How to Prevent Death by PowerPoint with Instant Makeovers of Your SlidesEllen Finkelstein@EFinkelstein

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Death by Content

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Irrelevant content misses the mark

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Your audience is the point

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Free market research!

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Determine your goal

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What you say is the presentation

Content Design Delivery

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Stay on time!

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A recent tweet

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Death by Design

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Tell ‘n’ showSM

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What not to do• Lots of text• All of your points on the slide• Usually bulleted text• Sometimes in full sentences and sometimes in phrases• Everything you say is on the slide

• This is Death by PowerPoint• The audience tunes out, get dazed

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Death by Delivery

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Don’t talk to the screen!

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Lights

No lectern

Eye contact

Move!

Voice

Don’t read!

InteractSmile!

Practice!

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Instant makeovers!

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Prevent Death by

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