4. “People who know what they’re
talking about don’t need
Powerpoint”
Steve Jobs
1955-2011
Steve Jobs was the co-founder and CEO of Apple and formerly Pixar
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5. “PowerPoint is the best tool out there for
making a quick and easy visual
presentation to accompany your talk.”
Wendy Russell
An experienced teacher specializing in live communications and graphics design
A member of the Ontario College of Teachers
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6. “A good set of slides won’t magically make
your talk great. But a great talk is badly
hurt by bad slides”
Zach Holman
Joined GitHub in 2010 as one of their first engineering hires
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7. 1. Start planning your presentation on paper
Start planning your presentation on paper rather
than PowerPoint.
It helps with creativity.
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Mary Langan www.nuatraining.co.uk
8. 2. Avoid written bullet points on slides
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The problem with Bullet points
• People will start reading from top
www.taodyne.com
• Won’t listen while you talk about the first items
http://blog.hengage.com/
9. 2. Avoid written bullet points on slides (cont.)
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• Then they already know what’s coming
• So they won’t listen for the rest either
www.taodyne.com
The problem with Bullet points (cont.)
http://blog.hengage.com/
10. 2. Avoid written bullet points on slides (cont.)
Using pictures or demonstrative pieces that
capture the idea you are trying to get across
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Steve Jobs
http://www.alpha-mos.com/alpha-mos
11. 3. Make your ideas “stick”
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www.sketchplanations.com
12. 4. If you make a mistake in presenting,
don’t panic
Acknowledge it, laugh and move on.
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http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/design/presentation-images-mistakes/
13. 5. Include the audience
Ask questions to allow them to participate.
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http://bestpresentationsoftwares.wordpress.com/
14. 6. Bring the audience forward
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http://www.virtualspeechcoach.com/tag/audience-engagement
15. 7. If possible, make everybody
turn OFF their electronic devices
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www.flickriver.com
16. 8. Remain flexible
Don’t be totally tied to your presentation.
Be able to assess where your participants are
Modify your presentation to meet their needs
and the time
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http://technorati.com/business/small-business/article/how-to-
remain-flexible-and-exude/
Sue Fiedler
17. 9. Let the audience direct the content
and order of your presentation
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http://community.openspending.org/research/handbook/framing
18. 10. Lean forward to make a point
A wee step or slight lean forward on a positive
point, and vice versa
Otherwise stepping back during pauses, then
slightly forward again.
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http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadpres.html
19. 11. Don’t read your slides
Paraphrase — it keeps people on their
toes.
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www.doodleslide.com
www.buildyourstartup.co
20. 12. Don’t try to say everything on screen
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Just use Short Punchy bullet points
Relevant , Thought-Provoking Imagery
www.dreamstime.com
22. Audience will be focused on you and what you’re saying
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http://socialmediatoday.com
23. 13. Try not to “prove it” within your slide content
Just say that. Your audience will typically
believe you
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www.sisodia.in
24. 14. Try to make one key point per slide
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http://www.m4bmarketing.com
If your slide makes no point at all – delete it
25. 15. Set your stall out early
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What you
are going
to cover?
Audience
appreciation
Keep referring
back to initial
agenda
26. 16. Consider getting outside help
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www.article10.com
stuffyoualreadyknow.com
Professional writer or
presentation expert
Totally new perspective on
your presentation
27. 17. Engage the audience at the start
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www.sgsolutionsllc.com
Tell a story; challenge with a question
28. 18. Use examples and personal anecdotes
to add credibility
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melissagalt.com
29. 19. Involve the audience
Use PowerPoint only where it will add value.
Use audio/visuals
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www.presentationteam.com
31. 21. Be positive
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www.personalitytutor.com
Projection is perception
www.deeptrancenow.com
32. 23. Keep it short
Say everything that needs to be said in as few
words as possible
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listcrux.com
33. 24. Turn off the projector
The presentation slide is desperately trying to
steal your thunder and reducing your role
to that of a voice over.
Use a blank screen to re-keep all eyes on you.
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h10025.www1.hp.com
34. 25. You need to be yourself
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www.imgion.com
35. 26. Don’t spend too long worrying about
voice and hand gestures
These can make a difference, but there are
other changes to your overall presentation you
can make that will have a much bigger impact.
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Jessica Pyne
www.dailymail.co.uk
36. 27. Practise, practise, practise
If you don’t practise, the first time you deliver
your presentation out loud will be in front of a
room full of people
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Jessica Pyne of M62
37. 28. Vary your pace and pitch
Vary your pace and pitch.
Too much of any one thing is boring
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Richard Mulholland
blogs.warwick.ac.uk
38. 29. Use a mirror
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http://blog.aavaz.biz
39. 30. Think about your audience, not
about you or your stuff
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PRESENTability.com
www.sjhemleymarketing.com
Answer the question of the attendees:
what’s in it for me?
40. 31. Slides don’t make good handouts
Even good slides will have very little meaning
without you
Slides are to support the message, not the
presenter.
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Phil Waknell
dustinmaherfitness.com
41. 31. Slides don’t make good handouts (cont.)
Yet without handouts most of your message is
likely to be forgotten sooner or later
So use handouts wisely
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Phil Waknell
http://www.911gasfacts.info/flyers--handouts.html
62. The Rule of Three
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“People will only remember three things
from your presentation”
northamerica.mslgroup.com
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In Presentations “Less is More”
The Rule of Three (cont.)
www.smbtraining.com
http://retireforlessincostarica.com
64. The Rule of Three (cont.)
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Use lists of three wherever you can in your
presentation
Friends, Romans, Countrymen lend me your ears”
William Shakespeare
“Our priorities are Education, Education, Education”
Tony Blair
65. The Rule of Three (cont.)
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There are three parts to your presentation
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abc.go.com
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