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Everything You
Need to Know About
Presentations from
    forrest gump
1 Understand that Presentations
                    are Like a Box of Chocolates
5 lessons       2   Run, Forrest! Run.
you can learn   3   Repetition is the Fruit of the Sea
from forrest    4   Become a Presentation General
                5   Know What Passion Is
PRESENTATIONS       1
are like a box of


            chocolates
you never know


        &              prepare
what you are going
to get so make every
effort to              some more.
prepare
If there’s
Projector when you
show up for a meeting
it's
quoted in
            guy kawasaki's




the art of the start
2
RUNforrestRUN
of human communication is

NONVERBAL
Presentation Lessons From Forrest Gump
there is no excuse to be
stagnant with your next
presentation
but there’s
you don’t have to
   move around for
 3 years, 2 months,
14 days, & 16 hours
just the   20 minutes
you need to
              shine
3
 repetition is the
fruit of the sea
Presentation Lessons From Forrest Gump
bubba said
like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You
can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it.
Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp Creole, shrimp gumbo.
Pan-fried, deep-fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple
shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp,
shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and
potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich.
That- that’s about it.
that’s the   beauty of
     repetition
4
  become a
presentation
 general
your presentation
is your opportunity to
Presentation Lessons From Forrest Gump
& even change
      maybe
the world
Presentation Lessons From Forrest Gump
stay on   task & know
it’s your time to shine
5
know what
    passion is
forrest said to jenny

               I’m not a smart man...
               but i know what
                         love is
it’s your level of
Passion
for your presentation
that people will
remember
take these lessons from


and go break the rules of your
next presentation
read the full article in the blog section at
            ETHOS3.COM

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