When speaking in another country, buy images of people who LOOK like the audience. It really does matter. Recently, I conducted 2 presentations in India and needed 2 presentation decks. I first considered doing what I usually do — updating the PowerPoints I had, change what needed adding, removing, or adjusting slides based on the customization talks. But once the decks were complete, I realized I needed to do more, the images that didn’t sit well with me. While the people in the images were diverse, they didn’t look like the population I was going to be speaking to. I knew my audience of advisors would be dressed in suites and pressed shirts. They would also be

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