Best Deliberate Posts of Winter 2025 (Q1)
Enjoy the best Deliberate posts from the first three months of 2025. Organized by topic to get you right to content you want. Click on a link to read the original post on LinkedIn.
There were two series that cross over categories:
Pitching an idea (messaging & innovation)
Impact of AI (messaging & Deliberate)
DELIBERATE EVENTS & PRODUCTS
Announcements on Deliberate events and products:
Evolve your presentations: Deliberate Presentation Workshop scheduled for April 21-25
Remote Presence Tip Sheet now available
Drawing in Your Audience Tip Sheet now available
DELIBERATE MESSAGING
Posts on persuasive presentations, pitches, and messages that deliver results:
Present your recommendation, not a list of options
Pitches: Parachute Execs
Pitches: Other Parachute "Help"
How to Reduce Filler Words (Top Ten Post)
Let your message age / no late changes
Jury Duty – Observations (Top Post of Q1)
Discussion: Dress up for dress rehearsals? (Top Ten Post)
Planning for your Interview: Personal Presence (Top Ten Post)
Presentation advice with an extra dose of sarcasm:
5 words I want to use more often (1Q2025 Edition) (Top Ten Post)
Orals reality TV show name ideas with Luke Sheffield (Top Ten Post)
"That guy" during Q&A (Top Ten post) (Kevin's Favorite Post of Q1)
But WHY are they ‘leaning in’ for this presentation?
“We don't need a pitch coach; we pitch all the time!”
Out of time (fuuuuudge)
DELIBERATE INNOVATION
Most folks know me for my messaging work. But I have an innovation management background too. For me, the two are closely linked: Both should have a specific target audience, be centered on the value proposition (job to be done), and offer proof.
Valentines Day - Love the Problem to be Solved
Pitching an idea to an internal audience:
Pitching an Idea 1: Series Intro
Pitching an Idea 2: Know the Decision Process
Pitching an idea 3: Know your Audience
Pitching an Idea 4: Pick your Presenters
Pitching an Idea 5: What's the Value Prop?
Pitching an Idea 6: Have the right Proof Points
Pitching an Idea 7: Insight as a Rallying Cry
Pitching an Idea 8: Kick Ass Delivery
Common innovation challenges:
When an innovation isn't adopted
TRAVEL TUESDAYS
I like to share travel tips, insights, and stories every Tuesday. Or at least most Tuesdays.
Travel-related tips this quarter:
ETA required to enter/connect thru UK starting tomorrow
Using ear buds on planes always make me nervous (Top Ten post)
Different country, different airport security
I'd rather fly to another city than drive across Houston
Travel stories & lessons learned from each experience:
First trip to Paris (missed flight due to weather)
Severely delayed bag (Top Ten post)
Avoid puddles on sunny days
FAVORITE PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTS
This quarter I had the chance to reconnect with two people in person:
Catching up with Simon Seaton
Caught up with Darnell Greene
DELIBERATE / THOUGHTS ON RUNNING A BUSINESS
It’s good to share opportunities, setbacks, and lessons learned while building a business. Here are some of the things I’d like to share:
Biz lessons from two years ago (after heart surgery) (Top Ten post)
Call with a potential client in a new (to me) industry
I get a lot of questions on the impact of AI on presentations, pitches, and Deliberate. Here’s a series with my current thinking:
AI Series 1: Presenting AI generated content
AI Series 2: Opportunities for AI to improve pitches
AI Series 3: Risks of using AI in pitches
AI Series 4: Risks of AI usage to & by Deliberate
AI Series 5: AI - Wrap up / Big Picture
IT’S A DATE
Holidays and important dates this quarter:
Valentines Day - Love the Problem to be Solved
Saint Patrick's Day / Everybody is (un)lucky
I hate April Fools Day
NEED HELP WITH YOUR MESSAGING OR INNOVATION?
Let me know. It's what I do.
Take a look at the tip sheets you can buy & download:
And don't forget there's an open Deliberate Presentation Workshop the week of April 21. Register now.
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