You Suck at Powerpoint
You Suck at Powerpoint
You Suck at Powerpoint
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Approximately 350 PowerPoint presentations are given every second around the world... !@#$% &#$*! @#$% *$@# #$%^& @#&^$ !@#&^
and approximately 99% suck. But its not PowerPoint which sucks.
Lets learn good presentation design from other peoples mistakes with...
MISTAKE
If youre going to put word for word what youre are going to say, hand over the slides and take a seat instead.
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A good trick is to
This helps you with timing and prevents your audience from skipping ahead.
POINT ONE
POINT TWO
POINT THREE
POINT FOUR
POINT FIVE
POINT SIX
Keep it relevant.
Effective communication is knowing what to cut out, so be a merciless editor.
POINT ONE
POINT THREE
POINT SIX
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with senseless data.
MISTAKE
There are endless sources of visuals you can use to bring your presentation to life.
A good place to start is: iStockPhoto.com: Royalty free ($$$) Compght.com: Creative Commons (free-ish*)
If youre going to use standard Microsoft clipart theres no hope for you, sorry.
*with conditions
MISTAKE
CRAP QUALITY
Dont bore your audience with childish visuals. Invest time in learning great design.
Buy it:
Good design costs money. Invest in professional images and typeface. A little $$$ can give you significant advantage.
Steal it:
You can reverse engineer almost any good design. Take apart your favorite presentations, infographics, websites and figure out how its done and remix it into something new. EverythingIsARemix.info is a great place to start to learn how to steal great design
Tahoma Microsoft Sans Serif Arial Verdana Courier New Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Lucida Console Comic Sans MS...
and youll find plenty of handpicked fonts by some of the best designers.
While 95% of your colleagues use PowerPoint, it doesnt need to be your only option. For 22 years PowerPoint has been the standard for delivering presentation. But not anymore. Experiment with different presentations tools and see which one produces the best results
MISTAKE
visual vomit
POINT 1
Having a consistent use of colors, images & alignment gives a cohesive look to your presentation. It also helps to separate your presentation into recognizable sections.
MISTAKE
LACK OF PREP
Most presentations suck because not enough time went into making them. Period.
You need to craft the perfect story, create beautiful looking slides to support it and then rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. ... and not the night before.
Ya, exactly.
86%
of top executives say that communicating with clarity directly impacts their career and income.
Source: www.distinction-services.com
25%
Source: www.distinction-services.com
Lets recap...
MISTAKES TO AVOID:
Lets recap...
MISTAKES TO AVOID:
TOO MUCH INFO NOT ENOUGH VISUALS
HORRIBLE QUALITY
VISUAL VOMIT
LACK OF PREP
But wait!
A nicely designed presentation is not the most important part.
Yes the best speakers grip an audience by telling a story and showing some slides to support that, but...
Yes the best speakers grip an audience by telling a story and showing some slides to support that, but...
the boldest among them do away with slides entirely and go naked.
Before you become a master presentation designer you must be a great storyteller first.
One of the best resources to help you with this is Resonate by Nancy Duarte.
Thank You.
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