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

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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🎉

[@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!

[@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.

[@ranganathan223]

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

[@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.

[@terrytraylor874]

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

[@phillipwilliams484]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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 🤗

[@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!

[@Meelee424]

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

[@MasterofScience-d7o]

Love the phase is fast and hold the flow of information

[@johnraffensperger]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@vibradphone]

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

[@silvercloud5087]

Thanks for sharing this. Solves a lot of presentation dilemma

[@rabinrai5203]

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

[@guigopinto]

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

[@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.

[@st.toussaint4632]

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

[@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!

[@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!!

[@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.

[@erikthegrey]

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

[@allenabishek1478]

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

[@oscarmonroy6337]

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

[@somosagricultura]

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

[@rajdam99]

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

[@AnalystAcademy]

Many thanks!

[@ErwinPfuhler]

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

[@jhanvee007]

Beautiful video! Thank you for your value addition.

[@annemaxwell9975]

So simple and supremely well taught.

[@moseskim3942]

This video and channel is AWESOME. Thank you!

[@sumitguha1667]

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

[@chiragpradhan]

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

[@joyluo6394]

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

[@mauriciobori]

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

[@jeromesri8627]

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

[@rendibramantoro9364]

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

[@jedidahwandiba3505]

Thank you.Youake my school work easier

[@lizandvk]

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

[@DrawifyCreates]

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

[@cinthiacicilio]

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

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[@anyanov]

Excellent video. Learned so much about how to make presentations

[@frank6848]

Simple, easy to understand and I believe it works

[@kponly]

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

[@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

[@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

[@antoniorusso1603]

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

[@guilhermemonteiro3072]

Paul amazing video !! I recommend to all my friends

[@GamerAvi33]

Great. It was really useful. Also couldn't recognize this video used the same format explained until the end 😂

[@AknEvns]

Great video! Thanks for these valuable insights.

[@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.

[@Davidkiania]

This is really well done and enjoyed it very much.

[@razambuja]

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

[@aanubhavgupta]

Insightful and very practical !

[@kaizenenterprise1397]

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

[@christosDimitrokallis]

thank you so much for helping me out in this situation

[@ChatGPTofficialbot]

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

[@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

[@pc205jay]

I watched this video this morning accidentally, I am so lucky

[@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.

[@pacificmavani6786]

Thank you very much for sharing knowledge.

[@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!

[@funnellsites1557]

This is awesome. I will use this approach in my marketing department

[@tommyharris2143]

Well done! I am sharing with my entire team.

[@AnalystAcademy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@theinspiringleader]

This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing

[@SlideFormation]

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

[@datawithdami]

Thanks for this very easy to understand lesson.

[@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.

[@DrSixpack1]

Very good video about presentations!

[@ProfessorFavoretto]

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

[@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.

[@osheanlee]

This is so awesome! Thanks for this :)

[@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?

[@gradysmith5576]

Great presentation!!!

[@AndreZweerus-p9i]

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

[@AnalystAcademy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@erp_consultancy]

Excellent presentation. I am subscribing to this channel

[@AnalystAcademy]

Welcome! More videos to come...

[@Z3kyTw0]

You guys have awesome videos!

[@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.

[@andreasbott4753]

Thank you for the great video!

[@swapnilsapkal2391]

Good video lot of clarity

[@KageManTV]

Absolutely loved this thank you.

[@RowlandGosling]

Very helpful - thank you!

[@thepositivepoint]

Thank you. Very well done and explained.

[@michaelcarman1936]

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

[@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

[@febririjanur7860]

Very insightfull thanks for sharing