Five simple tips to improve the quality of your presentations.

2. Don’t let this be you…

4. KNOW
YOUR
STUFF

5. You are your
presentation.

8. Chunk related information…
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Brain Rule #5: Repeat to Remember
http://www.brainrules.net/short-term-memory Adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/garr/brain-rules-for-presenters

9. “If you can’t explain
it simply, you don’t
understand it well
enough.”
- Albert Einstein

10. LIMIT
YOUR
TEXT

11. ...you’re not
listening to this guy
(and he’s awesome!)

12. USE
GREAT
VISUALS

13. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/really_bad_powe.html

14. OMG!

15. Communicate…

16. Don’t decorate…
(…or animate!)

17. Brain Rule #10…
“Hear a piece of information, and three days
later you'll remember 10% of it. Add a picture
and you'll remember 65%.”
http://www.brainrules.net/vision

18. Flickr CC = 200 Million Photos…

19. KEEP
IT
CLEAN

20. Simple
Uncluttered
High contrast
No distractions
Consistent design

21. THINK
ABOUT
BRAINS

22. http://www.brainrules.net/attention

23. http://www.brainrules.net/attention

24. Remember Brain Rule #10?
http://www.brainrules.net/vision

25. 5 Ideas, Recap…
1. KNOW YOUR STUFF
2. LIMIT YOUR TEXT
3. USE GREAT VISUALS
4. KEEP IT CLEAN
5. THINK ABOUT BRAINS

26. Photo Credits (Flickr CC)
Slides 1/27: The Skeleton Dance by MartinaYach
Slide 3: Untitled by theloushe
Slides 5/11: TED 2010 Fellows – Talks by whiteafrican
Slide 13: Do These Acorns… by sarowen
Slide 14: Free Overexposed… by Pink Sherbet
Slide 15: Sharing by ryancr
Slides 16/26: The Eyes of the Beholder by Nina Krimly
Slide 20: Scrubbing bubbles by bored-now
Slide 23: Untitled by emokr
Slide 24: Clocks by Leo Reynolds

27. References/Influences
Brain Rules by John Medina
Brain Rules for Presenters by Garr Reynolds
Design Matters by Darren Kuropatwa