Dr. Wayne Pernell argues every presentation point needs a story to land. When Bob Cattell's stage lost power mid-speech, he kept the audience riveted with just his voice, proving you don't need slides or lights to move people.
Chapters
And you never make a point without a story. The story that you choose to use to highlight your point is entirely up to you. But you need to know which one is going to be effective in the sharing. Right. When I say when, I tell a story about Bob Cattell speaking on stage, because the power's gone out. The point is that you don't need the stage. And the PowerPoint and the visuals, are they there? Yes. Could they add to your story or enhance what you're doing? Sometimes. Sometimes they can just be really, really distracting. It depends on how you use it. But the point was that you can. Even in a large stadium, you technically don't need all of that stuff. You just need you and the power of your voice and the power of story.