Lessons From Presentation Zen 4 April 2009 Presentation Camp Seattle Craft Your Story Visually

Lessons From Presentation Zen

First. Step away from the computer. photo by riotjane - 2008

Second. Who is your audience? photo by Carbon NYC - 2008

Third. What role are you playing? photo by Khalid Almasoyd - 2008

What is your story?

Ideas. Concepts. Not Slides.

Architecture: Story Board Text Text Design 2 Good Graph Design 3 Text Text Storyboard Images Design Principle 1 Cluttered Image Bad Graph Text Story Frames Title & Intro Design 4

Design Tips: Four Visual Principles

1. Simplify

80%

Avoid animation & sound

2. Signal-to-Noise

3. “White” Space

4. Rule of Thirds

Before & After

Top Global Web Properties

Top Global Web Properties Web Properties Visitors Microsoft 508,000 Google 494,000 Yahoo 476,000 Wikipedia 164,000 New York Times 68,000

2009 Flood Initial estimated damage at $125 million Three deaths 27 commercial shellfish areas closed 8,000 residents in seven water systems told by officials to boil their water

Initial estimated damage at $125 million

Three deaths

27 commercial shellfish areas closed

8,000 residents in seven water systems told by officials to boil their water

2009 Flood Estimate $125 million Three deaths 27 shellfish areas closed 8000 residents in 7 water systems must boil water

Estimate $125 million

Three deaths

27 shellfish areas closed

8000 residents in 7 water systems must boil water

2009 Flood Estimate $125 million Three deaths 27 shellfish areas closed 8000 residents in 7 water systems must boil water

Estimate $125 million

Three deaths

27 shellfish areas closed

8000 residents in 7 water systems must boil water

In A Word: Simplify

Resources PresentationZen (Garr Reynolds, Blog) PresentationZen (book, Amazon ) The Rule of Thirds Life After Death With Powerpoint ( youtube )

PresentationZen (Garr Reynolds, Blog)

PresentationZen (book, Amazon )

The Rule of Thirds

Life After Death With Powerpoint ( youtube )

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