INDEX 237 Press releases, 22–24 Problem articulation, 70–71, 80. See also Antagonists Props, 137–49, 162 demonstrations, 138–44 focusing, 144–46 kinesthetics, 137–38 surprise element, 146–49 Public relations pitches, 123 Purpose, 27–38, 68 Pursuit of Happyness, The, 29 Ray, Rachael, 188 Red Hot Chili Peppers, 149 Refine and rehearse, 165–66 bucket method, 190–93 case study, 185 deliberative practice, 181–82 effortlessness, 179–94 feedback, 189 off-the-cuff remarks, 188–93 recordings, 189–90 stage fright, 193–94 stage presence, 167–78 tap-the-glass technique, 189–90 ten-thousand-hours theory, 182–84 videos, 185–87 Reynolds, Garr, 3, 89 Road map, 49–62, 161–62 as agenda, 57–60 rule of three, 51–62 Roadrunner, 109–10 Robbins, Tony, 188 Rolling Stone, 34, 106 Rule of three, 50, 51–57, 216 application, 60–62 Safari, 69, 144–45 San Jose Mercury, 110 SanDisk, 108–9 Schiller, Phil, x, 149, 161–63 Schultz, Howard, xvi, 35 Scott, Ridley, 63–64 Scripts, 199–206 key words, 202 preparing, 202–4 Sculley, John, 3, 27–28, 33 Seattle Post Intelligencer, 114 Second Coming of <strong>Steve</strong> <strong>Jobs</strong> (Deutschman), xvi, 37, 182 Sigman, Stan, 167–70 Silent Messages (Mehrabian), 176 Simon, William, 89 Simplicity, 87–88 advertising, 90 Buddhism, 89 demonstrations, 139 language, 118–20 leadership, 94 slide design, 88–89 “Simpsons, The,” 195 Singh, Vijay, 193 6 GB hard-drive player, 78 Slide:ology, xi Slides, 140, 162–63 cluttered, 100–101 coherence principle, 94–95 contiguity principle, 94 design, 59–60, 88–92, 100–101 multimedia presentation principle, 92–94 number of words, 91 one theme per slide, 200–201 perfecting, 182 pictures, 97–100 prompts, 203 resources, 104 simplicity, 59–60, 88–92, 100–101 split-attention principle, 94 white space, 97 Smith, Will, 29 Solomon, Susan, 111 Sorenson, Ted, 58 Southwest Airlines, 5 Speaking style, 173–76 conversational, 199 inflection, 174 pauses, 174–76 rate, 176 tap-the-glass technique, 189–90 volume, 176 Speechwriting, 58–59 Spielberg, <strong>Steve</strong>n, 159–60 Split-attention principle, 94 Stage fright, 193–94 Stage presence, 167–78 Stanford University commencement speech, 215–18 Starbucks, 141, 143, 205 Statistics, 105–12, 162 analogies and, 108–12 contextual, 107–12 relevant, 107–12 specificity, 107–12 Stein, Ben, 178 “<strong>Steve</strong>notes,” x
238 INDEX Story creation, 1–14. See also Experience, delivering analog, 3–14 analogies, 7–9 (See also Analogies) antagonists, 63–73 customer evidence, 10 demonstrations, 9 emotional stories, 156 (See also Language issues) endorsements, 10 flip charts, 12–13 headlines, 6–7, 39–47 hero, 75–86 key messages, 7 metaphors, 7–9 narrative, 4–5 partners, 10 (See also Partners on stage) passion statement, 7 props, 12–13 purpose, 27–38 road map, 49–62 scenes, 1–2 scripting, 6, 12–13 show-and-tell, 12–13 video clips, 10–12 Swisher, Kara, 32 Tait, Richard, 5, 124–25 TechCrunch 50, 70–71 Ten-minute rule, 83–84 Tesler, Larry, 36 “Think Different” ad campaign, 36–37 Time magazine, 181 Titles, business, 124–25 TravelMuse, 70–71 Tribble, Bud, 28 Triumph of the Nerds, 30 Trump, Donald, 32 Twitter. See Headlines, twitter-like U.S. government bailout, 110 USA Today, 54, 95, 133 UsingEnglish.com, 114 Vais, Paul, 182 Valvano, Jimmy, 61 Van Der Veer, Jeroen, 94 Vance, Ashlee, 20 Video rehearsals, 185–87 Virtualization, 20 Vision, xvi–xvii, 68. See also Purpose Visual learners, 147 Visual thinking, 13 Walker, Diana, 90 Wall Street Journal, 133 Washington Monument, 205 Webcam, 81 Weber, Max, xi Welch, Jack, x, 120 White space, 97 Windows 7, 54 Winfrey, Oprah, 33 Wozniak, <strong>Steve</strong>, xvi, 208–9, 212 Wu, Shaw, 213 WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), 53, 98–100, 113, 140, 144, 146, 211 Wyle, Noah, 134–35 Young, Jeffrey, 89 YouTube, x, 132, 142 commencement speeches, 215–18 Zen Buddhism, 89 Zen, inner, 87–104 Zimmer, George, 196 Zippy words, 113–25
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