This is one of the simplest, most succinct ways of explaining how to go about creating an excellent presentation storyline. Seriously one of the best I've ever seen!!
I fully agree with the above! You are my new guru when I will have to present ! Thank you so much for taking the time and sharing your knowledge!!! Very grateful!
This is pretty awesome, not just for powerpoint, but also to create explainer videos or anything where you need to convey your point with logic. Thanks Dan!
Hi Dan, as an experienced consultant with a decade of experience, your videos breakdown what I’ve spent years learning into simple concepts. Really happy to come across your channel and I will probably be stealing some of your ideas for training sessions at my firm haha 😅. You’re a legend mate
This is the Minto Pyramid Principle. Situation, Complication, Question, Answer. The question isn't always 'what should we do?', it can be many other things, like 'we know what to do, but how do we do it?', etc. The answer is a structured in a pyramid format, with the conclusion coming first, followed by reasons, then giving evidence for each reason.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎯 *Firms like McKinsey aim to influence clients with presentations designed for action, not to gather dust.* 01:09 🧠 *The SCQA (Situation, Complication, Question, Answer) framework is a universal structure used by top consulting firms for storytelling in presentations.* 03:20 📊 *McKinsey's presentation for King County's homelessness project demonstrates the application of the SCQA framework.* 05:24 📝 *Before diving into PowerPoint, craft your presentation storyline in Word for better iteration and logical coherence.* 07:02 🔄 *McKinsey's "dot dash" structure in Word aids in distilling analysis into a persuasive storyline for presentations.* 08:41 🖼️ *PowerPoint slides should follow both horizontal (action titles) and vertical (slide bodies) logical flows for a coherent narrative.* 10:35 📚 *For more insights on creating executive-ready slide decks, consider exploring additional resources such as courses.* Made with HARPA AI
Thank you so much! I now realize that I have done slides wrong this whole time. As a university student, professionalism in storytelling by slides is so underrated
Hi Dan. I want to say 'thank you' for your amazing newsletters and videos on storytelling. I recently transitioned to data analysis from sales and business development, I am working towards developing my skill in training and development. Storytelling is an essential skill to be a good data analyst and trainer, it's one part that has been so confusing to master for me. I'm glad I found you. Your tips have been helpful and it's making better everyday in creating storyline in PowerPoint. I have subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to seeing more videos from you. Thank you, Dan and God bless.
McKinsey 3-Step Framework SCR Situation - Why? Purpose Complication - What did go wrong? Problem Resolution - What could be done to solve the problem? Solution Writing your Storyline . DOT - the key statement in your storyline - DASH - the supporting data Building your slide skeleton Action title (DOT) / Slide body (DASH) Flow Horizontal flow - action titles can provide the storyline to the reader Vertical flow - provide comprehensive information to the reader. The slide body supports the action title
Funny thing is that I did use exact this in one of the strategy projects I did for our Director. He indeed told me that consultants from McKinsey and BCG first write the storyline in Word and then build the PowerPoint. He said they do send the storyline to India and the next morning they wake up the PowerPoint is build. While i have to do it myself haha. I work as a strategist at a major foodretailer.
perfect presentation - I now have a understanding of what storytelling is about, a good outline of the procedures to create a story and not the least, an idea of what do and what not to do (the pitfalls)- in summary, a great video, that I am keeping in my favorites (aka, I will review it, probably more than once) - thank-you very much for this quality video !
Dan, you're excellent and relatable at explaining as though you're presenting to me directly. Please consider teaching on LinkedIn Learning so you can widen your platform and make it mainstream. You may also consider adding other topics to teach related to crafting clear, concise, and compelling presentations such as powerful business writings on email (by situation), delivering regular progress updates to executives, business report writing, and clear everyday business communications. Include the thought process on how to organize ideas and thoughts. Thank you.
Very well done. We had a Hollywood writer come to one of our marketing offsites and go over this same process as part of a larger workshop. Lots of fun. You took that material and condensed it to a 10 minute video!
