Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce

THE ART

OF PRESENTATION Following the ZEN path

why

resources

3 steps

presentation

TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N T A T I O N

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

Almost every PowerPoint presentation

sucks rotten eggs

“

” Seth Godin

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

of presentations suck “ Guy Kawasaky

” % 95

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

Guy Kawasaky

” % 99 Don’t suck

Suck

It’s actually

OK, maybe I’m exaggerating. “

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

C U R R E N T

SITUATION

30 Millions of presentations

each day

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

I’ve seen presentations that would make a billy goat puke

“ ”

John Rambo

I’ve seen presentations that would make a billy goat puke

“ ”

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

A H A N D F U L L O F

STATISTICS

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 …

1. Continued) … first slide. Don McMillan

Technically Funny

2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved

TELEPROMPTING

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

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

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 I N D E N T A T I O N 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

Next slides may cause permanent damage

Warning

A C M E CORPORATION

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W A N T T O

CHANGE?

why

resources

3 steps

presentation

TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N T A T I O N

Presentations must be visual

CONTEXT W H Y I M A G E S ?

What do we want to say?

C R A F T I N G

THE MESSAGE

Story.(period)

A presentation is a

C R A F T I N G

THE STORY

Exposition Resolution

Plot

C R A F T I N G

THE STORY

every

Now, story is made of …

corp! Yes but,

that’s for tales this is a

C R A F T I N G

THE STORY

Current Situation Solution

Problem

this? Alright, what about

C R A F T I N G

THE STORY

always! Keep the audience

in mind

AUDIENCE THAT BIG UNKNOWN

pen Paper & a

all you’ll ever need

G O I N G

ANALOG

T H R E E

S T E P S

3 steps

3 steps

80% Prepare for

of time

M I N D

MAP

3 steps

Remember

M I N D

MAP

T H R E E

S T E P S

Storyboard 1

G O I N G

ANALOG

Current situation

Problem

Solution & benefits

Title & author Summary

& call to action

G O I N G

ANALOG

go! Let’s

G O I N G

ANALOG

Current situation

Problem

Solution

Title

Summary

G O I N G

ANALOG

T H R E E

S T E P S

laptop Switch on

your

G O I N G

DIGITAL

G r i d

6x6

Power Lines

Power Points Working Area

G R I D WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR

Breathing Room

TEMPLATES CHOOSE YOUR TYPE

Forget this type

Use one sans serif font face

images Use full bleed, HD

WORKING WITH

IMAGES

cliparts No

WORKING WITH

IMAGES

better! Way

WORKING WITH

IMAGES

TEMPLATES LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES

free divide & conquer!

Slides are

why

resources

3 steps

presentation

TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N T A T I O N

R E S O U R C E S

BOOKS

EL ARTE DE LA PRESENTACION

Alberto de Vega & Eduardo S. de la Fuente

available at Lulu.com

16:30

R E S O U R C E S

BOOKS

photoXpress

R E S O U R C E S

PICTURES

There’s another way

of understanding presentations

and engaging with your audience

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RESOURCES • Slide 01. Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce • Slide 10. ©Lionsgate 2008 • Slide 12-17. © 2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved • Slide 22. © 2009 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved • Slide 24. © Chris Inside. All rights reserved • Slide 25. © PhotoXpress.com • Slide 28. Photo by Dan Becker • Slide 30. Day 140 by Milknosugar • Slide 31. © PhotoXpress.com • Slide 32, 38, 43 Steps by Susan van Gelder • Slide 37. © PhotoXpress.com • Slide 39. IMG_0787RubyGloomBoard by The Doodlers • Slide 40, 42. Based on © Adam Borkowski / PhotoXpress.com • Slide 44. Power Button by therevan77 • Slide 47. © iStockPhoto • Slide 48. Clipart included in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 & 2010 • Slide 49. @MediaAudience by mezzoblue CC By-NC-ND license • Slide 50. ©2009 Paramount Home Entertainment. All right reserved. • Slide 52 & 55. Photo by Alberto de Vega