The Art of Presentation. Following the ZEN path. WHY

LECTURE(I) Following the ZEN path Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce Alberto de Vega Eduardo S. de la Fuente

TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N TAT I O N Why? Preparation Design Delivery Resources Handfull of statistics Common mistakes Consequences Change

A HANDFULL OF STATISTICS “Almost every PowerPoint presentation sucks rotten eggs” Seth Godin

A HANDFULL OF STATISTICS “95% presentations SUCK” of Guy Kawasaky

A HANDFULL OF STATISTICS “OK, maybe I’m exaggerating. Don’t suck  It’s actually 99 %” Guy Kawasaky Suck 

TABLE OF CONTENTS T H E A R T O F P R E S E N TAT I O N Why? Preparation Design Delivery Resources Handfull of statistics Common mistakes Consequences Change Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce

TELEPROMPTING 1. People tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorize your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You will loss your audience’s attention before you even reach the bottom of your … 2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved

SPELLING M I S T A K E S 2.  Many people do not run spel cheek before there presentation – BIG MISTAK!!! Nothing makes you lok stupder than speling erors 2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved

BULLET POINTING •  Avoid •  And •  “Bullet-Point” •  Excesive •  Your •  Comes •  Buller-Pointing •  Key •  From •  Only •  Messages •  People •  Bullet •  Will •  Firing •  Key •  NOT •  Guns •  Points •  Stand •  At •  Too •  Out •  Annoying •  Many •  In fact •  Presenters •  Bullet-Points •  The Term 2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved

TOO MANY L E V E L S   What it is worst —  Too many bullet point levels are shown –  Type size gets smaller and smaller –  Until it is utterly unreadable –  Even for audiences in the 4th row —  So you better have just one bulletpoint level –  Better yet, forget about bullets (bullets, not guns, kill people. Don’t you know?) –  Use them sparingly –  There are many other ways of detiling your ideas!

COLOR SCHEMES GONEWRONG N  schemes Classhing color can lead to… • Distraction • Confusion • Headache • Nausea • Vomiting • Loss of bladder control 2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved

S O M E SAMPLES ¿Am I wrong? Let’s see some samples… ©PhotoXpress 

S A M P L E SLIDES Notice to readers Actual samples were removed to avoid permanent damages to unwary audiences.

V I D E O DEMO Life after death (by PowerPoint)

DISASTROUS R E S U L T S it ends … By the time

THE USUAL SUSPECTS Right? Microsoft’s the culprit

THE USUAL SUSPECTS how Nobody told us to make it ©PhotoXpress 

THE ONLY C O N S TA N T I S Time For Change by David Reece

CHANGE M E A N S Challenging the status quo

CHANGE M E A N S Engaging with the audience Enthralled Audience por renaissancechambara

YOU CAN C H A N G E ! you can! Yes, Hands Week – Point por Jeezny

W H AT D O W E PROPOSE Formal Zen battleground Slideument Preso Informal Based on Nancy Duarte’s “Presentations Landscape”

W H AT D O W E PROPOSE + ideal An world

W H AT D O W E PROPOSE + bites Reality

SO, NOW WHAT ecosystem Presentation Delivery Message Presentation Visual History Based on Nancy Duarte’s “Slide:ology”

The Art of Presentation. Following the ZEN path. WHY

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