Thanks so much for this amazing video! Super useful for someone who is currently working for an ex-McKinsey boss but don’t have much experience in storylining and building packs this way. 🎉
Thank you so much for creating such an incredibly useful video! The insights and practical tips you shared are invaluable, and I truly appreciate the effort and expertise that went into making it. This content has greatly enhanced my understanding, and I'm sure it will benefit many others as well. Keep up the excellent work-looking forward to more of your informative videos!👏👏
Dan you are an effective teacher, clearly you thought about your own DOTS and DASHES before making this video, excellent! I will use these tips to create presentations for my own company, Gateway Energy Medicine.
As a data analyst who builds financial dashboards, I found your insights on the McKenzie approach very relevant and enlightening. My primary focus is on informing rather than persuading, letting the data lead to conclusions. In your consultancy work, have you noticed any key differences between constructing dashboards and traditional presentations, especially with these objectives in mind? Any shared wisdom would be highly appreciated! Thank you for your expertise, looking forward to your response!
Thank you for introducing the SCR! Just a small variation - I dont start with Word documents to create my dots and dashes, but use Powerpoint Outline Mode for doing exactly the same. I save myself the trouble of copy-pasting from Word into Powerpoint!
There was a time when I thought I had prepared aesthetically pleasing slides, but our GM didn't understand them at all. Thank you Dan, for sharing these informative tips for better structuring my story, cant' wait to try them!
@Dan, do you have a video to illustrate a whole presentation? Welcoming the people, setting the scene and straight into presentation? Would be good to understand the full flow
@@DanGalletta I’m very keen to see the start of a presentation (executive summary) and transition to first slide. When do you think you will do that? Or do you have a verbal structure to provide? :) Specifically I wonder if you would do the whole SCR at executive summary and having the rest of presentation to focus on the R?
Rly good video. Not for PP only- it's helpful for video production. This scripting is just great for explainatory video. Could you advice easiest way to animate in PP or keynote? Or maybe different software? Sometimes I need to illustrate concept with basic animation. Thanks again this vid was very informative
I just tried the following GPT prompt " in the context of a small pizza shop use the scr storytelling method to explain types of problems where the integer linear programming approach is desirable."
Dan - If you use WORD’s STYLES to create the DOT DASH structure in a WORD OUTLINE, you can copy an OUTLINE straight into PowerPoint. I agree that using WORD to bolt the story together is an excellent path. Great video. Then iterations of the WORD OUTLINE, with your manager, will automatically change the Powerpoint deck. I’ve used this trick many times.
Great videos Dan, much better than just reading about the concepts. Have a question. On the SCR, what if there are multiple. Would you but it in the presentation as Answer, SCR, SCR, SCR, SCR etc or Answer, SSS, CCC, RRR? Keep up the good work!
What about options before recommendation or action? I’m a technical product manager and do a lot of BA work as well as product management work. I find that In tech businesses especially with the rise of entrepreneurial mindset in place of corporate mindset are wanting us to communicate with problem, options, recommended solutions. I see a lot of value in using this framework combined with id the pyramid principle, when communicating to business leaders. What are your thoughts about? Including options before recommendation, or are those options better placed inside of the complexities
Dan excelent video, its clear and goes to the point. Thanks for charing. Did you do the vídeo about how to translation information into a visual presentation?
Thank you so much Dan. I have learnt that some organizations use the following for creating a story line.. it is called What (is the problem statement)...So What (What are the implications of this problem) and Now What (solution or alternatives that we are suggesting to resolve the problem). Does any consulting org. use this framework?
Before dropping anything into PowerPoint slides, I whiteboard out everything - usually using sticky notes to make it easy to move things around: - Linearly deconstruct the issue, putting the core point in one or a few words on each sticky note. - Add additional sticky notes below with the subpoints. - You will start to see a storyboard appear with Core points on the top line and sub-points under. - Determine the story you are trying to tell and look for gaps... add notes on what is missing. Once you have the flow of the story as well as core/sub-points outlined, you can translate this into a deck or whitepaper.
@@DanGalletta thanks Dan - really enjoy your videos. Just finished my MBA and have a lot of classmates going into MBB companies. Spent many hours doing cases with them - I really enjoy the process.
This is a tried and tested method for making powerpoints. One more way like the dot-dash structure is by doing Issue Tree, where you write a problem statement (issue) and start asking Whys? until the end. Your reasons will branch out to give final answers. This will help bulid a structure and divide the slides into sections as well.
