15 creative presentation ideas

1. 15 CREATIVE PRESENTATION IDEAS: THAT
WILL INSPIREYOUR AUDIENCE TO ACTION
GRADE 7 COMPUTER
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3. 1.TELL A STORY
 The human brain has been designed to respond to stories as
both a survival mechanism (Don’t leave the cave! Big mammoth
prowling the area!) and an entertainment mechanism (...and
then, when the mammoth got near, I jumped out from my hiding
place, branches attached to me and all, and started bellowing like
a ferocious beast…). And that double role has helped develop it
into one of the most powerful communication tools humans
have known.
 Story is how we perceive and process the world of facts around
us.

4. 1.TELL A STORY
 Stories are much more interesting than facts because stories
entertain us. Storytelling grabs and maintains attention. It helps the
audience understand and remember what was said long after the
story’s over.
 Instead of presenting your work solely as a series of facts (budgets,
figures, breakdowns) that'll bore even the most kind-hearted
audiences out of their minds, organize your facts into a story.
 And use a professional design, with captivating photo layouts and
graphics, to help connect your audience visually to your story, such as
the stylish Polarity PowerPointTemplate:

5. What interesting connections can you make between your
facts?What story can you build around them that'll help your
audience stay engaged from start to finish?Tell them that!

6. 2. ASK QUESTIONS AT CRUCIAL
MOMENTS
 Statements sound trite and expected. Especially during a
presentation. Since a presentation essentially consists of a series
of statements strung together, one more statement isn’t likely
to intrigue the audience—not even an exceptional one.
 But what if you ask a question instead?
 A question breaks up your regular presentation rhythm and
helps mark what you’re saying as important. More than that, a
question turns your presentation from a passive story into an
active quest that the audience can explore on their own through
their answers.

7. Answering a question (even if only in their heads) makes your
audience feel involved in your presentation and keeps their
interest glued to your words.

8. 3. ORGANIZEYOUR PRESENTATION INTO
3 CLEAR POINTS
The number three has been considered somewhat of a
magical number in many cultures since antiquity.
Something about things in threes fascinates the human
mind and helps it retain information better: body, mind,
and soul; lock, stock, and barrel; pb and j (two
ingredients, but three consonants in this abbreviated
form); blood, sweat, and tears.
Magical or not, the number three works like a charm. At
the end of the presentation, we can all remember three
things that were said.

9. 3. ORGANIZEYOUR PRESENTATION INTO
3 CLEAR POINTS
 So instead of leaving those precious three things to luck, why not take
charge and organize your presentation into three main points or
takeaways?Then you can be sure that your audience is paying attention to
the important things and not the insignificant details.
 Even if you’re making more than three points, which you likely will be, you
can find ways to organize all your minor points into three main categories.
That way, you can easily address and summarize the gist of your
presentation at the end.
 Cost, timeline, results. Problem, suggestions, solution. Beginning, middle,
and end. Just remember to divide it into three!

10. 4. BREAK IT UP WITH HUMOR
 Humor makes the world go around. And the same holds true for
the business world. At the end of the day, no one likes to work
with a stiff.
 So even when you’re presenting in front of a “serious” client or
investor, remember to use humor in your presentation.This
doesn’t mean you've got to crack jokes the entire time. It simply
means being cheerful, lighthearted, and personable.
 Humor not your strong point? No worries.You can find
presentations on creating presentations with humor!

11. While it can be challenging to nail just the right tone with your use of humor it's one
of the best presentation ideas to work on. Humor works to break the ice between
you and your audience. It helps put everyone at ease, feel friendly, and well-
disposed towards you (which can lead to improved results from your presentation).
And it also helps open people up to the fun presentation ideas you’re offering in
your presentation.

12. 5. DESIGNYOUR POWERPOINT FOR
PERSUASION, NOT DISTRACTION
Design a PowerPoint with purpose. Not
a PowerPoint that simply fills the empty wall behind
you. Or a PowerPoint that repeats your presentation in
bullet-point format.Those types of PPTs are useless.
What you want to do instead is create
a PowerPoint that complements your presentation.
That completes it as a narrative story.

13. 5. DESIGNYOUR POWERPOINT FOR
PERSUASION, NOT DISTRACTION
That means selecting a PowerPoint presentation
design that best fits your narrative structure. Good
presentation ideas are easily lost in a mediocre design.
You need presentation slides that highlight your
innovative ideas.
And it also means using quotes, key phrases, images,
and other visual elements that support and enhance,
not overwrite your presentation’s persuasive powers.

14. 5. DESIGNYOUR POWERPOINT FOR
PERSUASION, NOT DISTRACTION
Think of your PowerPoint as a way to guide
your audience through your presentation
while keeping them engaged and focused
at every moment.
Find great PowerPoint templates on Envato
Market (GraphicRiver) to help you start your
presentation with professional design
slides.

