How to Create Presentations That Don't Suck

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Check out some common presentation pitfalls to avoid and tips on making presentations that can instead inspire and inform.

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ARE THEY YOUR AUDIENCE ?

1. Make It SimpleLess is More!

BEFOREThis is a documen

t!

A presentation is the process of presenting a topic to an audience. It is typically a demonstration, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, or build good will. The term can

also be used for a formal or ritualized introduction or offering, as with the presentation of a debutante. The

process of offering for consideration or display. It’s a social introduction, as of a person at court, a demonstration,

lecture, or welcoming speech, a manner or style of speaking, instructing or putting oneself forward, the

manner of presenting, especially the organization of visual details to create an overall impression, the formal

introduction of a person, as into society or at court; debut

AFTER

A presentation is the process of presenting a topic to an audience. It is typically a demonstration, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, or build good will. The term can

also be used for a formal or ritualized introduction or offering, as with the presentation of a debutante. The

process of offering for consideration or display. It’s a social introduction, as of a person at court, a demonstration,

lecture, or welcoming speech, a manner or style of speaking, instructing or putting oneself forward, the

manner of presenting, especially the organization of visual details to create an overall impression, the formal

introduction of a person, as into society or at court; debut

Cut some to make a slide !

2. KILLING OPENING SLIDE

What happens if I bite

you?

Sample of mainstream opening

slideby : presenter

Boring? I feel it too !!

3. POWERFULIMAGES

Why Visual ?

This is a

camera !

This is a

camera !

People’s ability to remember in 72 hours

TEXT TEXT AND PICTUREPICTURE10%

35%

65%

4. USE APPROPRIATE FONTS AND TYPOGRAPHY

MAINSTREAM IS BORING

Times New RomanCalibri

Comic Sans MSArial

Monotype Corsiva

5. ICON HELPS YOU TO EXPLAIN

6. PUT AWESOME COLOR

Adobe Kuler

TRY TO USE IT !

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7. STAYFOCUSE

D!

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL REMEMBER ONLY 3 MAIN THINGS!

TO THE POINT AND KEEP RELEVANT !

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