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MAKING GREAT PRESENTATIONS Ian Lurie @portentint ian@por tent.com This + links at http://por tent.co/wsaslides THEIR DAD I WORK ON THE INTERNET I WORK ON THE INTERNET I’M A NERD I WRITE A LOT SOLD 12 COPIES (10 TO MY MOM) I’VE DONE PRESENTATIONS LET’S TALK ABOUT PRESENTATIONS LESSON 1: KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE THE GREAT TREE-TYING CONTROVERSY OF 2008 WHAT DID I JUST DO? I TOLD A STORY THAT’S WHAT PRESENTATIONS DO HOW THIS WILL GO PLANNING CREATING QUESTIONS? PLANNING PRESENTATION SLIDES PRESENTATION = YOUR INFO THE GOAL PRETTY PHHBBT THE GOAL = MEMORY PEOPLE REMEMBER STORIES PEOPLE REMEMBER SMALL BITES WRITE SLIDES TALK REHE ARSE STEP 1 WRITE ON ANYTHING WHY = VALUE you can even take notes on pinkie pie you can even take notes on pinkie pie you can even take notes on pinkie pie you can even take notes on pinkie pie really?!! !! you can even take notes on pinkie pie REALL Y WHY HOW WHA T TELL ME WHY I SHOULD CARE (STORIES WORK REALLY WELL) THIS IS A LARGE, SEMI-AQUATIC RODENT WITH THICK FUR. ya w n IF YOU LIKE DOG-SIZE D RODENTS THAT ALW AYS LOOK COOL, THEN CAPYBARAS ARE FOR YOU. @!#*& ye a h . I’M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE RODENT WEIRDEST YOU’VE EVER SEEN. @!#*& ye a h . THE ‘HOW’ SAY WHAT YOU’LL SAY SAY WHAT YOU’RE SAYING SAY WHAT YOU SAID “HERE’S HOW THIS WILL GO” WHAT = THE FACTS PUPPIES WHY: THEY’RE CUTE HOW THE GOOD THE BAD THE REALLY BAD WHAT 1. TALK ABOUT MY MAKING THE SLIDES TAKE WHAT YOU WROTE GET YOUR FACTS GET YOUR IMAGES NOW DO THE SLIDES CLEAR > FANCY CLEAN > MESSY NOT CLEAR. MESSY. NOT CLEAR. MESSY. LOOKS AWFUL NOT CLEAR. MESSY. MUCH TOO TO PROCESS NOT CLEAR. MESSY. • Hey, check this out. If you can read all of this, I salute you. This is some painful stuff. • This is a ‘presentation’ that was designed to be read, not heard. While that may be OK if you’re writing a report, it’s not ok when you’re creating a presentation. • When folks see a slide like this, their brains scream, flip over and run away at top speed. • Why? Because our brains respond best when they get to absorb spoken words, emphasized by images or other stuff. • They’re NOT designed to absorb tons of written text on a screen while someone reads that text to them. It causes a total tune-out. NOT CLEAR. MESSY. • • And no, adding a random image or two doesn’t help, either. This is still really hard to read and it just goes on and on until you can’t read any more and your eyes are starting to water and you’re sick of looking at pictures and all you want to do is move on to the next class am I right? SLIDES A REPORT CLEAR. NOT MESSY. BLEE P CLEAR. NOT MESSY. LOO KS COO L BLEE P CLEAR. NOT MESSY. DETAILE D NOT BROKEN BLEE P CLEAR. NOT MESSY. EASY TO REMEMBE R BLEE P CLEAR. NOT MESSY. EASY TO REMEMBE R NO BULLETS EVERY TIME YOU USE BULLETS BULLETS KILL KITTENS EVERY TIME U meep YOU SE ? BULLETS ANIMATION KILLS KITTENS EVERY TIME U meep YOU SE ? BULLETS TIP #5 NO BULLETS (except for lists) noooo … 1 FACT OR IDEA PER SLIDE (SMALL BITES) 32+ PT COLORS FOR EMPHASIS FOR SUPER EMPHASIS VARY TYPE SIZES. HIGH CONTRAST NOT LOW CONTRAST VARY SIZES AND SPACING FOR NICE SQUARE LOOK A VARY SIZES AND SPACING FOR NICE SQUARE 2 1: : RIGHT-CLICK LOOK A 3 : NO WIGGLING NO SQUIRMING (IT’S DISTRACTING) CUT AND PASTE AND IT WON’T MOVE CUT AND PASTE IT WON’T AND MOVE it didn’t move right? PICTURES? SURE. JUST MAKE THEM MAKE SENSE. JUST MAKE THEM MAKE SENSE. k thx bai THEY SHOULD REINFORCE WHAT YOU’RE SAYING PRACTICE DON’T LOOK AT THE SLIDES (MUCH) CHECK HOW LONG IT TAKES THOSE PRESENTATION ANIMALS? image search, then free to use or share maybe they’re talking Inst rt • :;;:... Pi