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WelcomeS L I D E - O LO GY

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Goals

Connect

Provoke ideas

Challenge

Stay groundedKnow the “WE”

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approachS L I D E - O LO GY

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developmentS L I D E - O LO GY

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the storyS L I D E - O LO GY

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Content

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2. Approach3. Development4. The Story5. Lets Get Real

foundationS L I D E - O L O G Y

Dewey Decimal System and Card Catalogs

and now…

its this

Google Search I’m Feeling Lucky

Think about how lives are carried out each day now… Getting news…

…have interest in the newest products…

…reflect on different memories…

…even sometimes when text message friends!

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Stats65% of people are visual learners

90% of information is visual

1 person with visuals equals 5 without

Visuals are processed 60,000x faster

approachS L I D E - O L O G Y

Getting started happens before even touching PowerPoint

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Prepare for the future by collecting useful documents and resources

Creating a Slide Toolkit

Broaden your scope with research of different approaches to similar scenarios

Centralize files creating a one-stop-shop

Use Your Resources

Know Your Audience!

Building Audience Profiles

•Adjusting content & messaging

•Getting the “likes” •Avoiding the “dislikes”

DetailsHighLevel

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Brainstorming

Get your thoughts down!

Slide MappingGet organized!

development S L I D E - O L O G Y

Keep it simple

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Manage Time

A Balancing Act!• Content Complexity• Number of Slides• Using an appendix

Pop Quiz!

Number of Slides• Total Slides• Key Discussion Slides

Pop Quiz!

Number of Slides• Total Slides• Key Discussion Slides

How many do you think?

30MINUTES

THE RULE OF THIRDS

3x3

Consistency & Purpose

Visual Theme•Ties presentation together•Visuals must have meaning

•Many moving parts

Moving Parts that

Lead to Success

•Grammar & Tenses

•Fonts & Color

•Charts & Tables•Graphics & Icons

If you are going for gold,

take it all the way – there is no settling for silver half way

through…

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Appropriate Perspectives

Appropriate Perspectives

Flexibility Required

Personal Rule:Accept more points of failure than those where success is celebrated…

Start-Up Funding

Funding is more likely to occur by VCs when a Start-Up has

leaders who have had failures in the

past

Creative License & Different Types of Presentations

FORMAL

INFORMAL

DOCUMENT

KEY NOTE

the storyS L I D E - O L O G Y

Can you deliver in under a minute?

Get to the Point

What is the one point that each slide is trying to make?

The REAL Point!

Balancing Act

Subject Matter Expert

New Hire

The art of telling a story

Beginning

Middle End

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lets get realS L I D E - O L O G Y

So stop reading about it and just do it…