This document provides guidance on creating, presenting, and promoting PowerPoint presentations. It discusses design best practices like keeping slides clean, simple, and readable. When presenting, the document recommends tailoring the presentation to the audience, practicing aloud, and engaging attendees every few minutes. For promoting presentations online, it advises uploading slides to sites, building a network, planning promotion strategies, and maintaining focus on analytics and feedback. The overall goal is to produce presentations that effectively communicate messages and attract rather than distract audiences.
2. Monkey’s
Section 1
guide to
Creating
Perfect
Powerpoint…
3. Design Essentials
• Keep it Clean
limit use of colours & fonts
• Keep it Simple
avoid sounds / animation
• Keep it Readable
sans serif over 24 pt
producing perfect powerpoint
4. More
Design Essentials
• Set the right impression
should communicate
should attract not distract
• Watch your weighting
size & position imply importance
• What’s the difference
differences draw attention
too many difference confuse
producing perfect powerpoint
5. Follow the Six’s Rules
No more that
• 6 words per line
• 6 lines per page
• 6 fonts in total
• 6 seconds to read
• 12 facts per page
producing perfect powerpoint
6. Content is king
Make sure your copy is
• appropriate
• accurate
• clear
• concise
producing perfect powerpoint
7. Monkey’s
Section 2
guide to giving
Powerful
Presentations…
8. Be Prepared
• Check the set up
• Know the venue
• Work from hard disk
• Take a back up
• Have the URL ready
producing perfect powerpoint
9. Talk to the Audience
Tailor it to be
• specific
• relevant
• targeted
• aspirational
producing perfect powerpoint
10. Practice makes
Perfect …
• Practice presenting
speak out loud
check timings
• Record yourself
see what works
and what doesn’t
powerful presenting
11. Keep their Attention
Average attention span 18 minutes
• don’t read slides
• don’t say everything
• engage the audience
• build up knowledge
• re-enforce key facts
powerful presenting
12. Engage the Audience
• Make a connection
• Ask open questions
• Take a poll
• Start a dialogue
powerful presenting
13. It’s all aboutTiming
• 2-3 slides a minute
• 4-12 seconds before speaking
• Engage audience
every 3-4 mins
• Visual Commercial
break every 15 mins
powerful presenting
14. Monkey’s
Section 3
Guide to
promote
On-line
Presentations…
15. Get online
• Upload Slides
• Add Title,Description & Tags
• Upload Audio File
• Link Audio Files to Slides
• Copy Embed Links to sites
producing perfect powerpoint
16. Pay attention to Details
• Check spellings
• Check titles meaningful
• Check description is clear
• Check tags against hot list
• Check thumbnails captivate
• Check creative commons
producing perfect powerpoint
17. Build your Network
• Join user groups
• Add contacts
• Introduce people
• Take part in discussions
promoting online presentations
18. Plan your promotion
• Treat shows like products
• Think branding
• Consider your audience
• Prepare you lists
• Plan the launch time & date
to maximize impact
promoting online presentations
19. Create a Buzz
• Submit to groups
• Tell contacts
• Try to get it featured
• Blog about it
• Twitter about it
• Email your friends
promoting online presentations
20. Link it all together
• websites
• blogs
• podcasts
• profiles
• auto signatures
promoting online presentations
21. MaintainFocus
• Track the hits and embeds
• Seek feedback
• Thank favourite and embeds
• Reply to comments
• Try new strategies
promoting online presentations
22. <contributions>
Much of the data from this presentation has come from many years of
producing and marketing presentations for advertising and business.
The rest of the data was discovered on slideshare from publicly shared
presentation using creative commons.
Special thanks to Peter Kerr, Lucinda Coxon
the North East IT Managers Network, not forgetting Monkey.
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david coxon
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