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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