Management Consulting Presentation Essential Training
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**Updated for 2024!**
In today’s job market, you are only as good as your presentation skills. As the competition for high-level consulting and management positions becomes increasingly cutthroat, you need a powerful way to make your message stand out from the rest.
My name is John Burress and I’m excited to introduce you to the McKinsey presentation system. During my time as a corporate strategist, I’ve used McKinsey presentations to significantly grow many leading businesses using the same techniques you’ll learn under my instruction.
Recent studies reveal that over 80% of clients intuitively prefer presentations that use the McKinsey system due to its unique mechanics and ease of understanding.
My multi-faceted intensive course will guide you through the intricacies of management consulting presentations and cover a wide range of topics so you can begin utilizing the system for your own clients. You will graduate with a deeper understanding of the principles and best practices needed to compete in today’s job market.
Topics include:
· Exploring the basic blocks of a McKinsey-styled presentation
· Learning storytelling for business
· Writing powerful key messages
· Building smarter storyline
· What’s a storyboard and why do you need one
· Using dot-dash storyline and pyramid principle to craft a compelling storyline
· How to build a presentation like a management consultant from scratch
· Working with tables, words, and graphics
· Understanding simple and complex charts
· Managing presentation nerves
· Setting up your room for presentation
· Tips for handling a Q&A section
· Essential body language techniques of public speaking
Forbes reports that 70% of successful Americans report that presentation skills were critical to the development of their careers. Are you certain your skills are up to par?
If you’re ready to move into the upper echelon of effective communication and presentation success, sign up today. I look forward to meeting you soon.
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1IntroductionVideo lesson
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2What you should know before watching this courseVideo lesson
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3Why do consultants use PPT so muchVideo lesson
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4Using exercisesVideo lesson
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5Preparation: learning principlesVideo lesson
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6Explore presentation appsVideo lesson
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7Download the presentations from McKinsey, BCG and AccentureText lesson
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8What is management consultingVideo lesson
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9What’s consulting projectVideo lesson
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10Understand PDCA (Plan Do Check Act)Video lesson
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11Identify main building blocksVideo lesson
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12The basic building blocksText lesson
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13HeadlineVideo lesson
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14Keep vertical and horizontal logic MECEVideo lesson
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15StoryboardVideo lesson
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16The basic storyline in business contextsText lesson
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17Build dot dash version of storylineVideo lesson
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18Write first, format laterText lesson
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19The Pyramid Principle: logic in writing and thinkingVideo lesson
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20Bonus: The thought process in McKinsey reports and presentationsText lesson
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21Analyze your audience’s knowledge levelVideo lesson
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22Audience checklistText lesson
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23Free gift worth $199Text lesson
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24Combine the best of written and oral presentation skillsVideo lesson
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25Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and the plain English testText lesson
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26Cover pageVideo lesson
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27AgendaVideo lesson
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28Agenda checklistText lesson
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29Executive summaryVideo lesson
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30Communicate the main message in < 2 linesVideo lesson
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31Use down-to-earth languageText lesson
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32Remember why you are paid to be thereVideo lesson
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33Checklist to display information effectivelyText lesson
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34Headline checklistVideo lesson
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35Headline checklistText lesson
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36Maintain the logic flowVideo lesson
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37Using active phrasing examplesText lesson
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38Use ellipsis to support the flowVideo lesson
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39Produce the most important data to support headlinesVideo lesson
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40Body is a more detailed explanation of the headlineVideo lesson
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41Avoid lengthy and dense bullets of textVideo lesson
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42Using columnsVideo lesson
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43Layout designText lesson
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44Graphs tend to be poorly presentedVideo lesson
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45Why management consultants love dataVideo lesson
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46Data visualization apps for management consultantsVideo lesson
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47How to choose among words, tables, graphicsVideo lesson
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48Graphics or exhibitsVideo lesson
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49Main types of chartsVideo lesson
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50Other types of chartsVideo lesson
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51Key graph elementsVideo lesson
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52Each chart form is best equipped to illustrate one of five comparisonsVideo lesson
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535 basic kinds of comparisonsText lesson
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54Component comparisonVideo lesson
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55Item comparisonVideo lesson
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56Time series comparisonVideo lesson
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57Frequency distribution comparisonVideo lesson
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58Correlation comparisonVideo lesson
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59Typical amount in a consulting presentationText lesson
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60Secondary y axisVideo lesson
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613D chartVideo lesson
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62Review chart checklistVideo lesson
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63Chart checklistText lesson
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64DiagramVideo lesson
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65Bonus: Editable PowerPoint diagramsText lesson
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66TablesVideo lesson
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67Table checklistText lesson
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68Table vs. ChartVideo lesson
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69Bonus: IBCS STANDARDS for free (Worth $49)Text lesson
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70WordsVideo lesson
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71Find the right data quicklyVideo lesson
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72KickerVideo lesson
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73Kick checklistText lesson
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74Version managementVideo lesson
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75Prioritize findings from many analysesVideo lesson
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76AppendixVideo lesson
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77Legal disclaimerVideo lesson
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78ThemeVideo lesson
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79ColorVideo lesson
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80Design principlesText lesson
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81FontVideo lesson
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82Font sizeText lesson
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83ImageVideo lesson
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84VideoVideo lesson
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85BackgroundVideo lesson
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86AnimationVideo lesson
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87Pace information flowVideo lesson
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88Present the data in tables and chartsText lesson
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89Slide chooserText lesson
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