[@thesavvyartist]

It is essentially a client's brief.

[@udaykulkarni7131]

Truly interesting video, straight to the point, no frills, excellent, wanted to check if i can use this video in my workshops naming you as the creator

[@vibradphone]

Exemplary: concise, clear, effective & inspiring. I will try to tweak my current approach to incorporate these structures! Thanks for sharing!

[@jerry-suhrstedt]

Oh yes, just what the doctor ordered. Thank you for this. Every PP presentation going forward I'll be using this framework. Your vid was clear and concise. Thank you!!

[@victorbond73]

I am slowly getting into strategy consulting, and your content is reeeeaaaaly helpful!!! Thank you for that!

[@johnraffensperger]

I agree with your points about structure, but I would never put that many words on a slide

[@Meelee424]

Thank you for helping me with an actionable slide set up for my upcoming PowerPoint presentation interview

[@lumoborteidoku]

Your video was indeed clear on message, easy to follow, and insightful, I'm running away with two new concepts... Thank you for sharing.

[@AnalystAcademy]

Wonderful!

[@TheUrbanEpicure]

I would say the SC part of SCQA was incorrectly used for the specific case study, as the examples for C and Q are almost identical (2:32). *Situation* would be: Disney's park division is performing well, but wants to grow revenues *Complication* would be: Limited potential for revenue growth or efficiency maximisations within current parks portfolio

[@tigertigerp8371]

Hi Paul, thank you for this nice video. Very useful. A input from my end to yourself. The pyramid principle is also build up around the principle of Observations (at the bottom), Conclusion (second bottom) and Recommendations/Ideas (at top). Also I would argue that in the storyline you will put the SCQ first then the main idea and then the Supporting details "Conclusions". You can keep the Observations in appendix as supporting slide. Leaders are usually interested in conclusions and might ask to the details of the Conclusion, but not necessary interested in hearing them completely

[@edwin6412]

Thanks Paul , I just shared the link with my daughter who's now a Biz analyst from Henley Business School. M sure this will be useful for her.

[@silvercloud5087]

Thanks for sharing this. Solves a lot of presentation dilemma

[@MasterofScience-d7o]

Love the phase is fast and hold the flow of information

[@allenabishek1478]

wow, what a captivating interesting presentation! you definitely know how to make boring ppts interesting using scqa framework and pyramid principle.

[@somosagricultura]

The framework SCQA sounds great for me, so, I'm going to implement in my presentations. Thanks for sharing.

[@st.toussaint4632]

This was really good and thanks for the inception moment. It all came full circle.

[@moseskim3942]

This video and channel is AWESOME. Thank you!

[@antoniorusso1603]

Dear Paul.. Congrats.. the SCQA looks very similar to the STAR matrix used in the job interviews…right?

[@annemaxwell9975]

So simple and supremely well taught.

[@mohemmedansari8664]

Loved your tips and suggestions. Though big sentences as header is the chosen style for consulting firms, it is not so in the corporates. How do we meet/balance the corporate's internal needs

[@oscarmonroy6337]

Thank You ! Wish us look in MBA presentations this year !

[@DrawifyCreates]

Fascinating insights! Thanks for shedding light on this crucial skill! 💯

[@rajdam99]

This is a classic example of byte size learning done well. Very good video!

[@AnalystAcademy]

Many thanks!

[@jhanvee007]

Beautiful video! Thank you for your value addition.

[@erikthegrey]

Great content and structure to learnings. Thank you for this channel!

[@jeromesri8627]

Thank you so much for sharing. I find this very useful to clearly present ideas at work

[@sumitguha1667]

Wow - I just love the way you made everything do easy

[@guigopinto]

It's make very sense for me. I'll test this format in my next meeting. Thank you for share with us

[@rendibramantoro9364]

Love this video! thanks for share SCQA and pyramid concept with simple ways👍

[@chiragpradhan]

Thank you, Paul. This was insightful and easy to understand.

[@ChatGPTofficialbot]

Simple but perfect analysis model. Do you have certification programmes ?

[@lizandvk]

Thanks so much! The content was easily actioned and helped me to understand the structure underlying my presentation!

[@joyluo6394]

Easy and clear! It reminds me of the book: Understand by Design 🙌🙌🙌👍👍👍💯💯💯

[@ErwinPfuhler]

Thank you so much, this inspired me to beef up my next presentation!

[@starryeye3482]

Wow this was really worth watching and super helpful! Thank you! This video popped up on my feed after I watched Jeff Su's video referencing this video and the SCQA framework and it got me interested. Can you use SCQA to convince an HR team they should use the new HR system implemented in an organization? Thanks again!

[@AnalystAcademy]

Of course!

[@bnd548]

First, absolutely love the frameworks, and will be applying them. Beautiful in it's simplicity! However, the first slide that was shown here was already dense with text in full sentence form. What part does the speaker have left to play? Great for a reference document but, as with so many slide decks, it goes against all best practice principles of effective slide/graphic design and therefore doesn't account for the way an audience digests content (through the senses) and retains information (engaging and memorable content) beyond having a strong narrative flow. Would love to know if this is typical of consulting firm presentations.