Hi Dan, thank you for the great video. Do you recommend having agenda? So the "overall dot" for S, C and R. And withing the sections having your dot-dash? Also, do you think dash can be one slide per dash?
Good questions! Generally these types of presentations are more like reports, so they don't use agendas. But if you need to present something using slides, an agenda slide is useful. You shouldn't really have a dash as a slide. Instead, the implication/so what of the slide should be the dot and the data should be the dash. Hope that helps!
yes...your tips and tricks for charts from excel to PP would be great to see (method of translating data visualizations into slides). your videos are great btw.
Hi Dan, thank you for the informative video! I noticed that this McKinsey slide deck (and others) doesn’t have an agenda slide outlining the topics to be discussed in the presentation. Is there a specific reason why there isn’t an agenda slide? Is the agenda slide outdated or detract too much from the storytelling?
Usually these are reports, so they start with an executive summary and not an agenda. But there's no reason that you can't have a table of contents for these types of presentations, I do that a lot!
Hi Dan, your video is really helpful and I've subscribed, please try to make the video as you said in the end, a simple methodology for translating data into visualization.
Great video! How would you apply this to a strategy presentation where you are selling a strategy or introducing a new technology to automate say customer operations? And please could you share the references such as the using ms word advice. I would love to read more on this.
Ah it really depends on the context and the analysis that you’ve done. I would recommend going through the storylining process and seeing what you can come up with!
Thank you! Oh I was looking forward to learning what scqa means but didn’t seem to see an explanation as promised 🤔 I went back to watching wondering if I’ve missed it but still couldn’t find the answer
Whenever you got lost in your slide building and storylining with all the data and conflicts and direction it’s super helpful to bubble it up to SCR to see if it makes sense
Hi Dan, great video! Finally, after researching on my own and not being able to understand them, I can grasp the framework through your content. Quick question: On average, how long do you usually come up with the final draft of SCR and dot dash? Is it possible to draft them without essential data at the top of your mind (especially when working on niche topics)?
Thanks Christine! Usually you'll start your project with an "emerging storyline" which is your hypothesis on what the storyline could end up being. As you conduct analysis and synthesize findings, you regularly update that storyline with new information. As you might imagine, there will be a lot of iteration between analysis and storylining over the life of the project. It's difficult to say how long that process takes. It could be very quick for a small and well-understood problem or it could be very long for a big and complex problem. Hope that helps!
Hi Dan, I was under the assumption that during the analysis stage, consultants worked with PowerPoint to brainstorm and generate final slides (except recommendations). What would be the best practice for documentation during the case analysis and synthesis stage?
In my experience, it's best to do analysis and synthesis in Excel or Word, and only use PowerPoint once you've finished those things. Instead of brainstorming slide design etc in PowerPoint, we would hand draw them on paper or on a whiteboard.
Hi Dan, Speaking about the course you've mentioned here: do I need to create an account on your website to get access to it? Is the link to the course sent to the email after payment or one gets access online immediately right after? There reason I'm asking is coz I didn't find any 'create an account' tab on the website.
Hey Jasmin, when you click purchase you're taken to page where you both create an account and pay. If you need any help, just shoot me an email at dan@slidescience.co :)
Really informative and well done video. Looking forward to more content! What was the paper you mentioned 1:44? Would love to learn more about synthesis…
Thank you so much Dan for such a clear and crisp explanation of the process. Reminds me of the consulting days - Suddenly this popped into my feed and thought of checking it out, but I am so impressed with this calm and comprehensive presentation that I am gonna bookmark this as a reference whenever I have to do any presentation.
Good vídeo, well explain. Thanks! Maybe instead of Word you should try Scrivener because it breaks the text in "slides" (new pages) so we can mix in diferent ways the text in a very practical way. Best wishes!
Hi, I recently need to do summary slides for complicated projects, my manager is still not really happy after many many corrections 😢. On one hand it need to be compact, but on the other hand he wants to have more content with cost/benefit (including data), I really struggle to squeeze the right information in the slides. Any suggestions?
Ah sorry, it’s really hard for me to help without more context. One idea is to draw out a slide skeleton on paper and test it with your manager before you spend time making slides. Good luck!
