ASTORYEXPLAN-Make sure your slides are

TM

Let’s start with online presentations that are

NOT EXPLANASTORY.

Ugly Online Presentation

Boring stuff

Ugly Online Presentation

More boring stuff

Still awake there?

NOT EXPLANASTORY

Still awake there?Nice Presentation

Online

Still awake there?This is pretty

Ooh, this is pretty too

Still awake there?

But do you understand?

NOT EXPLANASTORY

Now let’s examine live presentations that are

NOT EXPLANASTORY.

Boring Live Presentation

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Presented by: Dr. Lame PHD, MBA, XYZ

Aren’t  you  bored?  Can  you  even  follow  along?  Do  you  want  to  follow  along?  I  bet  you  already  stopped  reading  at  this  point  because  there’s  too  much  text  on  this  slide.  Good  thing  you  have  me  to  read  the  informa@on  directly  off  my  slides  for  you.  Not  to  men@on  completely  ignoring  you  in  the  process.  

Look at all my text!

Maybe i’ll add bullets

28%

24%9%8%

7%

6%4%4%3%3%2%2%1%

• That’ll  make  you  pay  aFen@on  for  sure.  • Oh  no,  I  forgot  what  I  was  talking  about.  Time  to  read  from  my  notes  now.

• But  hey,  at  least  I  have  a  preFy  liFle  pie  chart  to  keep  you  interested  right?

•  Alright,  now  the  glasses  are  coming  off.•  Now  you  listen  here,  blah  blah.  •  Blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  blah  •  That’s  all  you’re  hearing  because  my  presenta@on  sucks.  Thank  you.

Yes! Let’s continue

NOT EXPLANASTORY

presentation

Prettylive

Look at me! I’m so energetic and cute!

But without text, do you understand my presentation?

Let’s see...

NOT EXPLANASTORY

Ok, so what exactly is EXPLANASTORY?

I am Yancey Unequivocally!

Allow me to explain...

In simple terms, it means to “explain” a “story”.

“The ability to understand

a presentation without

someone else presenting it to them.”

All of our marketing projects are formatted

EXPLANASTORY.

Here are a few examples:

How about this one?

And don’t forget...

You can understand these presentations solely

by viewing their slides.

Why is EXPLANASTORY

effective?

Because it combines stories, statistics, and great visuals appealing to both...

LEFTbrainers

and

RIGHTbrainers

meaningMOREengagement

When should you use

EXPLANASTORY?

Online Trainings

Presentation Loops

and of course on

SlideShare!

Here are 3 simple tips to help you create EXPLANASTORY

style presentations:

Use great visuals that back up your content.

tip #1

Bad Visuals?

Great Visuals!

Use language that a 10-year old can understand.

tip #2

Hard to Understand?

Simple to Understand!

Create a storyboard around your subject matter.

tip #3

No Storyboard?

Storyboard!

Here at EP,we’ve been using EXPLANASTORY

since the very beginning...

So make sure your next presentation is EXPLANASTORY !TM

Let us help you Explain your story!

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