Art & Evolution of Presentations

If the audience walks away

feeling better about themselves,

feeling better about some job they have to do,

If you give them something

(anything) of value

= success

If they leave happy or entertained,

= worthwhile

THE PAST

Stories

Images

Stories

Images

Then along came

Bullet Slides With Too Many Words

• I am reading what I have written• You have already read this and I am

still reading it out loud• Now you are checking your emails• And whispering to your neighbor,

“Anyone know what time this program ends?”

Which gave us

THE PRESENT

Presentations Got Shorter

2008 2012 2013

21.118.8

14.4

# of slides Get to the point before I stop caring…

Presentations Had 29% Less Text

Show itDon’t write it

2012 2013

Bullet Slides With Too Many Words• I am reading what I have written• You have already read this and I am

still reading it out loud• Now you are checking your emails• And whispering to your neighbor,

“Anyone know what time this program ends?”

44 words

Some of us went from

Too Many Words

• Reading what is written• You have read this and I am still

reading it out loud• Checking your emails• “Anyone know what time this program

ends?”

29 words

to

Bullet Slides

Are Boring

4 words

When we should have done this

People today want

short visual content

#FAIL

Literature Review

Bone level Changes around Axial and Tilted Implants in FullArch Fixed Restorations. Interim Results of a Prospective StudyFrancetti, Luca; et.al. Clinical Implant Dentistry and RelatedResearch. Oct. 2012, Vol.14, Issue 5, pp. 646-654.Conclusion: The use of tilted implants in the immediaterehabilitation of the fully edentulous jaws is safe and is notassociated with a higher marginal bone loss as comparedto axially placed implants. (mean follow-up time was 52.8 monthsin the mandible and 33.8 months in the maxilla)

Literature Review

Results: …mean follow up duration was 53 months in mandible and 34 months in maxilla...

Conclusion: The use of tilted implants in the immediate rehabilitation of fully edentulous jaws is safe and not associated to a higher marginal bone loss as compared to axially placed implants.

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Increasing # of images per presentation

Psst… did you know images are processed in the brain 60,000 times faster than text?

Go Big

Infographics

are “liked”

5x more than

presentations

on SlideShare

What’s Next?

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

Interact

Propose Poll Reveal

Soft Tissue

Vertical Ridge

Horizontal Ridge

Hard Tissue

What Do You Want To Focus

On Today?

Interact

Twitter Feeds

16:59

Interact

“Touch And Swipe” Screens

Green Screens

What Else...

What is success?

What is success?

Give Your Audience Something Of Value

What is success?

Give Your Audience Something Of Value

That's all there is to it.

CONTENT IS STILL

KING

Stimulate Senses To Increase Recall

Main Message

Sub point #1

Story Proof Contrast

Sub point #2

Story Proof Contrast

Sub point #3

Story Proof Contrast

How To Construct A Superior Lecture

Why Should I

Care?

How Will This Make

My Life Better?

What Action Do I

Need To Take?

Pick A Theme

Pick A Theme

Appropriate For Your Audience

And No Matter Which Format, Technology, Or Tricks You Use

Be A Passionate Storyteller

Share Your “AHA”

Moment

And implore your audience to

join in your journey towards a brighter future

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