Why are presentations

boring…

Then I realised!

And movies interesting?

?

What is the last presentation

YOU remember?

Can slides be as good as a movie?

?

I thought they

should

I used to look like this (Actual picture from 2004)

I used to look like this (Actual picture from 2004)

(no kids yet)

My documents looked like

this (Actual document

from 2003)

My presentations looked like this

(Actual presentation from 2004)

The Strategy Hexagon

Evaluation

Goal

Action Plan

Measurement

Communicate(EMEA / SA)

Understand(SA)

Act(SA!)

Feedback(SA!)

Refine(SA! / EMEA)

Formulate (EMEA)

Act-Feedback axis: howCombination of research and training. More interviews.

• Environmental Scanning (Based on the CIA’s model)• Measure External feedback sources• Audit efficiency of Internal feedback structures /

processes• Deliver Strategic thinking tools (SCAMPER)• Measure amount and impact of Feedback from macro- environment

Evaluation

Goal

Action Plan

Measurement

Why are movies

successful?

Then I realised!Movies…

Tell stories

Presentations…

Tell facts

Then I realised!Movies…

Have characters

Presentations…

Have data

Then I realised!Movies…

Are visual

Presentations…

About Powerpoint• The software suggests a heading and bullet points, so that’s what

people go for• Once you’re typing, it’s hard to remember you’re not using a

word processor to write a book• We’re used to seeing boring powerpoints so we think it’s

acceptable• We’re not trained visual storytellers, so we don’t know how to

make the slides look good• We think the data is more important than the message• There’s so much on the slide we feel we have to read the slide to

the poor suckers at the back of the room• You get extra “Pro” points for using lots of jargon

That was me, five years

ago

I wanted to learn how to do

this:

I realised that this was bad:

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I studied

typefaces

and how they work…

…together

Put away my

And picked up

my

I learned what colours work…

And which don’t

Now…

I can tell stories like this:

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My documents look like this now

My presentations look like this…

And this…

Make your slideshows like

a movie

Then I realised!

And your audience

Will remember your

presentation for years to

come

Erich ViedgeJohannesburg

South Africawww.pepper.co.za

+27 74-1-VIEDGE+27 74 184-3343

@erichv