Communication - Presentation

All of have wanted to improve our presentation skills, I am in the process of acquiring a "Say it with Charts" book (recomended by Mckisey Mind). My first thinking was I must have a methodology to how I go about my presentation idea. Then I read this piece by the "Simple Geek" and it gave me an broad outline

Model for presentations - Methodology

Start with a brain dump whitepaper.
Rework the paper to tell a story,
build headlines for the major sections,
then use that to drive a slideshow.
Don't religiously follow this use this as a guideline, however the idea of focusing on the story, the key points, and simplicity are important.