Meet monkey the presentation junky a guide to creating, presenting and promoting shared slides

Perfect Monkey’s guide to Creating Powerpoint… Section 1

Keep it Clean limit use of colours & fonts Keep it Simple avoid sounds / animation Keep it Readable sans serif over 24 pt Design Essentials producing perfect powerpoint

Keep it Clean limit use of colours & fonts

Keep it Simple avoid sounds / animation

Keep it Readable sans serif over 24 pt

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 More producing perfect powerpoint 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

No more that 6 words per line 6 lines per page 6 fonts in total 6 seconds to read 12 facts per page Follow the Six’s Rules producing perfect powerpoint

No more that

6 words per line

6 lines per page

6 fonts in total

6 seconds to read

12 facts per page

Make sure your copy is appropriate accurate clear concise Content is king producing perfect powerpoint

Make sure your copy is

appropriate

accurate

clear

concise

Powerful Monkey’s guide to Presentations… giving Section 2

producing perfect powerpoint Be Prepared Check the set up Know the venue Work from hard disk Take a back up Have the URL ready

Check the set up

Know the venue

Work from hard disk

Take a back up

Have the URL ready

Tailor it to be specific relevant targeted aspirational producing perfect powerpoint Talk to the Audience

Tailor it to be

specific

relevant

targeted

aspirational

Practice makes Perfect … powerful presenting Practice presenting speak out loud check timings Record yourself see what works and what doesn’t

Practice presenting speak out loud check timings

Record yourself see what works and what doesn’t

Average attention span 18 minutes don’t read slides don’t say everything engage the audience build up knowledge re-enforce key facts Keep their Attention powerful presenting

Average attention span 18 minutes

don’t read slides

don’t say everything

engage the audience

build up knowledge

re-enforce key facts

Make a connection Ask open questions Take a poll Start a dialogue Engage the Audience powerful presenting

Make a connection

Ask open questions

Take a poll

Start a dialogue

2-3 slides a minute 4-12 seconds before speaking Engage audience every 3-4 mins Visual Commercial break every 15 mins It’s all about Timing powerful presenting

2-3 slides a minute

4-12 seconds before speaking

Engage audience every 3-4 mins

Visual Commercial break every 15 mins

On-line Monkey’s Guide to promote Presentations… Section 3

Upload Slides Add Title,Description & Tags Upload Audio File Link Audio Files to Slides Copy Embed Links to sites producing perfect powerpoint Get online

Upload Slides

Add Title,Description & Tags

Upload Audio File

Link Audio Files to Slides

Copy Embed Links to sites

Check spellings Check titles meaningful Check description is clear Check tags against hot list Check thumbnails captivate Check creative commons producing perfect powerpoint Pay attention to Details

Check spellings

Check titles meaningful

Check description is clear

Check tags against hot list

Check thumbnails captivate

Check creative commons

Join user groups Add contacts Introduce people Take part in discussions Build your promoting online presentations Network

Join user groups

Add contacts

Introduce people

Take part in discussions

Treat shows like products Think branding Consider your audience Prepare you lists Plan the launch time & date to maximize impact promoting online presentations Plan your promotion

Treat shows like products

Think branding

Consider your audience

Prepare you lists

Plan the launch time & date to maximize impact

Submit to groups Tell contacts Try to get it featured Blog about it Twitter about it Email your friends promoting online presentations Create a Buzz

Submit to groups

Tell contacts

Try to get it featured

Blog about it

Twitter about it

Email your friends

websites blogs podcasts profiles auto signatures Link it all together promoting online presentations

websites

blogs

podcasts

profiles

auto signatures

Track the hits and embeds Seek feedback Thank favourite and embeds Reply to comments Try new strategies Maintain promoting online presentations Focus

Track the hits and embeds

Seek feedback

Thank favourite and embeds

Reply to comments

Try new strategies

<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. <Produced by> david coxon www.davidcoxon.com www.slideshare.net/davidcoxon

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