Creating Presentations that Don't Put People to Sleep

CreatingPresentationsThat Don’tPutPeopleToSleep

Maurice Coleman

@baldgeekinmd

mauricedcoleman

at gmail dot com

All photos had Creative Commons

Avoid common pitfalls

You and Your Topic

Creating Focused Presentations

Know This About Design

Surviving Disasters

Ready?

Preparation

KnowYour Stuff

Know Your Audience

OR

Know Your Stage

OR

Know Your Time

Know Your Purpose

Or…

Why

Am

ITalking?

Presentation

are the presentation

Rulesof speaking

The

Say what you’re going to say

Then Say It

Then Say what you said

Storyboard It

Technology: Tool NOT Crutch

Scared is OK

Jargon

script in frontplus

backup in hand

Design

Point or Not

To Point

Doesn’t matter!

An ugly slide

is an ugly slide

in any program

For Example

Life Cycles

Remember TheseTips

First Idea Here

Second Idea Here

Third Idea Here

Four Words, First Idea

Four Words, Second Idea

Four Words, Third Idea

Four Words, Fourth Idea

Five Words, First Idea Here

Five Words, Second Idea Here

Five Words, Third Idea Here

Five Words, Fourth Idea Here

Five Words, Fifth Idea Here

Big > Small

(or)

My Big Idea v.

Your Little Itty Bitty Idea

KISS (Keep It Sans Serif)

ser·if [ser-if] noun Printing . a

smaller line used to finish off a

main stroke of a letter, as at the

top and bottom of .

ARE ALL WRONG

Delivery

slides are not a

crutch

Meet The Disruptors

your slides

ARE NOT your handout

2 (practice)

Practice By Yourself

Practice With

Others

Never Speak These you knowlikeumanyways

ahin other wordswellactually

Tweak to

Timing

Transition

Leave Room For The Q’s