Annual meeting and slideumentation
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Transcript of Annual meeting and slideumentation
slideumentation
annual meetings
their audience with
kill
Many companies
during their annual
uniform PowerPoint guidelines with useless and boring bullet points ugly layout based on the worst of PowerPoint (or Keynote)
with sub-bullet points to make it clear and fonts so small that no one can read with 200 words per slide (*)
Require their speakers
to follow PowerPoint guidelines
(*)only 68 in this one !
Logo is mandatory on every slide !
uniform PowerPoint guidelines with useless and boring bullet points ugly layout based on the worst of PowerPoint (or Keynote)
with sub-bullet points to make it clear and fonts so small that no one can read with 200 words per slide (*)
68 in this one !
Require their speakers
to follow PowerPoint guidelines Logo is
mandatory on every slide !
printed in a large meeting binder
these "standardised
meeting DVD for attendees
or will be included in the
to take home.
DVDs that the audience will
read !
never ever - ever
speaker into a catch-22 This forces the situation
Should the presenter design visuals
Are more like a
document to be read
later?"
poor supporting visuals
Most presenters compromise and shoot for the middle,
resulting in
for the live talk
and a series of document-like slides filled with text, bullet points and
other data that do not read well.
use as a
Slides that most speakers
teleprompter
Speakers tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorize their talk, ultimately this makes their slides crowded, wordy, and boring. They lose their audience's attention before they even reach the bottom of their first slide.
their presentations boring making
Death
Orientation :
Font size :
Text : as as possible
Max nb. of words / slide :
Text structure : bullet points
Visual : based on
Software : , Keynotes
Same !
properly!
these documents supposed to serve both
Garr Reynolds, calls
as projected visuals and as stand-alone
handouts
1rst key point speakers tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this
eliminates the need to memorize their talk, ultimately this makes their slides crowded, wordy, and boring.
They looe their audience's attention before they even reach the bottom of their first slide. 2nd key point uniform PowerPoint guidelines
with useless and boring bullet points Ugly layout based on the worst of PowerPoint (or Keynotes)
With sub-bullet points to make it clear And fonts so small that no one can read With 200 words per slide (*)
© restricted, Date, topic, slide #, location, speaker
Slideument makes bad visual slides
bad Key points Big typeface size as if it were a book for kids. In this case : an ugly book for kids. Too many pages because of big typeface size Tiring to read because of landscape orientation : written documents made to be read as newspaper are based on a portait format, with tight columns, so that
very left hand side of each page towards its very right hand side
© restricted, Date, topic, slide #, location, speaker
Slideument documentation.
makes
No one likes Slideument
It isn't effective, it isn't efficient, and it isn't pretty.
Speakers should
Either your audience
respect the way the brain works
audience hears you
Speakers should
respect the way brain works
do both your audience
audience hears you
Either your audience
PowerPoint and Keynote are tools for displaying visual information that
engage your audience
catch
that
increase your
impact
that
that increase your
impact Yes,
that
illuminate your words
that inspire your audience
ecstatic That make your audience
excited That make your audience
amazed That make your audience
But : PowerPoint
and Keynote are
tools not good
making for
written documents
tools processors
making for
written documents
Speakers should use
reflects
flawed beliefs :
"bad
When we
that
get back home from the meeting,
who can believe
full Key points Big typeface size as if it were a book for kids. In this case : an ugly book for kids. Too many pages because of big typeface size Tiring to read because of landscape orientation : written documents made to be read as newspaper are based on a portait format, with tight columns, so that
very left hand side of each page towards its very right hand side
© restricted, Date, topic, slide #, location, speaker
to attempt to of PowerPoint
read pages Slides ?!
document
Companies
should request that speakers instead send a
readable
written
depth
A written document that covers the
main points of their presentation
with
detail appropriate
and
document WORD or PDF
that is
written in a
readable fashion
to even more detail.
with links and a bibliography
document WORD or PDF
that is
written in a
readable fashion
to even more detail.
with links and a bibliography
With consistent
effective would be
far more
is always
effective
Using the right tool
to do the right task
far more
Presentation Notes
an ideal World
an ideal Word
an ideal Slideshow
Author : Jean-François MESSIER Email : [email protected]
Acknowledgments I'd like to thank Garr Reynolds. He did nothing
would not have been possible three years ago before
provocative mix of illumination inspiration, education, and guidance. It may change much more than presentations : it may change the speaker himself, it changed myself. Thanks for this, Garr.
Even they have nothing to do directly with this
discovered through Garr Reynolds ; thanks for inspiring me every day with your publications and presentations : Nancy Duarte, Carmine Gallo, Seth Godin, Steve Jobs, Guy Kawasaki, Don McMillan, Dr John Medina, Hans Rosling, John Sweller... Photo Credit iStockphoto.com