This is a half-hour presentation that I gave a the BarCampGeelong conference. All of the inspiration and lots of the techniques come from Garr Reynolds' excellent Presentation Zen series of books.

1. presentations that don’t suck

4. You deliver the message Your slides just help

5. Three stages

6. Design

7. Construct

8. Deliver

9. Design Stage

10. What is your message?

11. Start on paper

12. brainstorm

13. One message, three ideas

14. Use stories

15. Make with the funny

16. Storyboards

17. Construction Stage

18. “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything” Voltaire

19. Simple text

20. Details on a handout

21. Less is more

22. Iconic, quality images

23. Simple graphs only

24. Delivery stage

25. Know the space

26. Practice

27. Revise

28. Roam free Use the clicker

29. Talk to people, don’t read

30. Make eye contact

31. Use silence

32. Be present

33. Three stages

34. Design

35. Construct

36. Deliver

37. Connect

38. Photo credits http://www.flickr.com/photos/unloveable/2396019222/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynchburgcollegarchives/2343298252/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/acriley/4962948893/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluekdesign/3927090303/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/iphtjes/4346509685/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/246357466/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddsock/2979328682/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharynmorrow/2726165279/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/funtik/1175522045/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/z287marc/3192570544/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kronick/4080173582/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoanghaithinh/4732268332/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/movimente/3335510852/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiefmoamba/59994463/

39. Photo credits http://www.flickr.com/photos/loty/326761635/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/parl/86999981/ http://crappygraphs.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/photooptik/256509752/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kittischoen/529011335/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/photonem/179379723/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2373862370/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jezzebelle/1412401951/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcdelgado/2053847645/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvs/258790201/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransdewit/4639548377/

40. Photo credits http://www.flickr.com/photos/94515279@N00/2244655893/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/martin_heigan/4211189069/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbence/548646841/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4625627091/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/44442915@N00/4960579336/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittybittiesforyou/448914112/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/4177573511/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosengrant/3125296763/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/chainsawpanda/1008386059/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/trussmonkey/66307221/