fixing presentation culture: exceptional preparation
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This is the second talk from the "Fixing Presentation Culture" presentation series. This part focuses onTRANSCRIPT
acquire prior knowledge
generatecontent
create theslide deck
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know your audience
What are they like?1
Why are they here?2What are they like?1
What keeps themup at night?3Why are they here?2What are they like?1
How can you solvetheir problem?4What keeps themup at night?3Why are they here?2What are they like?1
What do you wantthem to do?5How can you solvetheir problem?4What keeps themup at night?3Why are they here?2
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What are they like?Why are they here?What keeps themup at night?How can you solvetheir problem?What do you wantthem to do?
know your constraints
How much timedo you have?1
How big isthe audience?2How much timedo you have?1
What is the venue like?3How big isthe audience?2How much timedo you have?1
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How much timedo you have?How big isthe audience?What is the venue like?
know what is at stake
check your ego at the door
scratch your own itch
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Brainstorm1
move away from the computer
go analog
go analog
go analog
go analog
be wild
don’t judge
Identify the core.Simplify. Simplify.2Brainstorm1
be ruthless
what is yourabsolutely central
message?
so what?
contribution?so what?
if in doubt…?contribution?
so what?
Storyboard.3Identify the core.Simplify. Simplify.2Brainstorm1
tell a story
how?
simplicity
unexpectedness
concreteness
credibility
emotions
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rely on your notes
create structure
next episode: design your slides
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Markus Schirle