BY BRIAN SULLIVAN
Making
Slides that
Rock!!!How to Tell Great Stories
Some Slides are Monstrous
BORINGNo More
Presentations
Slides Should Resonate
STAND OUTor
SHUT UP
Get Your Popcorn Ready
Brian Sullivan.
@BrianKSullivan@bigdesign
Hi, my name is
#rockslides
20 Years as a User Researcher
Writer of The Design Studio Method
Speaker at Industry Events
• Top SxSW Slides 2013
• Top SxSW Slides 2014
• SlideShare of the Day
• SlideShare of the Week
• SlideShare of the Month
• Hot on Facebook
• Hot on Twitter
• Hot on LinkedIn
• Top Slides in Design
• Top 1% of Slides
Keynote Author on SlideShare
• Top SxSW Slides 2015
• SlideShare Best in Show
• Workshop with 90 People
• Huffington Post Covered
Featured Yesterday
Founder of The Big Design Conference
Preparation Determines Success
Phase or Stage Multiplier (by time) 50 Minute Talk (ex)
Researching Multiply by 10 500 minutes
Building Slides Multiply by 10 500 minutes
Practicing Multiply by 5 250 minutes
Updating Slides Multiply by 2 100 minutes
Promoting Multiply by 2 100 minutes
Back Channel Multiply by 2 100 minutes
Planning Formula
About 1 Day to Plan
Your 1 Hour Talk
10 Days to Plan
Produce Like Picasso
* Between 250-300 Hours
* Duration: 8 Months
PreparingYour
Story
Nancy Duarte’s Advice
Ex: Produce Like Picasso
Start the Journey
(The Beginning)
1. Tell a story.
2. Make a point.
3. Your expertise.
4. Your research.
5. Create a gap.
6. Show imbalance.
7. Create a vision.
8. Call to journey.
Take the
Journey
(The Middle)
Manage the Gap (Middle)
Increase Common Ground
End the
Journey
(Call to Action)
1. Explain the takeaways.
2. End talks on a high note.
3. Close any final gaps.
4. Audience has new mindset.
5. End with a call to action!!!
Full Circle (First & Last Slides)
Tip #1:
Use a Visually
Appealing
First Slide
Tip #2:
Build Your
Credibility in
the Slides
Show Your Sources
Show Relationships
Tip #3:
Use the
Audience Lag
Followed During Presentations
Followed After Presentations
Followed on SlideShare
FOLLOWAudiences
You(It’s the lag time.)
Tip #4:
Create “Share”
Moments
Sharing After Your Talk
Go With the Flow, Too
Perfectionism Kills Productivity
Retweeted over 5,000 times.
Tip #5:
Use Numbers
for Perspective
Show a Big Number
Give It Perspective
Give a Number Context
Tip #6:
No Death By
Bullet Points
Five Bullets on One Page
Same Bullets on Four Pages
Tip #7:
Stick to the
Script
Use Presentation Mode
Adlibs Confuse the Audience
Adlibs Throw You Off, Too
No Adlibs on SlideShare
Tip #8:
Use Adlibs for
Q&A Time
Q&A Can Be Boring
Use Stories, Not in Your Slides
Adlibs Show Your Personality
Tip #9:
Change Topics
Every 8 to 10
Minutes
Attention Wains After 10 Minutes
Nancy Duarte’s Plan
9 Sections in 45 Minute Talk
Tip #10:
Call to Action
at the End
Design Like Da Vinci
• Recap of the entire talk
• You can design like Da Vinci
BRIAN SULLIVAN
www.practicaluxmethods.com
@brianksullivan
Some Slides are Monstrous
Personal Plan a Deliver a
Story Story Story
1 2 3
BY BRIAN SULLIVAN
Making
SlideShare
PresentationsThat Rock and Resonate