Presentation Redux

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Design State of Presentations today Why it matters? 3 4 5 1 2 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

Look back in time…

Have only one main idea per slide  Insert only seven lines of text maximum  Use only seven words per line maximum  The main question is… does this work?  Is this method really good advice?  Is this the appropriate overhead visual  And this slide adheres to the rule! 

MIS – DON’T LEGI – TAKE FOR BILITY UNICATION. COMM

cannot The brain multitask

…attentional ability is not capable of multitasking

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?

Conceptual Age

Logic + Emotions Image: www.wired.com

Symphony Meaning Design Empathy Story Play

Design

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.

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

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

Powerpoints

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

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