Presentatio n Zen Carolyn Knox, Ph.D. April 2007.

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Presentation Zen

Carolyn Knox, Ph.D.April 2007

Lawrence Lessig

(Stanford law professor)

created a

new presentation style.

CEO Dick Hardt built on Lessig’s presentation style.

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Author Seth Godin’s presentations tend to be spare, to the point, and dramatic--like this…

http://www.sethgodin.com/ideavirus/presentation/sld001.htm

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (LZW) decompressor

Venture capitalist and author, Guy Kawasaki, reveals good PowerPoint design in this progression…

This hard-to-read slide with irrelevant clipart…

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

…and this almost equally inelegant slide…

were changed to this slide and…

…to this slide (used with a good handout) and…

…this slide and…

…this slide.

A Japanese programmer, Masayoshi Takahashi uses only HUGE TEXT in his presentations…

…emphasizing only the most important words. This slide means, “easy to see.”

This slide means, “history.”

Presentation zen is about being simple not simplistic:

a few words

clear, simple images

at the top,

all aligned around one line.

Each slide has a clear message.

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