Post on 19-Aug-2014
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POWERPOINT DOESN'T SUCK
YOU DO A guide to better story telling and not letting your slides suck
Right now, someone out there is saying "powerpoint sucks" or "I hate these keynotes",
hopefully they aren't talking about you.
WHY PRESENTATION SUCKS
THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR AUDIENCE
THE CONTENT DOESN’T FIT
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESIGN A PRESENTATION
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL A STORY
OKAY LET'S TALK ABOUTKNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE
DESIGNING YOUR PRESENTATIONSTORY TELLING
Relevance Why should I care?
Significance creates PassionPassion attracts AttentionAttention leads to Action
THIS IS PASSION
PASSION IS INFECTIOUS
PASSION IS CONVINCING
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PASSION IS MEMORABLE
A GREAT TITLE IS WORTH MILLIONSA GREAT TITLE TRAVELS AND DRIVES CLICKS
TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION
JUST DOESN’T QUITE HAVE THE SAME RING AS...
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EXAMPLE
OR
EXAMPLE
STRUCTURETHE BUILDING BLOCKS OF YOUR STORY
1 POINT PER SLIDEIT'S HARD TO REMEMBER ANYMORE THAN THAT
SKIP THE BULLETS
USE A SEPARATE SLIDE FOR EACH
SENTENCE OR IDEA
ON PHOTOS:SKIP THE CHEESY
GO FOR INTERESTING
SOMETHINGFUNNY
OR EVEN UNEXPECTED
GRAPHS ARE OK
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERSIT'S ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN
BUT REMEMBER
...women who don't like working out report twice the orgasm problems of women who do.
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/10-charts-about-sex/
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IT'S A PRESENTATIONNOT A WORD DOCUMENT
REMEMBER
“THIS IS OUR PLAN FOR THE NEXT 1000 YEARS”
DELIVERYHOW YOU TELL THE STORY
IF YOUR AUDIENCE IS READING, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING…WHATS THE POINT OF YOU BEING THERE?
NEED TO SEND OR PRINT THE SLIDES?
ONE FOR PRINTING & SENDINGONE FOR PRESENTATIONS
MAKE 2 SETS OF SLIDES
DITCH THE NOTESYOU WON'T NEED THEM
USE IMAGES TO REMIND YOU
OF EACH POINT YOU WANT
TO MAKE
ONE MORE THING:REPEAT & RECAP
HAVE A GREAT TITLE & OPENING SLIDEFOCUS ON ONE SIMPLE POINT OR IDEA YOU WANT TO MAKEPASSION IS INFECTIOUSONE POINT PER SLIDEDITCH THE NOTES
RECAP
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RESOURCES
Jonny LiSimplifie.co
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