💥 The charting and visualization video has been published! ruclips.net/video/f-StupRcK8M/видео.html
Thank you
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This is one of the simplest, most succinct ways of explaining how to go about creating an excellent presentation storyline. Seriously one of the best I've ever seen!!
Wow, thanks so much Art. Glad you liked it!
I fully agree with the above!
You are my new guru when I will have to present ! Thank you so much for taking the time and sharing your knowledge!!! Very grateful!
absolutely 100% agree with those statement. love it very much. thank you Sir.
This is pretty awesome, not just for powerpoint, but also to create explainer videos or anything where you need to convey your point with logic. Thanks Dan!
Spot on!
Hi Dan, as an experienced consultant with a decade of experience, your videos breakdown what I’ve spent years learning into simple concepts. Really happy to come across your channel and I will probably be stealing some of your ideas for training sessions at my firm haha 😅. You’re a legend mate
Haha that is awesome, steal whatever you want mate!
This is the Minto Pyramid Principle. Situation, Complication, Question, Answer. The question isn't always 'what should we do?', it can be many other things, like 'we know what to do, but how do we do it?', etc. The answer is a structured in a pyramid format, with the conclusion coming first, followed by reasons, then giving evidence for each reason.
Spot on mate, thank you!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🎯 *Firms like McKinsey aim to influence clients with presentations designed for action, not to gather dust.*
01:09 🧠 *The SCQA (Situation, Complication, Question, Answer) framework is a universal structure used by top consulting firms for storytelling in presentations.*
03:20 📊 *McKinsey's presentation for King County's homelessness project demonstrates the application of the SCQA framework.*
05:24 📝 *Before diving into PowerPoint, craft your presentation storyline in Word for better iteration and logical coherence.*
07:02 🔄 *McKinsey's "dot dash" structure in Word aids in distilling analysis into a persuasive storyline for presentations.*
08:41 🖼️ *PowerPoint slides should follow both horizontal (action titles) and vertical (slide bodies) logical flows for a coherent narrative.*
10:35 📚 *For more insights on creating executive-ready slide decks, consider exploring additional resources such as courses.*
Made with HARPA AI
Thank you so much! I now realize that I have done slides wrong this whole time. As a university student, professionalism in storytelling by slides is so underrated
Glad it helps!
Hi Dan. I want to say 'thank you' for your amazing newsletters and videos on storytelling. I recently transitioned to data analysis from sales and business development, I am working towards developing my skill in training and development. Storytelling is an essential skill to be a good data analyst and trainer, it's one part that has been so confusing to master for me. I'm glad I found you. Your tips have been helpful and it's making better everyday in creating storyline in PowerPoint. I have subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to seeing more videos from you. Thank you, Dan and God bless.
Thanks so much Festus! I’m really happy that the content is helping you 😊
McKinsey 3-Step Framework
SCR
Situation - Why? Purpose
Complication - What did go wrong? Problem
Resolution - What could be done to solve the problem? Solution
Writing your Storyline
. DOT - the key statement in your storyline
- DASH - the supporting data
Building your slide skeleton
Action title (DOT) / Slide body (DASH)
Flow
Horizontal flow - action titles can provide the storyline to the reader
Vertical flow - provide comprehensive information to the reader. The slide body supports the action title
Barbara Minto - Pyramid principle
One of the best videos I have seen about this subject
Thanks Dan
Really appreciate it, thank you!
This is really well-explained! I really appreciate breaking down the fundamentals. Clear and persuasive video, thanks Dan!💯
No problem at all!
Funny thing is that I did use exact this in one of the strategy projects I did for our Director. He indeed told me that consultants from McKinsey and BCG first write the storyline in Word and then build the PowerPoint. He said they do send the storyline to India and the next morning they wake up the PowerPoint is build. While i have to do it myself haha. I work as a strategist at a major foodretailer.
Haha yes that’s exactly right 😂
perfect presentation - I now have a understanding of what storytelling is about, a good outline of the procedures to create a story and not the least, an idea of what do and what not to do (the pitfalls)- in summary, a great video, that I am keeping in my favorites (aka, I will review it, probably more than once) - thank-you very much for this quality video !
