A presentation on the TED talk delivered by Garr Reynolds at Google Office, Kyoto. Theme of the talk was 'The art of presentation.'

1. THE ART OF
PRESENTATION

3. “ I always think of public
speaking as being a bit of
jazz…”
Sir Ken Robinson

4. Presentation is the ‘killer skill’
we take into real world. It’s
almost an unfair advantage.
The Mckinsey Mind

5. THE SOUND OF A NAPPING ROOM

6. WHY IT MATTERS?

7. “If you’re not appearing
You’re disappearing.”
Art Blakey

8. Eat like a bird,
Poop like an elephant.
Philosophy by Guy Kawasaki

9. Birds eat 50% of their weight per day.

10. Elephants do some serious ……

12. DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
WINNING &
LOSING…

13. IS IN THE
SMALL
DETAILS.

14. Example
AL GORE

16. • Non-technical audience
• No bullets, simple graphics

17. Young Al Gore
• “ Stiff ”
• “ Robot-like “
• “ ZZZzzzzzz “

18. Helped by Duarte Design

19. What if he was
presenting like this?

20. DIFFERENCES
• Simplicity
• Naturalness

21. Lessons of simplicity around us
big, dynamic text few words: focus on graphic

22. big, dynamic text
Hmmm…this
movie poster can
be a good slide!

23. If your idea is worth spreading…
presentation
matters.

24. Communication
matters.

25. But we have a problem…

28. What are the best/worst presentations
you have ever seen?
Bad Good

29. what we want :
• Clarity
• Meaning
• Great Content

30. what we get :
• Confusion
• Boredom
• Wasted Time

31. Must STOP bad PowerPoint!

32. STORYTELLING
Images, narration, audio

33. The PRESENTATION

34. You do not have to use slides,
but if you do…

36. Current solution isn’t working.
Solution ?

37. CREATIVITY.
Simplicity needs Creativity.

39. www.ted.com

40. TIPS
• Preparation
• Visual
• Delivery

41. Part 1: Preparation

42. Step Back.

43. Alone Time.

44. Ask
“ So what ? ”
not just
“ What ? “

45. Inclusion and Exclusion.

46. …make a choice about what's important,
And let go of all the rest.

47. What’s your story ?

48. Make your message
“ sticky ”:
• Advertisement
• Presentation
• Leadership

49. 6Keyprinciplesofthebook Simplicity

50. 6Keyprinciplesofthebook Unexpectedness

51. 6Keyprinciplesofthebook Concreteness

52. 6Keyprinciplesofthebook Credibility

53. 6Keyprinciplesofthebook Emotion

54. 6Keyprinciplesofthebook Story

55. Review of TED talk by
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
• Simplicity ✓
• Unexpectedness ✓
• Concreteness ✓
• Credibility ✓
• Emotion ✓
• Story ✓

56. 6 key aptitudes
• Design
• Story
• Symphony
• Empathy
• Play
• Meaning

58. Don’t start here.

59. Plan analog.

60. Part 2: VISUALS

61. Visual Simplicity
The Zen Aesthetic
• Simplicity
• Clarity
• Uncluttered

62. DESIGNis important.
is soul deep.

63. “ But I’m not a designer. “

64. TOM PETERS:
We are all designers.

65. Don’t read your slides.

66. Words &
photos

68. What about images?

69. Part 2: Delivery

70. An opportunity to
CONNECT

71. Logic isn’t enough.
EMOTIONS

72. [Presentations] are a balance of
three rhetorical proofs: ethos
(ethical), pathos (emotional), and
logos (logical).
Aristotle

73. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs
- Steve Balmer on Developers
ENTHUSIASM
Is about being in the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_GQlLRoMs
- Steve Jobs
PASSION

74. PowerPoint is not the presentation.

75. You are the
presentation.

76. THANKS!