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What to do when you're sitting in front of a ppt deck that needs fixing. A quick Pecha Kucha (20 slides 20 seconds) presentation. The notes have more content than I presented, so all in all this should be a nice quick easy resource!
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Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
I create…
a product you see from a story you don’t except for when I present
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
That’s a lot for one document
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Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Presentations are part of implementing your solution
what tends to happen
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Craft for that moment after your present
For Content For Messaging For Visuals
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Saving Grace: Pattern recognition
means:
means:
means:
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
The Obvious
Project NameName[Logo/Affiliation]
•Professionality
•Ownership
•Documentation
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
A Good Story…
•Hooks you
•Takes you along for the ride
•Has an arch to it
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Table Of Contents
You know. But the audience sees it on its own.
microsoft ppt screen shotmicrosoft ppt screen shot
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Create Patterned Content:
Rename to be action items of the slide itself
Create consistencyStructural Consistency is in built -- use it!
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Explaining yourself
•The Facts
•The Endorsements
•The Logic
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Break it up.We “read” in chunks. Create visual boxes of content.
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
A picture is worth 1000 words... right?
... But it needs a message to have words to start
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Add Images
RelevantFits in the spot Has Markers
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
The punchline.
This isn’t all that convincing.
Is this enough?You Should Care!You Should Care!
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Connect the dots.
Contact me to get involved!
-x- will change the situation THIS is why we need to act
-y- will magnify the impact
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Template Workaround
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Do it in stages.
Change font sizes Change text box colours Add graphic box elements
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
So, the moral of the story is...
‣ Add more slides
‣ Make some text smaller
‣ Go take new photographs
‣ Repeat things
‣ Clearly emphasize what we’re to DO
Phnom Penh NerdNight Oct 28 2013Ariana Koblitz: Overcoming Visual Presentation Angst
Thanks, guys!
In particular, thank you to:The Noun Project, for the use of icons under the CC act in particular, the hand shake by Jake NelsenZe Interwebz, for letting me find and use images free under CC