15. 6. DON’T READ FROMYOUR SLIDES
 Reading from a slide that everyone in the room can see (and
read for themselves) is boring and makes you look unprepared.
Your PowerPoint isn’t there to remind you what to say, but to
help your audience better understand the point you're making.
 When you read off your PPT presentation, your audience will
inevitably read along with you. And it's been shown that our
minds wander 20-40% of the time while reading.
 That means that while you’re reading your slides, your audience
is traveling down distraction lane wondering if they’ve left the
iron on or what they're having for dinner. And that’s not what
you want them to be thinking about!

17. 6. DON’T READ FROMYOUR SLIDES
Keep the text of your slides short and only use it to
highlight important points you’re making or to mark
the headlines of different sections of your
presentation.
Your slides should never be a crutch to your
presentation when you can’t remember what to say.
And they should never contain more than a few lines
of text on them.
Slides aren't for reading, but for emphasizing your
points quickly.

18. 7. USEVISUALSTO GROUND ABSTRACT
IDEAS
If you can’t use a million bullet points to
summarize your presentation on your slides,
then what should your slides contain?
Visuals! Lots of visuals!
Graphs, charts, and pies that illustrate your
point and help emphasize it. Also, include
images that make an impact on the audience
and make the gist of your argument
memorable.

19. 7. USEVISUALSTO GROUND ABSTRACT
IDEAS
There’s a difference between saying that your solution
will cut costs by 20% and showing what that looks like
on a graph with real numbers. It helps bring the idea
from the abstract domain of theory into the concrete
domain of facts.
And don’t just stick to traditional presentation visuals.
This isn’t 1998, after all. Remember that cool
presentation ideas today aren't the same as a decade
ago.

20. 7. USEVISUALSTO GROUND ABSTRACT
IDEAS
Bring your presentation into the current era by
including a variety of your visual elements. Using
graphics, emojis, and even gifs where appropriate will
help give currency to your presentation and bring it to
life.
Here’s one of our most popular PowerPoint
templates,The X Note. It includes a number
of innovative slide design options, from photo layouts,
to timelines, and more:

22. 8. HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT POINTS WITH
VISUAL METAPHORS
 Visuals, whether emojis, graphics, or images, shouldn’t be used
gratuitously in your presentation. Instead, everything you put
into your slideshow should have a specific purpose.
 A powerful way to use images is through visual metaphors.
Don’t just tell your client that with your plan new followers will
come to them like bees to honey. Illustrate it with an image to
help the point stick in their mind.
 Visual images of a situation we’re already familiar with help
retain points longer in our memory.They give us something easy
to refer to.

23. 9. MAKEYOUR EXAMPLES PERSONAL
Another creative presentation idea is to personalize
your talk for the specific audience you’re talking to on
each occasion.Whether a prospective client, an
audience at a conference, or a potential investor, you
can always adjust and personalize your presentation
experience to the specific audience.
Give examples in your presentation that involve the
audience and show how your solution will benefit
them.

24. 9. MAKEYOUR EXAMPLES PERSONAL
People may not care (or may think they don’t care)
about your solution or talk if it just discusses the
general. But the minute people realize that something
can directly affect and benefit them personally, they
start paying attention!
Show your audience the direct effects of your
presentation by including them in your examples, and
you’ll have their full attention and work your way
halfway to that yes!

25. 10. ADD MUSIC!
This may not be common practice in most presentations
you've seen, but it's been proven to work by science.
According to research done by RonaldA. Berk ofThe
John Hopkins University, “Music embedded throughout
a PowerPoint presentation can sustain attention, while
slipping the content into long-term memory.”
And it isn’t new science!We’ve all known this for many
decades. Case in point: can you think of how many
movies you’ve seen in your lifetime that had no music?
I’ll give you a hint: Zero!

26. 10. ADD MUSIC!
Ever since we discovered how to add sound to
movies, we’ve not only been recording dialogue
but also music from them. Because music helps
set the mood, gives the right emotional effect,
and adds excitement.
What's another way you can use music?To
lighten up the mood and give everyone a mini
dance break!

27. 10. ADD MUSIC!
However you decide to use it, the addition of
music can make for a really cool presentation
that stands out in your audience’s mind.
So, try this innovative presentation idea and
add the appropriate music to your next
presentation to help bring it to life.

28. 11. BUILD FOR BIG ROOMS
 As you explore unique topics for a presentation, it’s easy to get
caught up in the big idea. But that should never distract you
from key tactical details. Chances are, as you build your slides,
you’re working on a single screen.That means you might forget
that major PowerPoint presentations are delivered in large
spaces.
 What looks great on your screen may be impossible to read for a
viewer standing in the back of a lecture hall. Or, your slide might
be too crowded, just like we’ve already seen.The takeaway here
is to always build presentations for big rooms.

