Skill Creating a PowerPoint Presentation

95% of PowerPoint's are bad NOT BAD BAD

Really bad!

e.g.

now that’s...

WHY?

Bullet Points Make People Want To...

Make

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Bullets are for

NOT PowerPoint

Remember: bullets kill (presentations)

as does...

A lot of text on the screen that you basically read to the audience. Remember that they can read a lot faster that you speak (almost ten times faster), so the audience will have read your paragraph before you have finished your first sentence meaning that they are not concentrating on good old dynamic you as you deliver the presentation but on the content on the screen. This means that they are distracted and your message looses impact. It also means that the audience is also likely to become bored, very bored and very quickly. People can read for themselves and they didn’t come to a meeting and give up their precious free time in order for you to stand there and basically read a screen of text to them. School isn’t even that boring. If you are just going to read stuff to them, send it on email so that they can read it ahead of time and then do a live Q & A session with them. This will cut the meeting down in time dramatically, making it better for all as well as provide some stimulating conversation. But seriously, keep the text to a minimum, it really doesn’t work for people. Remember also that the more text on the screen, the smaller the text is – and this doesn’t help people that are over 22 years of age in the audience as the chances are they won’t be able to read it anyway.

how much text?

as little as possible

keep it simple

Other crazy ideas:

Clip Art (use stock images)

Bonkers backgrounds (plain or simple gradients)

Busy Slides (1 Point, many slides)

Imagine if...

...Obama used (bad) PowerPoint in his famous speech

By Barak Obama

Thank You Time for Change Change isn’t Easy What we’re up against What I see We cannot lose hope What I know Yes we can

Thank You

Time for Change

Change isn’t Easy

What we’re up against

What I see

We cannot lose hope

What I know

Yes we can

Thank you, South Carolina Thank you to the rock of my life, Michelle Obama Thank you, Malia and Sasha Thank you, Pete Skidmore

Thank you, South Carolina

Thank you to the rock of my life, Michelle Obama

Thank you, Malia and Sasha

Thank you, Pete Skidmore

I’m bored already (faster please)

Some doubted this country’s desire for change We have the most delegated and diverse coalition of Americans You can see it in their faces – young, old, rich, poor, black, white, latino, native american, democrat, republican, and others We are ready to believe again

Some doubted this country’s desire for change

We have the most delegated and diverse coalition of Americans

You can see it in their faces – young, old, rich, poor, black, white, latino, native american, democrat, republican, and others

We are ready to believe again

Fine candidates and competition is fierce We’re looking to fundamentally change status quo in Washington Status quo is fighting back with same tactics that divide and distract us

Fine candidates and competition is fierce

We’re looking to fundamentally change status quo in Washington

Status quo is fighting back with same tactics that divide and distract us

Fine candidates and competition is fierce We’re looking to fundamentally change status quo in Washington Status quo is fighting back with same tactics that divide and distract us Lobbyist dominate government Ability to lead does not come from longevity in Washington Bitter partisanship where opponents demonise each other Politics that uses religion as a wedge and patriotism as a bludgeon

Fine candidates and competition is fierce

We’re looking to fundamentally change status quo in Washington

Status quo is fighting back with same tactics that divide and distract us

Lobbyist dominate government

Ability to lead does not come from longevity in Washington

Bitter partisanship where opponents demonise each other

Politics that uses religion as a wedge and patriotism as a bludgeon

I do not see a white or black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina I saw crumbling schools I saw shuttered mills We struggle with Washington and with our self doubts, fears, and cynicism Change we seek requires struggle and sacrifice

I do not see a white or black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina

I saw crumbling schools

I saw shuttered mills

We struggle with Washington and with our self doubts, fears, and cynicism

Change we seek requires struggle and sacrifice

There are people counting on us and they have stories and voices A mom who can’t get Medicaid to support her children A teacher who works the night shift at Dunkin Donuts A Maytag worker who competes with his teenager for a $7/hour job Woman cannot breathe since nephew left for Iraq

There are people counting on us and they have stories and voices

A mom who can’t get Medicaid to support her children

A teacher who works the night shift at Dunkin Donuts

A Maytag worker who competes with his teenager for a $7/hour job

Woman cannot breathe since nephew left for Iraq

past versus future

We can overcome big money and influence in Washington Latinos and Blacks can work together We can overcome racial divide

We can overcome big money and influence in Washington

Latinos and Blacks can work together

We can overcome racial divide

Finally...last slide...

We can heal this nation We can seize our future Yes We Can

We can heal this nation

We can seize our future

Yes We Can

Obama Opinion Poll (after this speech)

Remember why YOU present…

...to CONNECT Emotional Right Logical Left

So...

Text: as little as possible

no bullet points

no

bullet

points

Inspiring Images

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Thank you.