Some tips that will help you to create a presentation the way you always wanted it to be.

2. You are the
PRESENTATION

3. We focus too much on
reading out the slides

6. The fear that the
audience will miss out
on something

7. Brain has Limited
PROCESSING
POWER

8. Let’s play a game

9. UPSIRSFBIJFKNASA
NATO

10. If I give you 30 seconds
can you remember this
string?

11. NO?

12. UPSI RSFB IJF KNA
SAN ATO

13. How about now?

14. Still hard?

15. UPS IRS FBI JFK
NASA NATO

16. And now?

17. Easy right?

19. And now?

21. Share ideas not points

22. Link ideas to tell a story

23. Number of slides
Vs.
Number of points

24. 1 Slide with 10 points
=
10 slides with 1 point
each

25. Open
STRONG

26. Remember, you can't
do anything until you
get past the brain's BS
filter!

28. Some strategies for
starting strong

30. HASKINS

31. 25% of smartphone owners of ages
18-44 say they can't recall the last
time their smartphone wasn't next to
them.

32. Meet Fiona

33. Image
Video
Audio

34. Organize Your
INFORMATION

35. BEGINNING
MIDDLE
END

36. Use patterns to manage
information

37. Yahoo Pattern Library

38. Pattern Tap

39. Polish it
UP

40. Use quality
visuals

41. Want to depict a
team?

42. Use this

43. Not this

44. Use Icons

45. Experiment with
fonts

46. Font Fabric| Da Font

47. Use a colour
scheme

48. Adobe Kuler

49. PowerPoint Inbuilt

50. PowerPoint
is more powerful than
you thought

52. Yes, these are made in
PowerPoint

53. Everything is a
REMIX

54. Reverse engineer
good designs to suite
your need

56. An e-learning course inspired by Skype home

57. Whitespace
is your friend

59. Some
RESOURCES

60. Design Inspiration
www.creativebloq.com/
www.dribbble.com/
www.smashingmagazine.com/
www.envato.com/
www.creativemarket.com
www.designspiration.net

61. Free Images & Icons
www.unsplash.com
www.compflight.com
http://openphoto.net/
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.morguefile.com/
www.iconfinder.com
www.findicons.com

62. Free Fonts
www.dafonts.com
www.fontfabric.com
www.google.com/fonts
www.fontspace.com
www.openfontlibrary.org

63. Presentation Inspirations
www.slideshare.net
www.noteandpoint.com
www.pitchenvy.com
www.community.articulate.com

64. Credits
Word game: From Read Speeder a free online speed
reading course
All images: From www.compfight.com under Creative
Commons
Comic example: From http://theoatmeal.com
Cover image: Based on the LineCase –by blaz robar
PowerPoint Graphics: Based on a template by Hub Spot

65. About Me
My name is Shyamanta, a.k.a Sam. I am a
learning architect and social media
professional.
I work for National Entrepreneurship Network
where I am building Entrepreneur Academy,
India’s first dedicated learning platform for
entrepreneurs.
Visit my blog Being Sam for more awesome
stuff.
Visit Entrepreneur Academy if start-ups excite
you.

66. Thank You
www.beingsam.in/presentations
@shyamantab