What’s The Point?

Sally Hogshead on one of my pet peeves:

Most of us spend a lot of time on the material in the presentation, and very little on the presentation itself. But dumping your notes into PowerPoint slides is akin to serving Bobby Flay cuisine on dirty paper plates.

About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17. She went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time. Starting in Portland in 1995, I worked my way across the country as a copywriter and eventually became a content director making media products for big packaged goods brands. I returned to Oregon in 2008, and now I focus on building brands for companies that matter, including this one.

  • nancy

    The difference between being a CMO by age 45 and a OMA at age 45.
    You realize that when nearly all the adults leave the dance floor at a formal event and your poor grandchild has been put through a hell of a “grownup” scheduled day, it is okay to play soccer with a lightup toy even if you are in a formal dress and high heel glittery sandals. It’s all because you love to see the little guy laugh instead and the grownups gasp.