Cheers Marc!
So happy to have this pop into my feed. Pretty sure it’s a result of 1-2 searches related to how Salesforce does professional services.
Such a strange connection 😂
Thank you for this comment. I had my first salesforce client meeting and I can use this for the next stakeholder meeting.
Hi Dan, please do the follow up video with the methodology to develop the body of the slides. It would be very useful to learn.
Ok mate, will do! 🙂
Thought I would let you know that I just published the visualization video! ruclips.net/video/f-StupRcK8M/видео.html
Dan, you're excellent and relatable at explaining as though you're presenting to me directly. Please consider teaching on LinkedIn Learning so you can widen your platform and make it mainstream. You may also consider adding other topics to teach related to crafting clear, concise, and compelling presentations such as powerful business writings on email (by situation), delivering regular progress updates to executives, business report writing, and clear everyday business communications. Include the thought process on how to organize ideas and thoughts. Thank you.
Thanks so much for the comment MJ. I do plan on adding some of those topics soon! And I’ll look into LinkedIn Learning too :)
Very well done. We had a Hollywood writer come to one of our marketing offsites and go over this same process as part of a larger workshop. Lots of fun. You took that material and condensed it to a 10 minute video!
That’s awesome, maybe I should be a movie director! 😂
Thank you for sharing these valuable tips. You are the best presentation and data storytelling teacher I have ever encountered.
Thanks so much! 😊
Thanks so much for this amazing video! Super useful for someone who is currently working for an ex-McKinsey boss but don’t have much experience in storylining and building packs this way. 🎉
Glad you liked it! Feel free to request any other topics too…
Thank you so much for creating such an incredibly useful video! The insights and practical tips you shared are invaluable, and I truly appreciate the effort and expertise that went into making it. This content has greatly enhanced my understanding, and I'm sure it will benefit many others as well. Keep up the excellent work-looking forward to more of your informative videos!👏👏
Thanks so much for your kind words mate, it's really great to hear 😊
Omg why doesn't this amazing presentation have 10 million views. Incredibly impressive, useful and explained. Thank you liked and subscribed
This means a lot, thanks so much Robert!
Dan you are an effective teacher, clearly you thought about your own DOTS and DASHES before making this video, excellent! I will use these tips to create presentations for my own company, Gateway Energy Medicine.
Thanks so much!
Wow. One of the best approaches I have ever seen. This would appear to be simple logic, yet the outcome is profound.
Thanks so much mate!
As a data analyst who builds financial dashboards, I found your insights on the McKenzie approach very relevant and enlightening. My primary focus is on informing rather than persuading, letting the data lead to conclusions. In your consultancy work, have you noticed any key differences between constructing dashboards and traditional presentations, especially with these objectives in mind? Any shared wisdom would be highly appreciated!
Thank you for your expertise, looking forward to your response!
Great question. If it’s a regular dashboard that simply gets updated every period, then you don’t necessarily need a storyline 😊
I watch a lot of this kind of stuff, and your content is really, REALLY good- thanks for making it!
Thanks mate, that means a lot!
Yes, please make a video about how to translate verbal information into visualizations. Your videos are so wonderful!
Filming it soon!
Thank you for introducing the SCR! Just a small variation - I dont start with Word documents to create my dots and dashes, but use Powerpoint Outline Mode for doing exactly the same. I save myself the trouble of copy-pasting from Word into Powerpoint!
That’s a great option when you don’t need multiple people to work on the same storyline, awesome!
Yours is the best video I’ve seen on the topic. Thank you!
Cheers Paul!
Brilliant - I’ve been looking for a good framework for a while. This is just perfect. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks very much!
currently making a presentation and these tips are fantastic. great way of explaining btw. thank you, Dan!
So happy to hear that!
There was a time when I thought I had prepared aesthetically pleasing slides, but our GM didn't understand them at all. Thank you Dan, for sharing these informative tips for better structuring my story, cant' wait to try them!
My pleasure Ashlee!
yes, Dan!! please do the second video on the methodology on how to translate data into visualizations. tHANKS!!
