un-suck your presentations
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1: who?2: why?3: what?4: how?
1: WHO
VSB ’08
MIS, Marketing
Digital Ad Guy
“Professor”
I’ve worked with:
I’ve spoken at:
2: WHY
nobody teaches this s%!$
you learn charts
you learn slides
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3: WHAT
to tell a story
to weave a narrative
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to express yourself
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4: HOW
tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em
tell ‘em!
tell ‘em what you told ‘em
ready?
prep!
WHO IS…
…your audience
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…your team
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know key players before you start
still prepping
WHY…
…do I care?
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…do you care?
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how can I be excited if you aren’t?
WHAT…
…W…IIFM
…is your one
bigidea
every slide
every slide word supports your idea
prepped!
now let’s build a deck
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HOW…
• Make sure to fill up your slides with everything you’re going to say so you can read off it
• Bullets make content super easy to digest so you should definitely put those in there.
• The default font is perfect too. Lets just use that, or maybe we’ll use one of the templates in powerpoint.
• Hey we use 12 point font for our essays, so that’s a good rule of thumb for presentations.
• The more information you put on a slide, the smarter you look.
• I hope people can read this. Oh wait, they can’t, because size 12 font is ridiculous.
• Oh, and pictures. We need arbitrary pictures, squished to fit in a random space.
NO.
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cute animals always work.
10 HOW’S
1: pay by the word
bullets kill
• I told you not to make bullets
• Want to see why? • Here’s some stuff • Important thing• And then some other
stuff
• I told you not to make bullets
• Want to see why? • Here’s some stuff • Important thing• And then some other
stuff
important stuff goes
2. frame yourself
no-fly zones
3: use gridlines
4: add depth
5: templates suck
stock fonts suck more
learn basic design principles
6: pick a palette
secondary secondaryaccessory accessory
contrast is crucial
contrast is crucial
contrast problems?
add a screen
7: use great photos
hide attribution in the no fly zone
squeeze!
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cute kids work too
8: rehearsedon’t script
1 - 2 - 3
timeddon’t lookdon’t stop
1 - 2 - 3
timedlook
don’t stop
1 - 2 - 3
reviewrevise
rearrange
1 - 2 - 3
timedlook
don’t stop
1 - 2 - 3
final toucheslive audience
tape yourself
wtf?
the big day
9: survey the room
focused or distracted?
usually a mix
death to podiums!
find your sixfavorite people
one
two
three
six
five
four
they will guide you
10: own it!
enter:the spirit animal(s)
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rewards!
i used:sketch
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