Well, well - after a very relaxing vacation I’m back in London. And therefore this blog is back. I am sure you didn’t miss me - never mind. Here we go:

I recently saw an old keynote from Steve Jobs (a very old one indeed - it’s actually the event where Steve introduced the Apple Macintosh in 1993). What struck me is the fact that even 25 years ago, Steve’s presentations were mind-boggling, griping and perfectly choreographed. When you watch presentations Steve held in recent years (since his return to Apple), you witness some of the finest forms of presentation techniques you can find.

As a person who needs and wants to speak publicly every once in a while there is a lot to learn from the so-called Steve-Notes. Go to YouTube or the Apple Quicktime site and download a couple of keynotes, watch them over and over again and try to learn as much from them as you can. BusinessWeek recently wrote a really nice summary of the key techniques used by Steve to make his presentations really memorable (article linked here).

To widen your view I also highly recommend watching Benjamin Zanders recent presentation at TED Conference (video linked here). In this speech Benjamin delivers a tremendous performance to get people excited about classical music - highly recommended!