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How to make your presentations better
- 1. A guide More accurately; a set of ideas and principles How to make your presentations good
- 2. How many people have been bored in presentations?
- 3. Too many people use slides as a crutch, rather than an aid
- 4. So, this is my guide* to how to make presentations better and more engaging *I am not a licensed professional, and other guides are available. Your statutory rights are not affected. No animals were harmed in the making of this presentation.
- 6. Information and data is good. But too much is not.
- 7. Avoid vomiting words on your audience. Otherwise, print out the slides, pass around, and go home BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
- 8. Ideally, keep it to one point per slide You have 3 seconds to grab attention POINT ONE POINT TWO POINT THREE POINT FOUR POINT FIVE POINT SIX
- 9. Be a merciless editor. Keep it relevant. POINT ONE X X POINT FOUR X POINT SIX
- 10. Don’t overload with too much data and information Limit what you show; Bikini principle
- 11. VISUALS Point 2
- 12. They say a picture can paint a thousand words
- 13. USE THEM
- 14. Adding visuals can give your presentation a bigger punch Good source: But remember: COMPFIGHT.COM (Creative Commons, free-ish*) *with condition
- 15. Don’t rely on bad stock pictures. Seriously. No. And remember, design for everyone in the room
- 16. QUALITY Point 3
- 17. Bad design will let you down Avoid childish and boring images (and ClipArt)
- 18. Learn how to steal designs. Reverse engineer great* presentations Two great resources: SLIDESHARE.COM (LinkedIn’s presentation website) EVERYTHINGISAREMIX.INFO (Learn how to steal great design) *i.e. not this one
- 19. Small word about FONTS. Learn to explore and choose brilliant fonts However, PCC choice is limited to standard ones. Choose wisely. FONTSQUIRREL.COM (Beautiful fonts)
- 20. Invest time in consistency and neatness. Whitespace is not a bad thing.
- 21. And choose a consistent colour scheme COLOURLOVERS.COM (Great resource for colour schemes)
- 22. But, there is one point to remember that stands above EVERYTHING
- 23. PREP Point 4
- 24. Hands up. Who prepares properly? And I mean, PROPERLY?
- 25. Presentations need care and attention. Create a story Put together the words Create beautiful slides…
- 26. …and properly design things. Don’t blame PowerPoint if you just slap things together and hope it sticks.
- 27. Most importantly: Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse Roughly, an 1 hour presentation can take up to 30 hours of prep time
- 28. You owe it to your audience to make it the best experience possible
- 29. Let’s Recap Avoid too much information Use visuals Improve the quality Proper Preparation
Notas del editor
- If it detracts from the story you are trying to tell, does it need to be there?
- Small enough to be interesting, but large enough to cover the essentials.
- Just a word here re. PCC template. Decide if it’s right or not for the audience. External and senior people; yes. Mould around the template; sit and play. Put the image right in the back, and overlay the logo and banner on the top
- Again, tailor for the audience
- But remember, design for everyone in the room, including the people in the back. They have to see the images. Not point having a consistent design that no-one can see
- And make sure the colour scheme works and doesn’t a) blind people, or b) cause eye strain
- Practice your presentation on others, and don’t forget your presentation skills; body language, confidence, stance, etc.
- Otherwise, what are you doing there?