This presentation shows with an example where traditional text based slides lack and how real visual presentations can made an impact for business presenters.

1. Making Presentations Visual From Text Slides to Simple Visual Diagrams Presentation-Process.com

2. Hi, We are Ram & ArteFrom Presentation-process The people trying to put a clear process to create better business presentations

3. This presentation explores how slides in business presentations can be made more effective

4. Slides are useful for many reasons… Add insights Represent ideas powerfully Provide Visual Relief Slides Engage multiple senses Aid memory Reinforce talk …If they are made effectively

5. What is the best way to represent information on slides?A practical example…

6. The usual text-based slide looks like this…

7. Guidelines to seat audience in a presentation Theater Style: If your audience is large and you cannot interact much with them, use this seating arrangement U-shaped style: For audience of 10-20 this is a great way to interact with the audience Cluster arrangement: More of a training set up where you want audience to interact with each other

8. Does this type of slide help present effectively? PRESENTER: Easy to present without practice or even knowing the subject ADVANTAGE AUDIENCE: Can either listen or read text, but not both at the same time! PROBLEM ( Notice how all the advantages are for the presenter)

9. A better alternative is to use bullet-points effectively…

10. Guidelines to seat audience correctly Theater Style: large audience Low interaction with presenter U-shaped style: Audience size of 10-20 High interaction with presenter Cluster arrangement: Training set up Audience interact with each other

11. Is this type of slide more effective? PRESENTER: Provides clues for speech without revealing too much to audience. Easy to make. ADVANTAGE AUDIENCE: Does not engage visually. Becomes monotonous after a while PROBLEM

12. A more‘image’ focused slide on this same topic looks like…

13. Guidelines to seat audience in a presentation Slide 1: Slide 2: Slide 3: Theater Style U-Shaped Cluster Seating

14. Do these ‘images’ help present effectively? AUDIENCE: It is more visual than any of the previous alternatives PRESENTER: Easy to make ADVANTAGE AUDIENCE: It in a ‘linear’ format where connected information is being presented separately. This makes it difficult to recall. PROBLEM

15. Slide with image Representing the way ideas are represented in these slides… Slide with image Slide with image Slide with image Slide with image

16. But the way audience remember information is: The way these slides present information: Not

17. As humans, we understand and remember information as ‘relationships’ or connections Good Visual Slide How information about animals is stored in your brain Image Source: Wikipedia

18. An effective presentation slide should focus on visuals and the connection between ideas Good Visual Slide Helps audience remember message

19. Relationships or connections can be easily captured with DIAGRAMS

20. For example: If we really look at the RELATIONSHIP between the information we have been trying to present…

21. The basis of our suggestion for audience seating arrangement is: Audience interaction with presenter: High or Low Audience size: Small or Large The relationship between the information can be captured as a MATRIX

22. Guidelines to seat audience in a presentation High U-SHAPED ARRANGEMENT CLUSTER ARRANGEMENT Audience Interaction with presenter THEATRE STYLE CLASSROOM STYLE Low Audience Size Small Large

23. ADVANTAGE 1 With a diagram, we found further information that could be added to make the thought complete High U-SHAPED ARRANGEMENT CLUSTER ARRANGEMENT Audience Interaction with presenter THEATRE STYLE CLASSROOM STYLE Low Audience Size Small Large

24. We can draw this diagram on whiteboard/ flipchart. No need for slides ADVANTAGE 2

25. Information is presented as ‘relationships’ or connections, which makes it easy for audience to remember ADVANTAGE 3

26. Once the relationship is clear, the information can always be presented with better design…

27. With a more professional diagram… Audience Interaction : HIGH U-Shaped Arrangement Cluster Arrangement Classroom Style Theater Style LO W Size : SMALL LARGE

28. Is there a problem with this approach? The presenter needs to take the time to process his information and present it as powerful visual diagrams PROBLEM It is very easy once the presenter knows the process

29. The change in presenting information visually…. Text Bullets Images Diagram+ Design

30. You can READ MORE about presentingbusiness ideas powerfully by creating visual diagrams here: http://www.presentation-process.com/powerpoint-diagram.html CONNECT: @Metamorphtrg