The Art of Presentation. Following the Zen Path - Adictos al Trabajo
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Why? Preparation Design Delivery Resources
Handfull of statistics
Common mistakes
Consequences
Change
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A H A N D F U L L O F
STATISTICS
Almost every PowerPoint presentation
sucks rotten eggs
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Seth Godin
A H A N D F U L L O F
STATISTICS
Guy Kawasaky
” % 99 !"#$%&'()*&
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It’s actually OK, maybe I’m exaggerating. “
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TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N T A T I O N
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce
TELEPROMPTING
1. People tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorize your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You will loss your audience’s attention before you even reach the bottom of your …
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1. Continued) … First slide.
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TELEPROMPTING
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SPELLING M I S T A K E S
2. Many people do not run spel cheek before there presentation – BIG MISTAK!!! Nothing makes you lok stupder than speling erors
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BULLET P O I N T I N G
• Avoid • Excesive • Buller-Pointing • Only • Bullet • Key • Points • Too • Many • Bullet-Points
• And • Your • Key • Messages • Will • NOT • Stand • Out • In fact • The Term
• “Bullet-Point” • Comes • From • People • Firing • Guns • At • Annoying • Presenters
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! What it is worst
— Too many bullet point levels are shown
– Type size gets smaller and smaller
– Until it is utterly unreadable
– Even for audiences in the 4th row
— So you better have just one bulletpoint level
– Better yet, forget about bullets (bullets, not guns, kill people. Don’t you know?)
– Use them sparingly
– There are many other ways of detiling your ideas!
TOO MANY L E V E L S
C O L O R S C H E M E S
GONE WRONG
,&Classhing
color schemes can lead to…
• Distraction • Confusion • Headache • Nausea • Vomiting • Loss of bladder control
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Why? Preparation Design Delivery Resources
Handfull of statistics
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Consequences
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TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N T A T I O N
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce
Actual samples were removed to avoid permanent damages to unwary audiences.
S A M P L E
SLIDES
Notice to readers
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TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N T A T I O N
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce
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boss Yes but, my
says…
YOU CAN C H A N G E !
Slideument
Informal
Preso
Zen
battleground
Formal
Based on Nancy Duarte’s “Presentations Landscape”
WHAT DO WE
PROPOSE
Based on Nancy Duarte’s “Slide:ology”
S O , N O W
WHAT
ecosystem Presentation
Message
Visual History
Delivery
Presentation
CREDITS
A special thanks to Roberto Canales for inspiring us to create a working group geared towards building and sharing knowledge worldwide.
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