un-suck your presentations

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

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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

rockwell

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