ART OF PRESENTATIONBy: Sharang Agarwal

Based on Talk by Garr Reynolds

Keynote Presenter

Seminar Leader

Author

College professor

Musician

Athlete

Why presentation matters

If your idea is worth spreading….

Presentation matters

If you’re not appearing, you are disappearing

Art BlakeyLegendary jazz musician

Good Presentation• Interactive• Engaging• Humor• Tells a story

Bad Presentation• Confusion• Boredom • Wasted time

Story telling matters…

Tips…

Simplicity takes work

Ideally, one idea per slide

Make unity a priority

Pictures are superior

Lose the signal, lose the audience

Eliminate fluff

Presentation Made Simple

VisualsPreparation Delivery

Preparation

Don’t start here

Plan “analog”

Find the time and plan ahead

Step back and have some lone time

Simplicity

Unexpectedness

Concreteness

Credibility

Emotions

Story

Visuals

Use charts and images instead of data

Boring !!!!

Interesting

Use animations and amaze your audience

Delivery

Don’t want audience to be like this ??

Don’t read your slidesRehearse and know what you present, be in the moment

PowerPoint is just a tool

You are the presentation