Here it is! ruclips.net/video/f-StupRcK8M/видео.html
@Dan, do you have a video to illustrate a whole presentation? Welcoming the people, setting the scene and straight into presentation? Would be good to understand the full flow
Ah good suggestion, let me add it to the list of videos to make 😊
@@DanGalletta I’m very keen to see the start of a presentation (executive summary) and transition to first slide. When do you think you will do that? Or do you have a verbal structure to provide? :)
Specifically I wonder if you would do the whole SCR at executive summary and having the rest of presentation to focus on the R?
Appreciate how you broke this down!
When should you use SCQA vs another framework?
Glad you liked it mate! I use it in pretty much every slide deck that I create in the corporate environment.
A framework for building a deck. Thank you for breaking down McKinsey's process. It's logical to use this method.
No problem at all mate
Where do the logic start ?
@@Potencyfunction Using it where it starts. I hope that helps.
I came to know why I took so much time in completing my ppt thanks to you. Thank you!
Happy to help!
Thanks!
Thanks so much for your generosity!
Rly good video. Not for PP only- it's helpful for video production.
This scripting is just great for explainatory video.
Could you advice easiest way to animate in PP or keynote? Or maybe different software? Sometimes I need to illustrate concept with basic animation.
Thanks again this vid was very informative
Hmm, I actually don’t animate at all in PowerPoint . Most of my slide decks are used as reports and not presentation. Sorry I can’t be of more help…
I just tried the following GPT prompt " in the context of a small pizza shop use the scr storytelling method to explain types of problems where the integer linear programming approach is desirable."
Dan - If you use WORD’s STYLES to create the DOT DASH structure in a WORD OUTLINE, you can copy an OUTLINE straight into PowerPoint. I agree that using WORD to bolt the story together is an excellent path. Great video.
Then iterations of the WORD OUTLINE, with your manager, will automatically change the Powerpoint deck.
I’ve used this trick many times.
I don't understand it, can you explain it better or link a tutorial?
That’s great, I never knew that trick!
Greta video. I procrastinated about watching it but I’m so glad I did
Thanks so much, I’m glad you did too 😂
Great videos Dan, much better than just reading about the concepts. Have a question. On the SCR, what if there are multiple. Would you but it in the presentation as Answer, SCR, SCR, SCR, SCR etc or Answer, SSS, CCC, RRR? Keep up the good work!
Good question! Generally the first flow works best if they are completely independent
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This is one of the most helpful videos on creating a presentation. Yes, please do a video on translating data into visuals! Subscribed!
Thanks mate!
Please provide a supporting video on building the slide deck
Great suggestion Kristina!
Thank you @Dan, this is very helpful in delivering simple & effective presentations!
My pleasure!
What about options before recommendation or action?
I’m a technical product manager and do a lot of BA work as well as product management work. I find that In tech businesses especially with the rise of entrepreneurial mindset in place of corporate mindset are wanting us to communicate with problem, options, recommended solutions.
I see a lot of value in using this framework combined with id the pyramid principle, when communicating to business leaders.
What are your thoughts about? Including options before recommendation, or are those options better placed inside of the complexities
Yep 100% agree. Showing options can be part of your resolution. It also demonstrates you’ve considered a wide range of possibilities 👍🏼
Exceedingly helpful and I am certain I will be returning to video a lot. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Dan excelent video, its clear and goes to the point. Thanks for charing. Did you do the vídeo about how to translation information into a visual presentation?
Thanks Pamela! It’s still coming, trying to find some time to film 😣
This helped me a lot. Thanks Dan. Hope your channel will grow much more in the future (subscribed)
Thanks so much!
Thanks Dan - this came at the perfect time for me. I have subscribed and look forward to upcoming videos 😊
Glad to have you on board Samantha!
Thank you so much Dan. I have learnt that some organizations use the following for creating a story line.. it is called
What (is the problem statement)...So What (What are the implications of this problem) and Now What (solution or alternatives that we are suggesting to resolve the problem). Does any consulting org. use this framework?
I’ve heard of this before but I’ve never used it. Sounds pretty logical to me, although not sure what firms use it 🤷🏻♂️
Hey Dan
Great content!
How do you combine this structure with the pyramid principle or choose one aproach vs the other?
Thank you!
