everything you always wanted to know about presentations but were afraid to ask
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Presentation for the February Design Interest Meetup in Newcastle upon Tyne. The theme of the night was presentations.TRANSCRIPT
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