Seth Godin suggests that we should consider just walking on stage, skipping the slideware stuff that most people aren't too good with, and doing the whole presentation in the form of Q&A (with at least the first question seeded in order to avoid a 45-minute awkward silence with you standing on stage thinking of ways to kill yourself quickly and painlessly using only a stack of business cards, a PDA, and the clothes you're wearing).

The idea is certainly intriguing and I'm sure it has and will work for some occasions and for some audiences. I'm just afraid it wouldn't work that well for a Finnish audience. I would, however, enjoy being in the audience... (hint, hint)