Presentation zen for Huge Thing

Huge Thing – Presentation Zen

Presentation Zen
Not the most important class



Why I „dare” to stand in front of you
playing the wise guy?


Cause first 12 years of my professional
life I earned money presenting and selling
…and I was pretty good at that


Cause, nowadays (since 2008) I live out
of watching other people pitches
…and I am getting better and better


In my life of being presenter I have
come thru different „phases”


The more I’ve tried to pretend somebody
I wasn't, the more disappointed I was with
my presentations.


I have to – secretly – admit: I have always
wanted to be…


Gary Vaynerchuk

Ken Robinson

Vince Lombardi (Al. Pacino)


Remember: words – properly said – have
got the power of changing the world by
changing people’s opinions, perception


Unfortunately: I have got bunch of
unpleasant news

 Not everyone can be like Al Pacino
 We have got different gifts, different skills
 Fortunately it’s not your job to give speeches
for 60 000 dollars for 60 minutes.


Everyone, absolutely everyone can be
good enough not to waste your effort by
being lousy while presenting.


You don’t need ANY tricks
By the way, if you are interested in genius tricks check out Derren
Brown.


…the only thing that matters is just telling
your audience the truth.
I know, it sounds like a title of some rubbish handbook „Just Say
Yes” but it works.


The most important facts to understand

 Presentation is a consequence of something else
 It’s an easy finish of somethng which is much more
harder


How not waste
you effort
Very practical guide


What I will try to tell you.

1. How to divide your job into „manageable” areas?
2. How to give a speech
3. Stage directions and technical stuff


How to start

 The one and only trick
 …it’s good to win the crowd before you really start to
present


How to split the job?


Content is above the show!
Let me remind you: are not professional showmen.


Content

 Just work on your project
 Think of what matters to your listeners
 Tell about your idea somebody who listens to it for
the first time


The most difficult part: adjust the scope of
content to the time you were given.


You will ask yourself a question: what to
erase from my presentation?


In my opinion: the audience is the key


All right, does it mean that I „loose” rest of
my materials?


Summary

 Your task is make an extract of what you have done.
 One can always says if there is nothing behind the
slides.
 Adjust your content to your audience expectations.


The way you tell your story matters.


Story? Yes, this is the key world.
Good presentation is a story telling.


Remember what Hitchock said?


The most common mistake

 People judge your idea, not the way you’ve hit on it.
 All the time I see the teams who are not even able
to get to the phase of presenting the idea (time is
running up).


When you go to the movie theatre nobody
shows you the camera


I can guarantee you that the audience
wants to get familiar with your business
idea.


What about that kind of narration?

 This is our idea
 And now I am gonna tell you why it makes sense:
– market
– research
– tools
– technology etc


Summary

 Think of your presentation as about telling the most
beautiful story..
 Idea is the King, not the way you hit upon it.


Even though I am great content fan, the
show, the form matters .


It’s not about design, aesthetics, this is
always very subjective


There are few simple rules which lead to
one conclusion: simplicty


Simplicty

Rule1-2-3
– 1 thought on a slide
– max 2 fonts per presentation
– 3 bullets on a slide
10/20/30 Rule


Zły przykład ;-)

Fatalny przykład


Podsumowanie

 Less is more
 Do not overuse animation (I know how tempting it is)
 If your design skills are as horrible as mine, just put
black letters on a white background.


!!!Banality!!!
Speech crowns your work. Do not ruin
your with your stupidity or laziness.


Yeah, the talent matters but…


How to give a speech

 If you love your project just be honest
 Do not overintelectualize it?


Never read your slides (the audience will
do it faster).


Keep an eye contact, „force” accpetation
of your viewers.


Ask question, interact with your viewers.


I can not teach you the body language

 Gestures amplify your words
 Exaggeration makes you funny.


Take care of your time. The worst
nightmare is when you have to stop
somebody's speech in the middle of it.


Summary

 Repeat
 Rehearse
 Practice


Watch news on TV

 Tell them what you are about to tell them
 Say that
 Tell them what you have just told them.


Technology

 Could be illusive.
 Remember about remote controls, cables,
resolutions etc.
 Visit the place.


Software

 Not only Power Point, Keynote
 Google Docs
 Prezi.com, Sliderocket
 Open Office (open source generally)


I wish you hundreds of funtastic
presentations


If you want more

slideshare.net I speakerdeck.com I noteandpoint.com

tedx.com


Bartek Gola
bartlomiej.gola@speedupgroup.com
@GolaBartek
www.speedblog.pl

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