How to create a really GOOD Presentation

TASOS VELIADIS – PARTNER/BUSINESS UNIT DIRECTOR -SOCIALAB

HOW TO CREATE A REALLY

PRESENTATION

WHO am I!TASOS VELIADIS

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Each person has hobbies and one of mine is to create presentations :)

Some of my presentations on slideshare…

So, with more free time on my hands than usual, during my summer vacations, I set out to create a presentation about my favorite subject...

Coming to think of it, it's very easy to create a presentation.

However it's really difficult to create a presentation that will keep your audience engaged,

without making it yawn their jaws off till the slides run out.

30 million presentations are carried out every day

So let’s stop killing people because of boring ppt

DEAD BY POWERPOINT

LET’S create REEAAALLY REALLY GOOD

PRESENTATIONS!

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21ST

Century

PRESENTING ISNOT AN

OPTIONAL EXTRAFOR A FEW!

IT’S A CORESKILL

SO, LET’S SEE

tips to improve audience engagement with 10

101. Plan your Presentation2. Kill Bullet Points3. Use Photos4. Differentiation is Everything5. Keep audience at the edge of their seats6.Less is more8. Rehearse it. Use examples and stats9. Start strong10. Look into the eyes of your audience

101. Plan your Presentation2. Kill Bullet Points3. Use Photos4. Differentiation is Everything5. Keep audience at the edge of their seats6.Less is more8. Rehearse it. Use examples and stats9. Start strong10. Look into the eyes of your audience

NOT A VERY GOOD SLIDE!! DON’T USE INDEX ON YOUR

PRESENTATIONS

1 Plan your presentationbeforehand

1Plan your presentationbeforehand

Think about what point you want to make before you start dumping information into a PowerPoint file uncontrollably. It's better to create a word file with whatever you want to say, divide your presentation in sections and then get started. This will certainly keep things to the point, while simultaneously saving you a bit of effort later on.

SITUATION

Plan your presentationbeforehand

PROBLEM OPPORTUNITY

SOLUTION CALL 2 ACTION

2Kill bullet points

2Try to create slides with small amounts of text, as listeners are generally not inclined to follow a massive presentation and learn it by heart. However, they will easily remember quotes or short sentences.

Kill bullet points

BULLETPOINTS ARE FOR SUPER MARKET LISTS

33 Use photos

3No photos from Google though. Either buy stock photos or use freely provided ones in good quality. A nice picture always gives a bit of extra flair to any presentation. However, do not forget that in case that you do use free photos you have to give credit to their creator.As the saying goes, a picture = 1000 words!

Use photos

Example

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4Differentiation is everything

4You surely have seen lots of presentations adorned with amazing pictures. Nonetheless, this doesn't necessarily mean that all of them are good, or that they can keep the audience engaged in the very least. This is mainly because each presentation must come with a story and the proper structure.

Think about jokes for example. Each joke has a very specific structure that helps expand the storyline.

Differentiation is everything

PLAY WITH COLOURS

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Use GOOD fonts

Use GOOD fonts

DIRTY HEADLINE

futura

Murray Hills

I’AM GOOD FONT TOO

Comic sans

I’AM GOOD FONT TOO

Comic sans

5Keep your audience at the edge of their seats

5Try to structure your presentation in a way that will keep your audience engaged from the beginning till the end. Start by presenting the main subject of your presentation, analyse it and expand it gradually. Don’t give everything away at once. Try to keep some of the best bits for the end.

Keep your audience at the edge of their seats

6 Less is more

6You only have 10-30 minutes, so you don’t have to say much. Just say the things that matter. Do not include too many slides in your presentation and do not, by any means, use bullet points! Just use rule 1:7:140.

Less is more

1:7:140

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1:7:140IDEA PER SLIDE

1:7:140WORDS PER SLIDE

1:7:140CHARACTERS OR LESS

7 Rehearse it

7No matter how well you think you know your presentation, rehearsing it will help you put things in the right order and get confident. It is imperative that you learn at least the main points by heart. Try not to leave it last minute if you want to make the impression you intended to make from the beginning.

REHEARSE IT

8Use examples and show some stats

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8Always try to use examples. It's much easier for your audience to understand what you want to say through a well placed example and properly presented statistical data, than through tons of theory. In case that you are presenting case studies from previous projects, try to pick the ones you know you can explain and analyse best.

USE EXAMPLES ANDSHOW SOME STATS

9Start strong

GOLDFISH HAVE A LONGER ATTENTION SPAN THAN

HUMANS DO

9You have 7 seconds to engage your audience. So don’t start with an index slide.

Start strong

START WITH A STORY

Stories have heroes

Stories have enemies

Stories help us remember

My long story...short

vsme

Mom

10Look into the eyes of your audience

10Visit the venue earlier than the time of your presentation and get comfortable with the space.In case that you’re presenting in a conference, attend all the previous presentations, so as to understand the type of audience you will be presenting to and how it reacts.

LOOK INTO THE EYES OF YOUR AUDIENCE

Lastly, get on stage

and

Rock!

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