Great question! I actually cover that in this video, starting at around 1:35: ruclips.net/video/G88Xvr3yBLQ/видео.htmlsi=4swJM8o1RMM4o7I8&t=95
Before dropping anything into PowerPoint slides, I whiteboard out everything - usually using sticky notes to make it easy to move things around:
- Linearly deconstruct the issue, putting the core point in one or a few words on each sticky note.
- Add additional sticky notes below with the subpoints.
- You will start to see a storyboard appear with Core points on the top line and sub-points under.
- Determine the story you are trying to tell and look for gaps... add notes on what is missing.
Once you have the flow of the story as well as core/sub-points outlined, you can translate this into a deck or whitepaper.
That’s a cool approach, thanks for sharing Stephen!
@@DanGalletta thanks Dan - really enjoy your videos. Just finished my MBA and have a lot of classmates going into MBB companies. Spent many hours doing cases with them - I really enjoy the process.
This is a tried and tested method for making powerpoints. One more way like the dot-dash structure is by doing Issue Tree, where you write a problem statement (issue) and start asking Whys? until the end. Your reasons will branch out to give final answers. This will help bulid a structure and divide the slides into sections as well.
Good call out! I'm going to make a video on issue trees soon 😊
This is an excellent presentation. Learnt a ton! Thanks for sharing.
No worries!
Hi Dan, thank you for the great video. Do you recommend having agenda? So the "overall dot" for S, C and R. And withing the sections having your dot-dash? Also, do you think dash can be one slide per dash?
Good questions! Generally these types of presentations are more like reports, so they don't use agendas. But if you need to present something using slides, an agenda slide is useful.
You shouldn't really have a dash as a slide. Instead, the implication/so what of the slide should be the dot and the data should be the dash.
Hope that helps!
Powerful must watch content for presentation building.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for your video. Your content is super helpful
You're very welcome!
yes...your tips and tricks for charts from excel to PP would be great to see (method of translating data visualizations into slides). your videos are great btw.
Thanks Kelly! Will do!
Hi Dan, thank you for the informative video! I noticed that this McKinsey slide deck (and others) doesn’t have an agenda slide outlining the topics to be discussed in the presentation. Is there a specific reason why there isn’t an agenda slide? Is the agenda slide outdated or detract too much from the storytelling?
Usually these are reports, so they start with an executive summary and not an agenda. But there's no reason that you can't have a table of contents for these types of presentations, I do that a lot!
Hi Dan, your video is really helpful and I've subscribed, please try to make the video as you said in the end, a simple methodology for translating data into visualization.
Thanks Chris, will do!
Great video! How would you apply this to a strategy presentation where you are selling a strategy or introducing a new technology to automate say customer operations? And please could you share the references such as the using ms word advice. I would love to read more on this.
Ah it really depends on the context and the analysis that you’ve done. I would recommend going through the storylining process and seeing what you can come up with!
Thank you! Oh I was looking forward to learning what scqa means but didn’t seem to see an explanation as promised 🤔 I went back to watching wondering if I’ve missed it but still couldn’t find the answer
Oh sorry! It’s Situation-Complication-Question-Answer. It’s basically the same as the SCR structure 😊
Whenever you got lost in your slide building and storylining with all the data and conflicts and direction it’s super helpful to bubble it up to SCR to see if it makes sense
Spot on 💯
Excellent Dan. Thanks for this.
My pleasure Simon!
Thank you for the informative video! Could you point me in the direction I should go for pitch decks for sponsorships?
Hmm, sorry Stephen I am not too sure
Hi Dan, great video! Finally, after researching on my own and not being able to understand them, I can grasp the framework through your content. Quick question: On average, how long do you usually come up with the final draft of SCR and dot dash? Is it possible to draft them without essential data at the top of your mind (especially when working on niche topics)?
Thanks Christine! Usually you'll start your project with an "emerging storyline" which is your hypothesis on what the storyline could end up being. As you conduct analysis and synthesize findings, you regularly update that storyline with new information. As you might imagine, there will be a lot of iteration between analysis and storylining over the life of the project.
It's difficult to say how long that process takes. It could be very quick for a small and well-understood problem or it could be very long for a big and complex problem. Hope that helps!
