Seeding is a great way to stay on top of your presentation, go without notes, leave the podium and mingle with the audience. You can create your own seed icons, text and colours. I use the light blue which I can read ten feet away and the audience cannot. If you are nervous or new to presenting, use the seeding technique. Hope it works for you!

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2. Seeding advises you in advance about:
1. what’s coming up next
2. if the next slide carries on from the current slide
3. if this slide is the last in a series
4. if the next slide starts a new topic
5. where animated bullets stop
6. your introduction to the next slide
Seeding
is a set
of icons
and text
that you
create.
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3. Your SEED
icons and
SEED text
are located
at the very
bottom of
your slide.
Right about
And have no fear, the
audience cannot read
your notes….
As you an see, no podium, no notes and I am away from the screen…
when needed, I glance at the lower part of the screen to note the
seeded icons or transition statement…

4. Use this icon to indicate the next slide
continues on from your current slide.
Combine this icon with a transition
statement that you say prior to
clicking to the next slide.
Let me show you the graph now…
Let me show you the graph now… 4
See below. Here’s how your
seeded text and icons look.
You can adjust sizing and the
light blue colour to suit your
own vision from a few feet to
ten feet away.

5. Use this icon to indicate the end of
the current topic – and the next slide
starts a new topic.
Combine this icon with a transition
statement that you say prior to
clicking to the next slide.
Now we move to the latest trend…
Now let’s talk about marketing 5
If you know your presentation
well enough you may never
look at your seeded prompts.
BUT… sometimes something
will cause you to forget, just
for a split second… seeding will
keep you on track.

6. Use this icon to indicate the place where
animated bullets stop and save yourself
from clicking forward and then having to
back up. Always number your bullets.
Combine this icon with a transition
statement that you say prior to clicking
to the next slide.
Any questions about
that last bullet?
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1. Idea #1
2. Idea #2
3. Idea #3
4. Idea #4
5. Idea #5
Quite often you’ll be
clicking away to reveal
your animated bullets
and suddenly you’ve
forgotten, was it 5 or
6? Adding this seed
line prevents clicking
forward to reveal the
next animation or slide
– and if you do run
ahead you do not look
so professional!
Don’t forget to seed whether or not to
pause after the last bullet and perhaps ask
a question or click on to the next slide.

7. If you use handouts here’s a way to make sure
you do not repeat what’s in the handout – only
presenting new content.
Green = the information on this slide
is in your handout – no need to write
it down or make notes
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Red = the information on this slide is
NOT in your handout – better make
notes, ask questions.
If your audience has
post-presentation
access to your slide
deck but not a
recorded version of
your presentation
then it is important
to let them know
when to make notes.
I usually place this seed icon at the
top right of the slide and advise my
audience to check that location.
This seed also prompts your “make
notes” comment as and when.WB9
You can also use this seed to state
which page in the Work Book your
slide refers to.

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TYPE YOUR QUESTION HERE… AND THEN ANSWER IT.
“How will we reach our sales goal?”
Seeding your presentation with questions is not a new technique. It is however a seeding technique and
one that just works – especially for new and nervous presenters. Make sure your question is nice and
bold, large and can be read from the back of the room. You’ll use a transition such as. “…and here’s
something we need to talk about (REPEAT THE QUESTION ON THE SLIDE) and let me kick this off…. Here’s
what I think…”

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If you need more HOW versus WHAT you might like my latest
eGuide shown to the right. I generally write for the travel
industry however the tips favour every presenter.
So… seed away. Create your own seed language… play with
the text colour and sizing so that only YOU can read what you
seed and understand it.
If you work with a corporate team – make sure the seeded
icons are shared with everyone.
Contact information on the next slide:

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Steve Crowhurst
Travel Trade Author, Columnist,
Trainer & Speaker
steve@smptraining.com