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un-suck your presentations

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In my career, I've probably given a few hundred presentations to audiences of various size and shape. What I've learned over the years, is how to make a good presentation with my personality weaved in. You'll find elements of many other "how to give a great presentation" presentations in here, but this is my version, and it's all about free stuff!

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1: who?2: why?3: what?4: how?

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1: WHO

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VSB ’08

MIS, Marketing

Digital Ad Guy

“Professor”

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I’ve worked with:

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I’ve spoken at:

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2: WHY

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nobody teaches this s%!$

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you learn charts

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you learn slides

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commons.wikimedia.org

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3: WHAT

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to tell a story

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to weave a narrative

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to express yourself

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4: HOW

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tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em

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tell ‘em!

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tell ‘em what you told ‘em

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ready?

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prep!

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WHO IS…

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…your audience

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…your team

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know key players before you start

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still prepping

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WHY…

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…do I care?

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…do you care?

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how can I be excited if you aren’t?

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WHAT…

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…W…IIFM

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…is your one

bigidea

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every slide

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every slide word supports your idea

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prepped!

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now let’s build a deck

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HOW…

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• Make sure to fill up your slides with everything you’re going to say so you can read off it

• Bullets make content super easy to digest so you should definitely put those in there.

• The default font is perfect too. Lets just use that, or maybe we’ll use one of the templates in powerpoint.

• Hey we use 12 point font for our essays, so that’s a good rule of thumb for presentations.

• The more information you put on a slide, the smarter you look.

• I hope people can read this. Oh wait, they can’t, because size 12 font is ridiculous.

• Oh, and pictures. We need arbitrary pictures, squished to fit in a random space.

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NO.

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cute animals always work.

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10 HOW’S

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1: pay by the word

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bullets kill

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• I told you not to make bullets

• Want to see why? • Here’s some stuff • Important thing• And then some other

stuff

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• I told you not to make bullets

• Want to see why? • Here’s some stuff • Important thing• And then some other

stuff

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important stuff goes

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2. frame yourself

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no-fly zones

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3: use gridlines

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4: add depth

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5: templates suck

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stock fonts suck more

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learn basic design principles

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6: pick a palette

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secondary secondaryaccessory accessory

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contrast is crucial

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contrast is crucial

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contrast problems?

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add a screen

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7: use great photos

hide attribution in the no fly zone

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squeeze!

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cute kids work too

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8: rehearsedon’t script

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1 - 2 - 3

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timeddon’t lookdon’t stop

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timedlook

don’t stop

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reviewrevise

rearrange

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timedlook

don’t stop

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final toucheslive audience

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tape yourself

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wtf?

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the big day

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9: survey the room

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focused or distracted?

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usually a mix

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death to podiums!

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find your sixfavorite people

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one

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they will guide you

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10: own it!

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enter:the spirit animal(s)

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rewards!

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i used:sketch

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