powerpoint tips--don't put your audience to sleep!
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Tips for not putting
your audience to
sleep with your
PowerPoint
presentation
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Today’s topics
• Slides count
• The Brain
• Significance
• Structure
• Simplicity
• Preparation
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
The 6 steps to PowerPoint success
3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
The 6 steps to PowerPoint successNo more than 5 slides!
3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
The 7 x 7 rule
The 6 steps to PowerPoint successNo more than 5 slides!
3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
The 7 x 7 rule
The 6 steps to PowerPoint successNo more than 5 slides!
3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
The 5 cardinal PowerPoint rules
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
The 7 x 7 rule
The 6 steps to PowerPoint successNo more than 5 slides!
Speak it! Image slides only, no words
3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
The 5 cardinal PowerPoint rules
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
The 7 x 7 rule
The 6 steps to PowerPoint successNo more than 5 slides!
Speak it! Image slides only, no words
3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
The 5 cardinal PowerPoint rules
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
7 simple PowerPoint rules
Everyone’s got an opinionPowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule
The 7 x 7 rule
The 6 steps to PowerPoint successNo more than 5 slides!
Speak it! Image slides only, no words
3 rules to successful PowerPoint presentations
The 5 cardinal PowerPoint rules
PowerPoint rules that will save your sanity!
The 5 rules for PowerPoint presentations that don’t suck
7 simple PowerPoint rules
There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world
There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world
There do 30 million presentations each day
There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world
There do 30 million presentations each day
About 10 million presentations are going on right now
There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world
There do 30 million presentations each day
About 10 million presentations are going on right now
About *50 percentOf them are unbearable
*conservative estimate
WHY are they doing it?
Let’s make the world a better place
The Brain
Attention: We don’t pay attention to boring things
The Brain
Attention: We don’t pay attention to boring things
EntertainYour
Audience
The Brain
Short term memory: Repeat to remember
The Brain
Short term memory: Repeat to remember
Repeat to remember
Repeat to remember
Repeat to remember
Repeat to remember
Repeat to remember
The Brain
Long term memory: Remember to repeat
The Brain
Long term memory: Remember to repeat
Practice
Practice
Practice
Practice
Practice
The Brain
Vision: Vision trumps all other senses
Hear it, and three days later you'll remember 10% of it.
The Brain
Vision: Vision trumps all other senses
Hear it, and three days later you'll remember 10% of it.
Add a picture and you'll remember 65%.
Significance
• Why are you presenting?
To pass along information?
Because your boss told you too?
Or to create meaning?
Significance
• Why are you presenting?
Can’t find the meaning?
STOP! Cancel your presentation
• The message
Structure
Scalable
Convincing
Memorable
Structure• The format
Easy to read
Uncluttered
Simplicity
Bad
Simplicity
Bad
Simplicity
Bad
Simplicity Good
Good
Simplicity
Preparation
Practice, practice, practice
Get some feedback
Preparation
Preparation
Check your room and equipment
Preparation
Turn off your Instant Messenger!!!
Thoughts…
PowerPoint helps to:Visualize ideas
Emphasize key
points
Impress
Thoughts…
Hand outs? At the end
Title slides are important
Include the date
Include contact info for external audiences
Let your web audience know they are in the right place
Thanks for coming!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Questions…
Additional resourcesPresentation Zen http://www.presentationzen.com/ Presentation Zen PowerPoint article http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/09/whats_good_powe.htmlArticle on the 10/20/30 rule http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/1056/Steve-Jobs-Guy-Kawasaki-Powerpoint-Best-Practices.aspxOnenorthwest best practcies article http://www.onenw.org/toolkit/powerpoint-best-practicesUniverstiy of Oregon PowerPoint best practices: http://www.uoregon.edu/~tep/technology/powerpoint/docs/presenting.pdfTurpin Communications artticle http://www.turpincommunication.com/articles/pptbestpractices.htm