Great video! Do you by any chance have the link for the Mck slide deck you are citing regarding SCR?
Here you go: www.slideshare.net/McKinseyCompany/addressing-homelessness-in-king-county
Thanks, Dan for sharing this. Super helpful.
My pleasure mate :)
One of the best videos out there
Thanks Nikhil!
Should I use the same approach to sales presentation?
You can definitely take parts and use them for sales presentations!
Hi Dan,
I was under the assumption that during the analysis stage, consultants worked with PowerPoint to brainstorm and generate final slides (except recommendations). What would be the best practice for documentation during the case analysis and synthesis stage?
In my experience, it's best to do analysis and synthesis in Excel or Word, and only use PowerPoint once you've finished those things. Instead of brainstorming slide design etc in PowerPoint, we would hand draw them on paper or on a whiteboard.
Hi Dan,
Speaking about the course you've mentioned here: do I need to create an account on your website to get access to it? Is the link to the course sent to the email after payment or one gets access online immediately right after? There reason I'm asking is coz I didn't find any 'create an account' tab on the website.
Hey Jasmin, when you click purchase you're taken to page where you both create an account and pay. If you need any help, just shoot me an email at dan@slidescience.co :)
Really informative and well done video. Looking forward to more content! What was the paper you mentioned 1:44? Would love to learn more about synthesis…
Thanks John! I’ll see if I can dig it up
@@DanGalletta thanks, keep up the great work!
That was very clear explanation, exclusive and exhaustive. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Absolutely brilliant video. Thanks. 😊 You’ve earned a new subscriber. 🎉
Thanks so much, glad you liked it!
Brilliant breakdown.
Thanks mate!
Thank you so much Dan for such a clear and crisp explanation of the process. Reminds me of the consulting days - Suddenly this popped into my feed and thought of checking it out, but I am so impressed with this calm and comprehensive presentation that I am gonna bookmark this as a reference whenever I have to do any presentation.
Thanks so much, I’m glad to hear!
Thank you so much! It‘s really helpful !
You're welcome!
Good vídeo, well explain. Thanks! Maybe instead of Word you should try Scrivener because it breaks the text in "slides" (new pages) so we can mix in diferent ways the text in a very practical way. Best wishes!
Oh cool, never seen Scrivener. Might check it out
Loved the clarity!
Thanks so much Manuela!
Can you apply the 3-step framework to a general corporate presentation about your company?
Yep absolutely! You’ll need to have a clear objective for that presentation, then use the 3-step process to craft the storyline 😊
Thanks @@DanGalletta appreciate the response
Is it possible to apply the same technique when writing an internship report but in Microsoft Word instead?
I don’t see why not. You might also want to read up on top down communication / the Pyramid Principle 😊
great video - thank you! Please do the follow up video.
You got it!
Could you share this whitepaper you mention in the video? Great content.
I’ll have a dig for it 👍🏼
I would also love to access this. Your video is excellent btw!
Hi, I recently need to do summary slides for complicated projects, my manager is still not really happy after many many corrections 😢. On one hand it need to be compact, but on the other hand he wants to have more content with cost/benefit (including data), I really struggle to squeeze the right information in the slides. Any suggestions?
Ah sorry, it’s really hard for me to help without more context. One idea is to draw out a slide skeleton on paper and test it with your manager before you spend time making slides. Good luck!
@@DanGalletta thanks for your suggestion. I'm definiately going to try it in the future!
This is an excellent video! Thanks!
My pleasure Dave!
Wow Dan, top video! Subscribed to see the follow up to this.
Thanks so much!
What a cool video! Thank you so much! I really need this
My pleasure!
Great explanation to build a storytelling.
Thanks mate!
This is awesome! Thanks a lot
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you 🙏 This is a very useful knowledge.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! This video is gold ❤
Glad it was helpful!
wow so much value in such a short video!!!!
I hate the fluffy videos too 😂
Great Video Dan 👍🏻
Cheers mate!
Super valuable!! Thank you!!
My pleasure!
Awesome ! Truly insightful
Thanks Marco!
experts in ppt 👏👏👏
I’m not sure if I love or hate this comment hahah
Thank you for your video!!! It is really helpful!
Glad it was helpful!