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Easy PowerPoint for Leaders
Diane WindinglandSmall Talk Big ResultsWebinar for Executive Women
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Another BoringPowerPoint Presentation?
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The Boring Agenda Slide
• Plan your presentation• Discover 4 easy design principles
• Learn a few tips and tricks• Deliver with confidence
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Communications Expert
Author Speaker Presentation
Coach
The Not-So-Boring “About Me” Slide
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The Exciting Offer Preview
FREE Kindle book Only 4/09/2013 until midnight
Cat Got Your Tongue?Powerful Public Speaking Skills & Presentation Strategies for Confident Communication, or How to Create the Purrfect Speech 5
Plan“Failing to plan is planning to fail”
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Start with
Why
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Does yourAudience
care?
Start with
Why
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After
WhyThen plan
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Plan on papera whiteboardbrainstorming software
Post-it notesBut DON’T start in PowerPoint! 10
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Design
“Simple is almost always best”12
4 Easy Design Principles
Go BIG!
Contrast
Less isMore
Rule of Thirds
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Go BIG!
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Empowerment: Pass the Baton
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Empowerment
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Rule ofThirds
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Beautiful Tree in Rolling Pasture
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Power Points
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Contrast
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Contrast
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Is this easy to read?
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Is this easy to read?
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Contrast information
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U.S.A.
Revis family North Carolina, U.S.A.
$341.98/week Spaghetti, potatoes, sesame
chickenFrom the book “Hungry Planet”
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Chad
Aboubakar family Breidjing Camp, Chad $1.23/week Soup with fresh sheep meat
From the book “Hungry Planet”
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Weekly Food Consumption
USA Revis family North Carolina,
U.S.A. $341.98/week
Spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
Chad Aboubakar
family Breidjing
Camp, Chad $1.23/week Soup with fresh
sheep meatFrom the book, “Hungry Planet”
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Weekly Food Consumption
USA Revis family North Carolina,
U.S.A. $341.98/week
Spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
Chad Aboubakar
family Breidjing
Camp, Chad $1.23/week Soup with fresh
sheep meatFrom the book, “Hungry Planet”
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Weekly Food Consumption
USA$341.98
Chad$1.23
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Or . . .
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A picture is worth ____ _____.
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Dogs Vs. Cats
Dogs• 78.2 Million
owned 39% households own 40% more than one
Cats• 86.4 Million
owned• 33% households
own 52% more than one
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Less isMore
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What is the #1 problem?
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“significance” was lost
One idea per slide
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6 X 6 Rule
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The 6 X 6 Rule• No more than 6 bullets per
slide• No more than 6 words per
bullet• Don’t wrap points past one
line• Fade-in bullets one at a time• This rule is better than wall-o-
text.• Ugh. BORING. TMI. Do you
like?
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Make Information Visual
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My Family
• Diane, born in Oregon
• Sean, born in California
• Clara, born in California
• Yuri, born in Russia• Kim, born in South
Korea
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My Family
Diane, born in Oregon
Sean, born in California
Clara, born in California
Yuri, born in Russia
Kim, born in South Korea
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Diane
Sean
Clara
Yuri
Kim
My Family
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Answer choices
Responses
Zero 11-2 53-5 7More than 5 9
Survey Question:How many PowerPoint presentations have you attended in the last 3 months?
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Survey Question:How many PowerPoint presentations have you attended in the last 3 months?
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Survey Question:How many PowerPoint presentations have you attended in the last 3 months?
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Survey Question:How many PowerPoint presentations have you attended in the last 3 months?
73%Attended 3 or more
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Survey Question:How many PowerPoint presentations have you attended in the last 3 months?
7 out of
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attended 3 or more
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73%
Attended a PowerPoint
Presentation
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Have Fun!
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4 Easy Design Principles
Go BIG!
Contrast
Less isMore
Rule of Thirds
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Tips and Tricks
“More beauty in less time” 69
Tips and Tricks• Sections• Picture placement• Remove background of
picture• Making text “pop”
Not covered: video, audio, animations or transitions due to limitations of webinar platform
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Organize and plan with
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Slide Sorter View
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Picture
Placement
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What does this eye-tracking study tell you?
Eye-tracking study by James Breeze at ObjectiveEyeTracking.com
A person starts dying when they stop dreaming
-Brian Williams
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A person starts dying when they stop dreaming
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A person starts dying when they stop dreaming
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A person starts dying when they stop dreaming
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Remove Picture
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Zoom in for finer control 84
Diane
Sean
Clara
Yuri
Kim
My Family
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Making text
“Pop”
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Muay Thai Boxing
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Muay Thai Boxing 89
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Bonus tips: Keyboard Shortcuts
• hold shift to size objects proportionally• arrow keys move objects, CTRL arrow
nudge• Hold shift to select multiple objects• Copy short cut: Press CTRL while
dragging• Shift F5 to jump to slide show mode• Select text box to animate bullets one-
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Deliver
“The 3 most important things:
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Sample PowerPoint Checklist
Laptop HandoutsAC Adapter handoutsMouse flyers
biz. CardsElectricalPower strip Just in caseExtension cord remote batteries
spare bulbProjector CD w/ ppt fileAC adapter flash drive w/ppt fileLap top cable Speaker NotesRemote control slides printoutProjector screen
VenueAccessories set upSpeakers power accessLaser Pointer internet access
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Plan APlan BPlan C 99
“Show then Tell”
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“B” for Black Screen
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Deliver
“The 3 most important things:
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Another BoringPowerPoint Presentation?
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Additional Resources
• Tutorials on Lynda.com (David Diskin)
• Book: Presentation Zen• Book: PowerPoint 2010 for
Dummies
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Your Take Aways . . .
• Planning your presentation
• 4 easy design principles• A few tips and tricks• Delivering with confidence
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Diane WindinglandDiane@SmallTalkBigResults.comMonthly newsletter: http://bit.ly/stbrnews
And, now the Exciting Offer
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