Our presentation delivered on 20/10/2011 in Internal Auditing European Conference 2011: http://www.internalaudit2011.eu

1. THE ART
OF PRESENTATION
Following the ZEN path
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce

2. 3 steps
why
presentation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE ART OF PRESENTATION resources

3. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS

4. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
“Almost every
PowerPoint presentation
sucks rotten eggs”
Seth Godin

5. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS

6. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
“95 %
of presentations suck ”
Guy Kawasaky

7. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
“OK, maybe I’m exaggerating.
Don’t suck
It’s actually 99 %”
Guy Kawasaky
Suck

8. C U R R E N T
SITUATION
30 Millions
of presentations
each day

9. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
“I’ve seen presentationspuke
would make a billy goat
that
”

10. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
“I’ve seen presentationspuke
would make a billy goat
that
John Rambo
”

11. A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS

12. 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 …

13. TELEPROMPTING
1. Continued) … first slide.
Don McMillan
Technically Funny
2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved

14. 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

15. BULLET
POINTING
• Avoid • And • “Bullet-Point”
• Excesive • Your • Comes
• Buller-Pointing • Key • From
• Only • Messages • People
• Bullet • Will • Firing
• Key • NOT • Guns
• Points • Stand • At
• Too • Out • Annoying
• Many • In fact • Presenters
• Bullet-Points • The Term

16. TOO MANY
I N D E N TAT I O N S
 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!

17. COLOR SCHEMES
GONEWRONG
schemes
Classhing
color can
lead to…
•Distraction
•Confusion
•Headache
•Nausea
•Vomiting
•Loss of bladder control

18. Warning
Next slides may cause permanent damage

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metus ultrices ligula, at lacinia felis neque id nunc. Sed nunc
nisi, lobortis in aliquam sed, pulvinar vitae ipsum.
ACME
CORPORATION

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erat sit amet feugiat lobortis, urna ligula placerat sem, sit amet
fermentum mauris est at ante.
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sollicitudin sagittis. Donec pellentesque volutpat nunc, eget
eleifend tellus accumsan ac.
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lectus. Donec sed libero turpis, at imperdiet metus.
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sapien elit, eu porta risus.
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metus ultrices ligula, at lacinia felis neque id nunc. Sed nunc
nisi, lobortis in aliquam sed, pulvinar vitae ipsum.
ACME
CORPORATION

21. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur tortor
libero, fermentum vitae sodales nec, pellentesque vitae nulla
 Aliquam fringilla urna ut augue mollis egestas.
 Sed elementum scelerisque imperdiet. Aliquam commodo,
erat sit amet feugiat lobortis, urna ligula placerat sem, sit amet
fermentum mauris est at ante.
 Nunc a augue augue. Aliquam placerat ipsum a enim
sollicitudin sagittis. Donec pellentesque volutpat nunc, eget
eleifend tellus accumsan ac.
 Phasellus nulla lorem, posuere eget ultrices sed, congue ut
lectus. Donec sed libero turpis, at imperdiet metus.
Pellentesque pretium quam sed est adipiscing aliquet. Proin eu
sapien elit, eu porta risus.
 Praesent accumsan, sem eget sollicitudin vulputate, tortor
metus ultrices ligula, at lacinia felis neque id nunc. Sed nunc
nisi, lobortis in aliquam sed, pulvinar vitae ipsum.
ACME
CORPORATION

22. W A N T T O
CHANGE?

23. 3 steps
why
presentation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE ART OF PRESENTATION resources

24. CONTEXT
WHY IMAGES?
Presentations must be visual

25. C R A F T I N G
THE MESSAGE
What do we
want to say?

26. C R A F T I N G
THE STORY
A presentation
is a
Story.
(period)

27. C R A F T I N G
THE STORY
every
Now,
story
is made of …
Plot
Exposition Resolution

28. C R A F T I N G
THE STORY
corp!
Yes but,
that’s for tales
this is a

29. C R A F T I N G
THE STORY
Alright,
what about
this?
Problem
Current Situation Solution

30. AUDIENCE
THAT BIG UNKNOWN
Keep
the audience
in mind always!

31. G O I N G
ANALOG
Paper
&a
pen
all you’ll ever need

32. T H R E E
STEPS

33. 3 steps

34. 3 steps

35. M I N D
MAP
Prepare
for
80% of time

36. 3 steps

37. M I N D
MAP
Remember

38. T H R E E
STEPS

39. G O I N G
ANALOG
Storyboard 1

40. G O I N G
ANALOG
Current
situation
Title &
author Problem Summary
& call to
action
Solution
& benefits

41. G O I N G
ANALOG
Let’s
go!

42. G O I N G
ANALOG
Title Current Problem
situation
Solution Summary

43. T H R E E
STEPS

44. G O I N G
DIGITAL
laptop
Switch on
your

45. Breathing Room G R I D
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR
Working Area Power Points 6x6
G r i d
Power Lines

46. TEMPLATES
CHOOSE YOUR TYPE
sans serif
Use
one
font face
Forget this type

47. WORKING WITH
IMAGES
Use full bleed,
HD
images

48. WORKING WITH
IMAGES
cliparts
No

49. WORKING WITH
IMAGES
Way
better!

50. TEMPLATES
LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES
Slides
are
free divide
& conquer!

51. 3 steps
why
presentation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE ART OF PRESENTATION resources

52. RESOURCES
BOOKS
EL ARTE
DE LA PRESENTACION
Alberto de Vega &
Eduardo S. de la Fuente
available at Lulu.com

53. RESOURCES
BOOKS
16:30

54. RESOURCES
PICTURES
photoXpress

55. ‘
‘
There’s another way
of understanding presentations
and engaging with your audience
find it at PresentacionesArtesanas.es
El

56. 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