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Tell ‘Em What You’re Gonna Tell ‘Em, Tell ‘Em and Tell ‘Em You’ve Told ‘Em

In my halcyon career days some little while ago and before I became a drain on the resources of the State as a poorly pensioner, from time to time I gave Powerpoint presentations on any matter folks were prepared to pay to listen to.  Before that they would have been with acetate window slides. (Ask your grandmother).

The structure of the talks was foolproof and never changing.   It was “Tell ’em what you’re gonna tell ‘em, tell ‘em and tell ‘em you’ve told ‘em”.  And it applied to every situation.

On one occasion I was invited to give a talk on “How to Give a Presentation”.

Naturally I introduced it by telling ‘em what I was gonna tell ‘em which was to tell ‘em what they were gonna tell ‘em, tell ‘em and tell ‘em they’d told ‘em.  Then I’d move on to the main body of the talk which was to tell ‘em to tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em, tell ‘em and then tell ‘em you’ve told ‘em before finally moving on to the ending where I told ‘em what I’d told ‘em which was to tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em, tell ‘em and then tell ‘em you’ve told ‘em.

Never fails.

“Ker-ching”

◄ STORMY DANIELS

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John Coopey

Sat 15th Apr 2023 08:33

Not until you tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em, MC.

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 14th Apr 2023 20:46

Ooh...do tell! 😉

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John Coopey

Thu 13th Apr 2023 13:05

Truly an opportunity missed, Stephen. And thanks for the Likes, Red Brick and John.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 13th Apr 2023 07:17

I was once offered a training course on 'how to give a training course'. I didn't take it up because I was on a training course.

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John Coopey

Wed 12th Apr 2023 18:09

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Hélène

Wed 12th Apr 2023 02:15

Got it! I think?

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Graham Sherwood

Tue 11th Apr 2023 23:26

Can you just tell us that again JC?

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