Presentation

Design
State of Presentations today
Why it matters?
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Introduction
Preparation
Q&A

Best / Worst
PRESENTATION

If keeping someone’s attention
in a lecture was a business, it
would have an 80% failure rate.
Dr John Medina
Brain Rules

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Look back
in time…

Have only one main idea per slide
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Insert only seven lines of text maximum
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Use only seven words per line maximum
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The main question is… does this work?
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Is this method really good advice?
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Is this the appropriate overhead visual
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And this slide adheres to the rule!
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MIS – DON’T
LEGI – TAKE
FOR BILITY
UNICATION. COMM

cannot
The brain
multitask

…attentional ability
is not capable of
multitasking

Wired

Stop your PowerPoint™
before it kills again.
Kathy Sierra

PowerPoint™ has become a full-
blown epidemic.
…the victims are company
values such as collaboration,
innovation, passion, vision, and
clarity.
Marty Neumeier

The use of the PowerPoint™ presentation
has been a disaster. It should be ditched.
Prof. John Sweller

Should it?

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You

Conceptual
Age

Logic
+
Emotions
Image: www.wired.com

Symphony Meaning
Design
Empathy
Story
Play

Design

Story

Story
aka Preparation

HOW
H
E
R
E

In the beginners mind there are
many possibilities, in the expert’s
mind there are few.
Shunryu Suzuki

Start with an open mind

…and a pencil

Do you know
this guy?

Most good ideas can
do pretty well with a
stick in the sand.
Alan Kay

Lets get some
exercise…

What is the purpose of my talk?
How much time do I have?
What time of the day is it?
What do they expect of me?
Why was I asked to speak?
Who is the audience? What's their background?
Which is the most appropriate visual medium?
What is my absolute central point?

Strike a
balance

Structure all this…

Design

What is
Design

Look around you

Lets take this small test…
a. Times New Roman
1. Redux
2. Redux b. Arial
c. Courier New
3. Redux

Design has been

Utility
+
Significance

Not
decoration

Don’t be
by method and
knowledge

If you are not prepared to be wrong,
you will never come up with anything
original.
Sir Ken Robinson

In the field of design there is the
belief that with more constraints
better solutions are revealed.
John Maeda
Laws of Simplicity

Design
Principles

C
Contrast
R
Repetition
A
Alignment
Proximity
P

Good Design Is As Easy
as 1-2-3
1. Learn the principles.
They’re simpler than you might think.
2. Recognize when you’re not using them.
Put it into words – name the problem.
3. Apply the principles.
You’ll be amazed.

Good Design
is as easy as…
1 Learn the principles.
They’re simpler than you might think.
2 Recognize when you’re not using them.
Put it into words – name the problem.
3 Apply the principles.
You’ll be amazed.

Good Design
is as easy as…
1 Learn the principles.
They’re simpler than you might think.
2 Recognize when you’re not using them.
Put it into words – name the problem.
3 Apply the principles.
You’ll be amazed.

Simplicity

Our lives are frittered away by detail;
simplify, simplify.

Any intelligent fool can
make things bigger
and more complex ... it
takes a touch of genius
to simplify.

Thoughtful
Reduction

Simplicity means the achievement
of maximum effect by minimum
means.
Dr Koichi Kawana

Occam’s Razor

Asymmetry

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Making Magic of Teaching: The Zen Way
Workshop to enhance presentation design and delivery skills
Dr Mukesh Chaturvedi & Mohit Chhabra
Aug 30, 2008
Presented by Crucial Moments

Making Magic of Teaching
The Zen Way
Workshop to enhance presentation design and delivery skills
Dr Mukesh Chaturvedi
Mohit Chhabra

PowerPoint & Visuals

Vision trumps all other senses.
Dr John Medina
Brain Rules

“
Studies show that recognition
doubles for a picture compared
with text

10%

65%

Powerpoints

Presentation Excellence is never
accidental! (Work your buns off!)
Tom Peters

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