Power Pointless How to make an amazing presentation Joan Shi

Tough Interview Questions This is what we are doing everyday…

Tough Interview Questions There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world

Tough Interview Questions They do 30 million presentation each day

Tough Interview Questions About 1 million presentations are going on now … Yesterday

Tough Interview Questions 50% of them are unbearable

Tough Interview Questions

Tough Interview Questions Change We Need What’s Wrong?

Tough Interview Questions Change We Need

Tough Interview Questions Question A: What’s wrong with the ppt?

Power Point does not kill the presentations, while bullet points do.

“ Why would you use words on the screen when they do just fine in your mouth?” Seth Godin

Is the computer like a bicycle for your mind?

People hate boring things!!

How did we get there?

It’s our own fault.

Reduce to the Max Text is redundant

Image triggers Emotion

Example:

Example:

Tips in conclusion: - One point per slide - Few matching colors - Very few fonts - Photo, not clipart Not Writing, but Designing

Simplicity is ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci

Question B: Even we can make a perfect ppt deck… Why can our audience still be dissatisfied?

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Question C: Why do you do the presentation?

For Yourself?

Or … To Them?

To Deliver the ‘ Meaning’ to Them (Audience) To ‘make’ them make decision or take action Presentation Preparation - WHY

Question D: What’s the most important thing during and after the presentation ? The Feeling/Thought of Your Audience

Who are they? Why do they come and listen to YOU? Not others? What do they want to get from this presentation? How do you feel when you are them? Presentation Preparation - WHO

Who are they?

Why do they come and listen to YOU? Not others?

What do they want to get from this presentation?

How do you feel when you are them?

A Good Presentation is not to TELL But to INFLUENCE…

Presentation Preparation – Plan the content This is NOT …

This is…

This is…

This is…

e.g. a 60 minutes’ presentation Presentation Preparation - Structure

Tough Interview Questions

Why get panic?

Uncertainties

It’s Your Stage Time

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