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do you

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Pointless.

Giving a

boringPresentation that no one listens to is

Pointless.

People READ

faster than you speak.

That makes you

Pointless.

you

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The PowerPoint

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3 Things about ME

• I don’t take life too

seriously

• I never want to grow up

• I’m bilingual

I love going to the beach

Just look at how blue the water is!

YOU ARE

HERE

The PPT Wizard (Trap!)O People write their presentation here

O Because when they have to present it’s easier to just read off the slide

O But if the audience can read everything you’ll say, then why are you presenting?

O Just send out the slides…

O (You probably already finished reading this before I was able to say this out loud!)

O Or you preferred to listed and didn’t even try to read one work, because let’s be honest, how terrible does this look…

The Rule of Seven (Trap!)

• Have you heard of this rule?

– 7 lines per slide or less?

– 7 words per line or less

• Well it’s a bad idea.

• If you follow this rule

– You’ll get a slide like this

The Rule of Seven (Trap!)

• Do you remember the rule?– 7 lines per slide or less?– 7 words per slide or less

• Well it’s a bad idea.• If you follow this rule

– You’ll get a slide like this

• Oh yeah, but maybe you’ll add this

The Rule of Seven (Trap!)

• Do you remember the rule?– 7 lines per slide or less?– 7 words per slide or less

• Well it’s a bad idea.• If you follow this rule

– You’ll get a slide like this

• Oh yeah, but maybe you’ll add this

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3 Things about ME

• I don’t take life too

seriously

• I never want to grow up

• I’m bilingual

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I love going to the beach

Just look at how blue the water is!

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YOU ARE

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I love going to the beach

Just look at how blue the water is!

Why you care

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