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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