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Making better, stronger presentations for creative pitching, business, or any other event.
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Communicating in person
@thomasgronfeldt#LSUpresentations
What we’ll cover
The What and the WhyThe problem with bad presentationsThe fixA working processTake control of the roomEverybody loves dessert…
The What and the Why
What is a presentation?
What is not a presentation?
A spot of science
Words-as-
speech
Words-as-text
Visual
Cortex
Auditory
Cortex
"It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented.“- John Sweller
Why do good peoplemake bad presentations?
The fix
Death to Powerpoint?
Be a storyteller (we all are)
“To be a person is to have a story to tell.”
Isaak Dinesen
Make better slides
1 x 7 x 7
1 x 7 x 7
Guns don’t kill people, bullets kill people
Emotions, visualizationsand data, not bullet points
A working process
Start away from the computer
It will getmessy!
Post-Its are your friends!
Only then shouldyou go to presentationware
Don’t be a PowerPoint Ninja!
”The singer, not the song”- Mick Jagger
Take control of the room
Get the gear right
Know thyself
Know thy gear!
Practicemakes…
Timing is everything (almost)
Talking turns
Dynamics
Human interaction
Don’t hide behindthe lectern
You can leave the light on
Accidents canwill happen
”Failure is always an option”- Adam Savage
What if I get nervous?
Remembering it all
Everybody loves dessert…
Handouts and Take aways
Graphs and figures areimages, too
Professional clear plastic binder
Thank you!
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