29. 11. BUILD FOR BIG ROOMS
 That means to keep slides neat and clean, use large and
readable fonts, and linger on each slide to give every viewer the
chance to absorb it. No matter what presentation topics you’re
discussing, taking your time really helps audiences engage with
your creative mission.
 Also, be sure to explore contrast: often, dark backgrounds and
light text are more readable than the reverse.As you can see in
this slide fromThe X Note PowerPointTemplate, contrast is
easier on the eyes. It also delivers bold and unconventional
styling to your slide deck!Truly, a win-win for you and your
team.

30. No matter what you choose, take care to allow viewers to
see and understand your inspirational presentation
topics—even from a distance.

31. 12. WATCHYOUR ANIMATIONS
Many presentation topics will include a lot of different
slides. And each of those slides might hold several
different types of content.Thanks to PowerPoint, it’s
easy to add custom animations and transitions with just
a few clicks.
These motions really pull your audience in by unveiling
new items with a cool flourish. Plus, they’ll help you
bring focus to key areas and ensure viewers engage with
you.

32. 12. WATCHYOUR ANIMATIONS
 But you need to be careful. Animations and slide transitions can be
very distracting.Too much wild motion and you’ll just make your
audience dizzy. Instead, opt for clean and simple movements that
don’t detract from your narrative. Fades and pushes are top choices
for stylish and simple animations.Things like spins, stars, and wheels
are options to avoid.
 It’s just as important to organize your animations. If they happen at
the wrong time, or in the wrong order, it can absolutely derail your
presentation in a flash. Luckily, this is amazingly easy to avoid. In
fact, learn to do it in just 60 seconds with our quick tutorial!

33. 13. STYLE WITH SMARTART
 PowerPoint is built to bring your fun presentation ideas to
life. One great way is by using SmartArt.We’ve already
looked at some infographics and charts you may find built
into PowerPoint templates. SmartArt takes this to a higher
level. In just a few clicks, you can build your very own
custom infographics on any slide. Let’s add SmartArt to a
slide.
 SmartArt lives on the Insert tab on PowerPoint’s ribbon.
You’ll find it under the Illustrations group.To add SmartArt,
simply click on the button and launch the menu seen here.

35. 13. STYLE WITH SMARTART
 You’ll see several creative categories for how to present ideas.These
include pyramids, pictures, relationships, hierarchies, cycles, and
more.You can simply click on one, then fill in your relevant
information. PowerPoint includes a host of built-in design options to
help you fully customize your fun presentation ideas. For example,
you can add new steps to a process chart. Or, you can change
SmartArt colors to precisely match your branding.
 Of course, like any slide feature, overusing SmartArt can distract.
But, when used carefully, it’s a powerful tool to visualize
relationships. Many infographics take a numerical focus, whereas
SmartArt is more about ideas and how they connect with each other.

36. 14. ALIGN OBJECTS
 Design for persuasion, not distraction. Organize. Use
visuals. All those are big creative presentation ideas we’ve
already explored. But they don’t tell the full story. Let’s build
a slide in the Neo PowerPointTemplate to show you what I
mean.
 See the slide below? It features a cool infographic and bold
text blocks. It’s also a mess. Nothing is aligned, and content
is thrown all around the slide. Any self-respecting viewer
will take a single look and recognize sloppy work when they
see it. All it takes is a few clicks to totally transform the
layout.

38. 14. ALIGN OBJECTS
Alignment means just what it says: pieces of
content on the slide are neatly arranged
relative to 1) the borders of the slide and 2)
other content. As you can see here,
changing up this layout makes the very
same slide instantly appear neat and clean.
The audience will now focus on the content,
not your messy style.

40. 15. CLOSE STRONG!
 So, you’ve delivered an amazing presentation and shared stunning
slides along the way. Now it’s time to wrap up with a strong finish. No
matter how good your slide deck, it’s absolutely key to recap and
summarize at the end. After all, that’s one of the best ways to ensure
retention and action.
 There are a few things to keep in mind. Remember how you should
organize your presentation into three clear points? It’s time to revisit
those.
 Highlight key points, touching on each one and briefly recapping how
it fits into the overall message.This locks your message into memory.
As you can see in this slide from our MILD PowerPointTemplate, a
single slide will do the trick.

42. 15. CLOSE STRONG!
 For maximum effect, introduce a simple animation that displays the bullets one at
a time.That keeps your audience focused and prevents them from skipping
forward.These interesting presentation topics for work truly drove the entire slide
deck; give them the attention they deserve.
 The other big element of a strong close is the call to action. Chances are, you’re
sharing slides in order to get an audience reaction. If it’s simply to educate them,
your three clear points will suffice. But if you’re, say, fundraising or recruiting, the
close is where you make your “ask:” the call for the audience to do something.
 The call to action follows all the normal rules you now know well. Make it clear,
bold, and concise. Make your intentions known and make your pitch inspirational.
Like any good cause, people need to believe in you and your message.

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