Four-hour training on presentation methods for planners. Credit to Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen; Cliff Atkinson, Beyond Bullet Points; Tim Koegel, The Exceptional Presenter.

1. PresentationsWhat every planner needs to know

2. Ryan Link Planning / Public Involvement Michael Baker Jr., Inc Richmond, Virginia 804.287.3192 Email: rlink@mbakercorp.com Twitter: @Ryan_Link

3. Icebreaker

4. Planning moves fast

5. As planners we are constantly looking for new tools for our toolbelt

6. Work on mastering the art of presentations

7. Presentations may be the most valuable tool in your tool belt utility

8. Planning can get stale

9. We are born storytellers

10. Experience trumps research

11. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”” -Charles Mingus

12. The good, the bad, and the ugly

13. "One of the things I learned about in the formative stages of my career was public speaking. I learned by watching lots of presentations, and one thing I figured out early on is that most CFO-level speakers — particularly CEOs, particularly male CEOs—really suck as speakers. They're boring; they're long; they wander around. I saw speech after speech, and I discovered that if there's anything worse than a speaker who sucks, it's a speaker who sucks and you have no idea how much longer he or she is going to suck. That's a horrible feeling. To prevent you from getting that feeling, I've developed a Top 10 format. All of my speeches are in Top 10 format, because if you think I suck, I at least want you to be able to track my progress through the speech so that you know approximately know how much longer I'm going to suck." — Guy Kawasaki

14. The evolution of PowerPoint Presentations 1987 PowerPoint is born 1995 PowerPoint Nirvana 2000 Term “Death by PowerPoint” coined 2005 90% of Presentations Suck (Guy Kawasaki)

15. PechaKucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides Then Sit the Hell Down -Daniel Pink PechaKucha: Still PowerPoint – Just Not Resulting in Death -Author Unknown

16. Examples

21. Majora Carter's tale of urban renewal

22. Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis

26. There are three key components to successful presentations

27. Preparation

28. Start with a beginners mind

32. Design

34. Cheesy Graphics

35. (b/f and after examples from PZ)

42. Picture of traditional bullet filled slide with presenter

44. Keep it Simple

45. Delivery

46. There is more than one way to skin a cat

47. Beyond Bullet Points

48. BBP Respects the Limits of Working Memory

49. Apply familiar organizing structures

50. Act I: The first five slides

51. Act II: justifying the call to action

52. Act III: Back to the beginning

54. Presentation Zen

55. What’s your point? Why does it matter?

56. SUCCESs

57. Always bring it back to the point

58. The Exceptional Presenter

59. Posture

63. The window to your soul

64. Five effective ways to incorporate gestures

65. 84% of the impact you have on the phone comes from your voice 16% of the impact you have on the phone comes from the words you use

66. Read your audience – get them involved

67. Smile

68. Exercise

69. The Scenario: You are a member of a team from Virginia Tech tasked with developing a presentation that will be given to prospective undergraduate and graduate students. These students currently have the Virginia Tech MURP and Public and Urban Affairs programs on their short-list. As a team you must develop a 15 minute presentation that makes the case that Virginia Tech is the right choice, the only choice for these prospective students. The Scenario Rules: 1. Open use of graphics, but must cite (not focused on resolution)

70. Get Started