everything you always wanted to know about presentations but were afraid to ask

Vicky TeinakiANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT

HER NEW SLIDEDECK

“Everything you always wanted to know about presentations*

* BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK„**

WARNING double entendres ahead.

“What is SodomyDeath By Powerpoint?”

http://www.infocus.com/labs/all/visual-communication-collaboration/worst-ppt-slide-contest-winners

Death to the slideument!

“What Are Sex Perverts Are the Alternatives?”

LIVE DRAWINGe.g. Bill Verplank

Image from Johnny Holland

GOOD OL’ ORATORYe.g. Bruce Sterling

Image from Johnny Holland

PREZIe.g. Peter Morville

USING VISUAL AIDSe.g. Jason Bruges

“How Long Is Too Long?”

* THIS WASN’T IN THE MOVIE, BUT C’MON!

*

*

It depends. <20 minutes

(concentration falls off after 10)

Weinschenk, Susan (2012) 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People, New Riders, Washington.Medina, John (2009) Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School, Pear Press.

TED= 18 minutes

“Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching

an Orgasm Presentations Fail While Others

Work?”

MisguidedTechnical failures

ConfusedIll prepared….

“Are the Findings of Doctors and Clinics Who

Do Sexual Research & Experiments Accurate

all those studies about what how to do

presentations useful?”

Nancy Duarte { PRESENTATION DESIGN } Garr Reynolds

INFOGRAPHICSEdward Tufte

VISUAL THINKINGDan Roam

“What Happens During Ejaculation

Preparation for a Presentation?”

Less is

OH HAI POST-ITS(it’s about ideas)

Imagery

Cliches are a dime a dozen like school

dinners: acceptable, but only just.

Don’t just Google, buy or CC attribute

NC-BY-CC by Dylaphant07 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylaphant07/373580686/

Like school dinners: passable, but hardly inspiring

PRACTICEMAKES

INCREDIBLE AWESOME AMAZING

“Are Transvestites Homosexuals Slidedecks

Powerpoints?”

“Does aphrodisiacs ‘One More Thing’ Really

Work?”

Have two natural ending points.

“…luckily, I’d embedded two natural places to end my talk. I had an ending that made the talk complete and I stopped there. What I didn’t have time to get to was the inspirational ending

that would have had them on their feet and screaming (well, they did end up on their feet, they just weren’t screaming.)”

—Nancy Duarte on a talk that overran

Duarte, Nancy (2011) ‘Communicate Like MLK and Change the World’ http://blog.duarte.com/2011/01/communicate-like-mlk-and-change-the-world/

http://w

ww.fabulouslyfierce.com/shop/dont-panic-in-pink/

Apologies to Woody Allen, fans of Woody Allen,

anyone who was insulted, and anyone who is all of the

above.

Further Reading

Nancy Duarte Slide:ology (2008), Resonate (2011)

Garr Reynolds Presentation Zen (2007)

Edward Tufte Beautiful Evidence (2006), Envisioning Information (1990)

Dan Roam Back of the Napkin (2009)

Susan Weinschenk 100 Things Every Presenter

Needs to Know About People

More on me at @vickytnz