[@rabinrai5203]

I like that you applied what you were preaching on this video

[@kponly]

This was great. Easy to see how it can help me.

[@razambuja]

Great and clear presentation. I intend to follow your advices.

[@AknEvns]

Great video! Thanks for these valuable insights.

[@kaizenenterprise1397]

Thank you for insightful content!! Keep going on a good work.

[@yamiyugi8987]

How do you make a memorable conclusion? I am in a business communication presentation course in College and we were recommended the Minto method to use and from Paul in this video I learned the SCQA framework for a great introduction. I am lost in the conclusion, can someone please give me further insights?

[@aanubhavgupta]

Insightful and very practical !

[@frank6848]

Simple, easy to understand and I believe it works

[@nixmamd]

Great video summarizing the key principles! One important advantage of applying the pyramid principle is that you are quite flexible when working with your deck. From my experience people will just accept most of the things you present them and will believe them. No need to go to the lowest level there. But there will be a couple of topics where they want the deep dive and might challenge your takeaways. The pyramid principle helps to have slides prepared for the high level brush over it situations and the detailed discussion over one key point that your audience sees as most critical.

[@michaelcarman1936]

Any tips on how this framework could be applied to pitch presentations for exclusivity on a business partnership?

[@Davidkiania]

This is really well done and enjoyed it very much.

[@mauriciobori]

Love the Disney example it was eye opening how you transition from tree to ppt slides ❤

[@prasancma]

Do you have any live examples of finance presentations? Like story telling about variance analysis of actuals vs budgets, waterfall, org structure etc

[@AnalystAcademy]

Check out SlideStart.com

[@guilhermemonteiro3072]

Paul amazing video !! I recommend to all my friends

[@SlideFormation]

Very insightful points. I use the pyramid structure a bit differently, but I like your framework very much. Great video!

[@tommyharris2143]

Well done! I am sharing with my entire team.

[@AnalystAcademy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@anyanov]

Excellent video. Learned so much about how to make presentations

[@osheanlee]

This is so awesome! Thanks for this :)

[@tunbakyu]

Does this framework works with any kind of presentation? Example like in academic?

[@surakshakatiyar8535]

Thank you very much 😊 Very very helpful and easily understandable content.

[@GokiRushi]

Thank you! Very helpful topic. Charts and graphs are common these days in presentations. could you share pointers on effective persuasive communication using graphs? For example how to effectively explain insights of a performance statistics graph.

[@pacificmavani6786]

Thank you very much for sharing knowledge.

[@maycolbenavides9461]

think and know and/or others: debes darles contexto para que lleguen a entender que tu preguntas implícita es resulta por tu sentencia (objetivo) de tu presentación. Debes responder la pregunta y, debes hacerla expandiendo. Da la respuesta y explica el porqué, haz que crezca.Dale mayor apoyo. Sirve en general, para dar contexto, dar respuesta, dar detalles/soportes.

[@cinthiacicilio]

Great content and I loved the example suggesting a Disney park in Rio

[@guillaumeledique3401]

The I fully understand the concept, I have my reservations as to the purpose of the presentation as it "reads like a manual" One can give all parties present at a meeting this manual, yet the PPT should be used as additive slides to the manual--the "context of work" slide is a perfect example of Death By Powerpoint

[@christosDimitrokallis]

thank you so much for helping me out in this situation

[@sangha8692]

love it, any other structure, please ? or just SCQA and Pyramid

[@emilioconde3463]

How would you do it for a research? Like I don’t have an explicit question it’s just findings about a topic I researched

[@blessing168]

Thank you for your sharing. The contents are inspiring and you present it clearly. Definitely want to try it out in my next presentation.

[@datawithdami]

Thanks for this very easy to understand lesson.

[@abdulsami5843]

is the SCQA framework only for the introduction or is that also a way of working at a macro level like the pyramid principle ? I am actually confused on incorporating both at the same time

[@AnalystAcademy]

A bit of both. You could think of the SCQ parts being for the introduction, and the A (answer) being for the rest of the deck and also representing the top box of the pyramid.

[@jedidahwandiba3505]

Thank you.Youake my school work easier

[@theinspiringleader]

This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing

[@erp_consultancy]

Excellent presentation. I am subscribing to this channel

[@AnalystAcademy]

Welcome! More videos to come...

[@ProfessorFavoretto]

Fantastic!!!! Easy to understand and apply!!! Thank you very much!!!

[@AndreZweerus-p9i]

Awesome video and actually putting it into practice! Thank you for this valuable content. :)

[@AnalystAcademy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@peterberesford6250]

@analystacademy May I ask: which software do you use to create this video? For text overlays and editing, etc

[@RonBarrett1954]

Hi Paul, quick question: Where do you see a slide deck fitting into a deliverable to a client? For example, is a deck of 27 slides the summary of a 250-page report?

[@thepositivepoint]

Thank you. Very well done and explained.

[@ojbfalon1749]

Perfection ❤. Thank you

[@arunkarthikr4375]

Quite good, quality content. Thanks!

[@KageManTV]

Absolutely loved this thank you.