A Blog with Tips & Tricks for Enlightened Presenters
What do You Reach for When It Counts?
What do You Reach for When It Counts? Probably what your hands already know. Eric Harris August 07, 2026 “It Works,” You Tell Yourself Everyone defends the almighty deck. The meeting happened, nobody objected, the thing moved to the next gate. That means it worked, right? So let me ask a meaner question. When did…
If Nothing Moved, Did Anything Happen?
If Nothing Moved, Did Anything Happen? Your "best" presentations might accomplish nothing at all. Eric Harris July 31, 2026 Ask the Only Question That Pays Stop worrying about whether you’re a good presenter. Not because the answer would flatter you. Because it’s the wrong question. You’re the medium. The idea is the thing traveling through…
What Happens in the Silence
What Happens in the Silence What if your bravest move isn't something you say? Eric Harris July 24, 2026 Most leaders can't stand three seconds of silence. They ask a genuinely good question. Then, before anyone can breathe, they rescue it. They answer it themselves, or stack a second question on top, or laugh and…
The Room is Never Neutral
The Room is Never Neutral You design it, or you inherit it. Eric Harris July 17, 2026 Say Yes to the Duress So many pitches die before anyone speaks. The death occurs weeks earlier, in a two-line email, when somebody agrees to the wrong room at the wrong time because that’s what was available. I…
Ban the Deck. Examine the Habit.
Ban the Deck. Examine the Habit. Jack Dorsey, the U.S. Army, and Jeff Bezos agree on one thing. Eric Harris July 10, 2026 The Room That Learned to Shut Up In 2004, Jeff Bezos famously banned PowerPoint from Amazon’s leadership meetings. In its place, he required a six-page narrative memo. Meetings started in total silence…
You Always Could
You Always Could And when you realize it, it's liberating. Eric Harris July 03, 2026 You Inherited This Somewhere along the way, you learned presentation = deck. It’s unlikely someone sat you down and taught you. You watched. You absorbed. You inherited. The deck became the work. Or so it seemed. And every high-stakes presentation…
I Want You to Feel Something
I Want You to Feel Something Not know. Feel. Eric Harris June 26, 2026 God Only Knows What’s the obsession with wanting you to know? Pull up your favorite album. Any decade. Any genre. Odds are, somewhere in the lyrics, somebody sings the line, “I want you to know.” Selena Gomez belted it over a…
The Pronoun Problem
The Pronoun Problem Why the story that worked in room one is tanking in room four. Eric Harris June 19, 2026 The Idea Was Good. The Campaign Wasn't. Getting a great idea across an organization is rarely a single conversation. It's a budget meeting with your VP. Then a working session with the team leads…
Going Places
Going Places Five voices. Five surprises. One fire spreading on its own. Eric Harris June 12, 2026
A Field Guide to Life After Decks
A Field Guide to Life After Decks What recovery from DeckPendency looks like in the wild Eric Harris June 05, 2026 The clicker. The question. Daniel is forty-two seconds into a question he didn't expect. His thumb is on the clicker, poised to advance. Slide nine is loaded. Slide nine is good. Slide nine features…