This presentation explores the basic dos and donts of presenting and guides us through a training on designing the 20-minute template, pushing presentation software beyond slides and getting the most out of Prezi. *Prepared for the Boulder Technology Summit.

1. GOING
BEYOND
SIMPLE
SLIDEBOULDER TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT, 2014
the
Pushing PowerPoint:

2. BETHANY AUCK
Founder, Creative Director
sliderabbit.com
visualsugar.wordpress.com
bethany@sliderabbit.com

3. PRESENTING
BASICS
The Major Dos & Don’ts of Using Visual Aids

4. DO USE
VISUAL
AIDS
*Percentage Of Information Retained
Source: OSHA – Department of Labor
10%
35%
65%

5. visual cortex
auditory
cortex
DON'T USE
BULLET
POINTS

6. DO APPEAL
TO EMOTION

7. DON’T
MAKE YOUR
SLIDES DO
DOUBLE
DUTY

8. BASIC
TEMPLATES
Hands On: Building a Branded Template

9. !
BRAND
YOUR
SLIDES
“Branding is fundamental. Branding is basic. Branding
is essential. Building brands builds incredible value
for companies and corporations.” - FORBES
Presentation
Quality
Presentation
Quality
Today’s Quality
Standard

10. TRAINING
AGENDA
An Intro To
Master Slides
Setting A
Color Palette
Creating A
Simple Template

11. THE TWENTY MINUTE TEMPLATE

12. GRAB YOUR
COMPUTERS!

13. PUSHING
POWERPOINT
Hands On: Using Presentation Software Outside of Slides

14. POWERPOINT TO
THE RESCUE
Look
Professional
Save
Money
Communicate
Visually

15. TRAINING
AGENDA
Branded
Documents
Marketing
Piece

16. GRAB YOUR
COMPUTERS!

17. A PREZI
PRIMER
When to Look Outside of PowerPoint

18. RESOURCES
Resources
Presenting Skills
VisualSugar – The SlideRabbit Blog
Present Your Story – Nolan Haims
Presentation Zen – Garr Reynolds
Branding & Template Help
Kuler Color Tool – Adobe
Da Font
Font Squirrel
Pushing Presentation Software
SlideDocs – Duarte Free eBook
CompFight – Creative Commons Imagery Search Tool
sliderabbit.com
visualsugar.wordpress.com
bethany@sliderabbit.com
773.672.7219

19. Questions?

20. THANK YOU!