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Presentations with Powerpoint – part 1
Miles Metcalfe, 2008-10-22
What we’ll cover
What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions
What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions
• Get beyond Powerpoint to the presentation
What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions
• Get beyond Powerpoint to the presentation
• Next week:
What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions
• Get beyond Powerpoint to the presentation
• Next week:
• Powerpoint karaoke!
“It’s not worth doing a presentation for a small idea, or for a budget, or to give a quarterly update. That’s what memos are for.”
Seth Godin
Have something to say
Rules are the death of good presentations – but know why you are breaking them
Tips – not rules
The basics
The basics
• If you are conveying information:
The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect
The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect
• Give it to them
The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect
• Give it to them
• Sum it up
The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect
• Give it to them
• Sum it up
• Leave on a rise
More basics
More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a vision:
More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a vision:
• Tell a story
More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a vision:
• Tell a story
• Be open
More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a vision:
• Tell a story
• Be open
• Entertain
Stuff you wished you’d known the first time…
Don’t read the bullet points
Don’t read the bullet points
Seriously – don’t do this!
Contrast is important
Contrast is important
As ! cla"ty
As is clarity
One slide a minute is fast
Know the venue
Don’t take risks
Alt-Tab
Alt-Tab
*Or Command-Tab on a Mac
*
Stuff you might find useful one day
Miles MetcalfeHead of IT R&D
Rave Template
You can use the Ravensbourne template
Miles MetcalfeHead of IT R&D
Rave Template
You can use the Ravensbourne template It’s available on the Intranet
Miles MetcalfeHead of IT R&D
Rave Template
You can use the Ravensbourne template It’s available on the Intranet It isn’t easy to use
Miles MetcalfeHead of IT R&D
Rave Template
You can use the Ravensbourne template It’s available on the Intranet It isn’t easy to use You might want to try it without the pictures
Miles MetcalfeHead of IT R&D
Rave Template
If you are really stuck
Get a remote
Mind-mapping
• Presentation Zen
• Slideshare
• Seth Godin
• Intranet templates
Resources
Thanks!
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