Creating presentations that move people, change the world, and create meaning in the minds of your audience. Learn tips, tricks, and a simple 4-step process that helps improve one of your most important skills in this quick Slideshare.
Movement The of the owerPoint What story are you telling?
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Movement The of the owerPoint What story are you telling?
Photo by Denise Krebs, flickr I help make complex information
easy-to-digest.
15% of Americans* have dramatic phobias of this: *Telch,
1988
Photo: Rene Mensen A weak pose done for 2 minutes before a
speech increases stress and lowers confidence.
Photo: RKO Radio Pictures While a power pose done for 2 minutes
makes you feel/seem more confident!
4 in 7 hold 8 out Belly breathing normalizes pulse
Our goal today: Learn how to create presentations that mean
something to your audience.
What do bad presentations look like? Photo by Josh, flickr
What do good presentations look like? Photo by Dan4th Nicholas,
flickr
Why are you presenting? Share your information Teach people
Meet grant requirements Others?
We present to create change in the world. Photo by NASA (even a
small change!)
How to do it: A four-step presentation- cranking-out
process
Start smart Get inspired Build your story Test and refine
Start smart Understand who your audience is Tailor your
message
5. What do you want from him? 6. What might stop him? 7. How
can you reach him? 1. Who is he? 2. Why is he attending? 3. What
are his issues? 4. How can you help?
Who is your audience?
What are your key messages?
What is the mission of your presentation?
Build your story Based on your mission, write the story of
ideas that will change your audience
Story History Cavemen around the fire Cave paintings Books
Media Radio dramas from the 40s NPR MOTH and StoryCorps Heros
Journey Story structure/ elements Audience is the hero--
Duarte
Vulnerability and Specificity Conflict and Resolution What is
good storytelling?
Avoid common mistakes and make beautiful, engaging
presentations! Get inspired
What does the ideal presentation look like?
What does the non-ideal presentation look like?
Including way too many lines of text, full sentences, with
multiple ideas all over each slide. Another problem is using
PowerPoints standard list of many, many bullets, and o Sub-bullets
o That you simply read off of the screen (at worse) o Or o Talk
around at best. Remember: Bullets dont kill people Bulleted lists
kill people. Slide Containing Important Information
Including way too many lines of text, full sentences, with
multiple ideas all over each slide. Another problem is using
PowerPoints standard list of many, many bullets, and o Sub-bullets
o That you simply read off of the screen (at worse) o Or o Talk
around at best. Remember: Bullets dont kill people Bulleted lists
kill people. Slide Containing Important Information Common Mistake
1: the Slide-ument
{ Visual aids Reinforcing ideas Emotions and imagery {
Communicating data Prose/In-depth analysis Reports
Common Mistake: Ignoring Signal- to-Noise Ratio
Digital broadcasting is faster, more efficient, more
adaptable
Designing Great Presentations Science and Art By I.M.
Creative
Designing Great Presentations Science and Art By I.M.
Creative
Designing Great Presentations Science and Art By I.M. Creative
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Designing Great Presentations Science and Art By I.M. Creative
Community Services Community Services Common Mistake: Missing
Design Elements
Designing Great Presentations: Science and Art By I.M. Creative
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Designing Great Presentations: Science and Art By I.M. Creative
Community Services Contrast Proximity
Repetition Repetition Repetition
Find beautiful images that tell your story
or take them yourself!
Use shapes to build simple images
#CADCAMidYear Use photos to grab color schemes
How can we save fallen knights? Only 15% are saved by
princesses!
Simple graphs are powerful
#CADCAMidYear 0 20 40 60 80 10 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 +
Alcohol and Tobacco use in the past year among various age groups
Tobacco Use Alcohol Use Information taken from the Youth and Adult
Risk Behavior Survey, 2014. Information pertains to January 2013-
February 2014. Conclusions: Tobacco use is low among 20-30 year
olds. Legal age to purchase tobacco products is 18. Alcohol use
increases dramatically when comparing 10-20 year olds with 20-30
year olds. Use is high overall.
Tobacco use is almost twice as high for youth Ages 10-20Ages
20-30 19% 35% Why are our kids smoking?
Budget Operations Development Travel Other Note that: 70% of
our total budget is spent on Operations. Operations include staff
salaries.
Other Travel Development Operations Operations is our biggest
cost ~70%
Test and Refine Evaluate, practice, improve
Image: Flickr.com, by woodleywonderworks 3:1 hours, Practice to
Presentation
Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father Luke, I am
your father Join me, and unleash the power of the dark side We
shall rule the universe Embrace your hatred and join me Dont be
like Darth! Instead.