Presentations are a powerful medium that can quickly disseminate information and help teach people new ideas. Unfortunately not every slide deck is effective at reaching this goal. Do you remember the boring professor you had in college who used to read his PowerPoint slides verbatim? By the time the lectures were over, you and half the class were usually asleep with your faces stuck to your desks in piles of drool. To truly create a captivating presentation that engages the masses you must capture people's attention in an enchanting manner. But how can you design slides to draw such interest or exclamations of beauty? http://dashburst.com/presentation/how-to-create-a-presentation/ ‎

1. How to Create a Captivating
PRESENTATION
By Daniel Zeevi
@DashBurst

2. Captivate
[kap-tuh-veyt]
to attract and hold the attention or interest of,
as by beauty or excellence; enchant.

3. ENCHANT
with catatonic
BEAUTY!

4. INSPIRE THROUGH EXCELLENCE!

5. HAVE A DREAM!

6. CONVEY YOUR DREAM!
smithsonianmag.com

7. 12 Steps to Create a Captivating
PRESENTATION

8. Start with an idea

9. Organize your
into an OUTLINE
1

10. If you can encapsulate your
into a single captivating sentence, you’re halfway home.
- Len Wein
1

12. Pick an Attention-Grabbing
2

14. OptimizeYour

15. is better
In general,

16. Tweets < 140 characters
- But save more space for retweets

17. Focus on
KEYWORDS

18. Focus on
KEYWORDS

20. COVER SLIDE
Create a Captivating
3

22. FACEBOOK SHARING
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23. is everything
An eye-popping

25. 4
Pick Cool
See the 5 Most Useful Color Tools for Designers

28. That fit your theme
PICK 2-3 COLORS

29. Color Scheme Designer

30. Keep it

31. 5
Add Sharp

32. SIZING MATTERS
Examples (pixels):
1024 X 768 (best)
800 X 600
< 1024 >

33. SIZING MATTERS
Examples (pixels):
1024 X 768 (best)
800 X 600
< 1024 >
- width : height ratio of a regular slide = 4 : 3

34. Types of

35. 1. YOUR OWN IMAGES
Screenshots Photography
See Screen Capture (by Google)

36. 2. CREATIVE COMMONS
See creativecommons.org Flickr is a great source of CC images

37. 2. Last slide
2 Ways to Add Credits
1. Bottom of image

38. 3. ROYALTY FREE
iStockphoto Shutterstock

39. Find SHARP Images

40. CONTRAST MATTERS

41. Funny

42. FUNNY IS GOOD!

45. 6
Communicate
INFORMATION
Visually

47. BUT DON’T OVERDO IT

48. 7
Select Standout

49. Popular
Times New Roman

50. Popular
Times New Roman
can be boring

51. Fresh Fonts
Alternate Gothic No. 2
Frutiger
Droid Sans
Rockwell
Impact
Lobster Two

52. 8
Can Be Sexy

54. And CAPTIVATING

55. But make sure your video WORKS …
1. Embed videos from websites like YouTube directly
into your presentation, or…
2. Insert a video file – but make sure it works on the
target machine
3. Embed a YouTube video via SlideShare after uploading
your presentation
See “A TED speaker's worst nightmare”

56. 9
PRACTICE

58. Repetition

59. 10
ENGAGEYour Audience

62. Focus on your AUDIENCE

63. Or else…

65. 11
RELAXAnd TakeYour Time

67. No Need to Shout

70. 12
RECAP
Always

71. Let’s go over the STEPS

72. 12 Steps to Create a Captivating
PRESENTATION

73. 12 Steps to Create a Captivating Presentation
1) OrganizeYour Idea Into an Outline
2) Pick an Attention-Grabbing Title
3) Create a Captivating Cover Slide
4) Pick Cool Colors
5) Add Sharp Images
6) Communicate Information Visually
7) Select Standout Fonts
8) Videos Can Be Sexy
9) Practice
10) EngageYour Audience
11) Relax and TakeYour Time
12) Always Recap

74. Our responsibility is to captivate you for
however long we've asked for your
attention.
- Aaron Sorkin

76. Looking for a CREATIVE spark?

77. Let us HelpYou Create a Captivating
PRESENTATION
Contact Daniel Zeevi
dan@DashBurst.com
dashburst.com