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Don't Be A PowerPoint Felon

by Nick Smith on Feb 18, 2011

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A tongue-in-cheek presentation with 3 tips to avoid being a PowerPoint criminal. ...

A tongue-in-cheek presentation with 3 tips to avoid being a PowerPoint criminal.

These are slides from a humorous/informative speech I wrote for a recent Toastmasters meeting. I've modified the presentation since then so that it can stand on its own.

Spanish Version (thanks to David Gomez): http://www.slideshare.net/mercadeobienpensado/no-sea-un-criminal-del-powerpoint

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Don’t Be A PowerPoint Felon Presentation Transcript

DON’T BE APOWERPOINT
FELON
3 PRESENTATION CRIMES
AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

WE’VE ALL EXPERIENCED
DEATH BYPOWERPOINT

CAUSING DEATH IS
MURDER

MURDER IS A
FELONY

SO…

DEATH BY
POWERPOINT IS A
FELONY

HERE ARE

HERE ARE
3

HERE ARE
3
POWERPOINT FELONIES TO AVOID

HERE ARE
3
POWERPOINT FELONIES TO AVOID
(AT ALL COST!)

YOU’VE SEEN
THIS BEFORE:

HOW TO BE AWESOME
BE FRIENDLY
WORK HARD
SAY THANK YOU

OUTLINE
≠
SLIDES

HOW TO BE AWESOME
POWERPOINT
FELONY
BE FRIENDLY
WORK HARD
SAY THANK YOU

INSTEAD, TRY THIS:

1
ONE IDEA
PER SLIDE

THE REASON
FOR THIS IS,

PEOPLE GET
DISTRACTED

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL READ
POINTS 2 AND 3 WHILE YOU’RE STILL DISCUSSING POINT 1.

OR,
YOUR AUDIENCE WILL RE-READ
POINTS 1AND 2WHILE YOU’RE DISCUSSING POINT 3.

BULLET POINTS

ARE
FOR
LISTS
ONLY

USE BULLETS ONLY WHEN YOU’RE ACTUALLY LISTING SOMETHING.

TYPES OF BIRDS

EAGLE
SPARROW
ROBIN
BLUEJAY
PENGUIN

BUT THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE TEMPTED TO DO THIS…

HOW TO BE AWESOME
BE FRIENDLY
WORK HARD
SAY THANK YOU

…DO THIS…

HOW TO BE AWESOME
1. BE FRIENDLY
2. WORK HARD
3. SAY THANK YOU

…INSTEAD.

KEEP EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE.

JUST REMEMBER,

1
ONE IDEA
PER SLIDE

ANOTHER THING I’M SURE YOU’VE SEEN,

FIRST, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE KIND AND PERSONABLE TO EVERYONE YOU MEET EACH DAY.

THE PRESENTER PUTS EVERYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY ON THEIR SLIDES,

AND THEN READS THEM TO YOU.

ONE OF THEM
(THE SLIDES OR THE PRESENTER)
IS UNNECCESSARY.

FIRST, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE KIND AND PERSONABLE TO EVERYONE YOU MEET EACH DAY.

POWERPOINT
FELONY

INSTEAD, TRY THIS:

2
ELIMINATE
TEXT

PEOPLE CAN
ONLY PROCESS
ONE STREAM
OF VERBAL INPUT
AT A TIME.

THEY’LL EITHER…

LISTEN TO YOU,

OR READ YOUR SLIDES.

?
?
THEY CAN’T DO BOTH.

ELIMINATE AS MUCH TEXT AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN

FIRST, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE KIND AND PERSONABLE TO EVERYONE YOU MEET EACH DAY.

BECOMES

Be Friendly

JUST REMEMBER,

2
ELIMINATE
TEXT

AND FINALLY,

USING A SLIDE TEMPLATE TO INSERT AN IMAGE GIVES YOU SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

BE FRIENDLY

POWERPOINT
FELONY
BE FRIENDLY

INSTEAD, TRY THIS:

3
USE BIG
IMAGES

WITH EXACTLY THE SAME CONTENT,

BE FRIENDLY

BECOMES

BE FRIENDLY

BE FRIENDLY
(MUCH BETTER)

BUT BE CAREFUL TO AVOID THIS:

BE FRIENDLY

BE FRIENDLY
PIXELATION

IT’S CAUSED BY STRETCHING SMALL IMAGES.

MAKE SURE TO USE IMAGES THAT ARE AT LEAST

800 x 600
PIXELS

YOU CAN FIND GREAT IMAGERY TO USE AT SITES LIKE:

compfight.com
(CREATIVE COMMONS)
istockphoto.com
(PAID)

ONE MORE THING:

CLIP ART

IT’S TACKY.

EVERYONE HAS IT.

YOU CAN DO BETTER.

SO…

NEXT TIME YOU
GET THE ITCH TO COMMIT A SERIOUS POWERPOINT FELONY,

REMEMBER…

1
ONE IDEA
PER SLIDE

2
ELIMINATE
TEXT

3
USE BIG
IMAGES

TO LEARN MORE, VISIT:ADVANCEYOURSLIDES.COMAND@ADVANCEURSLIDES

DON’T BE APOWERPOINT
FELON
A PRESENTATION BY NICK SMITH

IMAGE CREDITS
SLIDE 3: DEATH BY POWERPOINT – TIM CAYNES
SLIDE 52 - 63: FRIENDLY GUY - THOMAS HAWK
SLIDE 30: ISTOCKPHOTO.COM & COMPFIGHT.COM

fatima altawil wonderful , thank you 3 months ago

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ah_livia Nick Smith, This presentation is so EPIC!!!! slides42-49 = my favorites!!!! :) 9 months ago

Pavithren Pakianathan, Technical support at Temasek Polytechnic Great article! 1 year ago

Tanja Ubert, consultant/ lecturer at ubert-ict/ Inholland University of professional studies beautiful, powerfull, learing experience. 2 years ago

Darul Hijra Institution, Baguio City, Philippines at Darul Hijra Institution, Baguio City, Philippines thanks 2 years ago

Nikolina Novaković, Pupil at / GREAT ! 2 years ago

Nick Smith, Presentation Design & Senior Graphic Designer at Intergraph Hey Calvin, I used Future Medium and Stencil STD. 2 years ago

Nick Smith, Presentation Design & Senior Graphic Designer at Intergraph Thanks to the efforts of David Gomez (http://www.slideshare.net/mercadeobienpensado) 'Don't Be A PowerPoint Felon' is now available in Spanish.

No Sea Un Criminal Del PowerPoint - http://www.slideshare.net/mercadeobienpensado/no-sea-un-criminal-del-powerpoint 2 years ago

Nick Smith, Presentation Design & Senior Graphic Designer at Intergraph Victor: You're right. There's a HUGE difference between slides you present with and slides designed to be consumed on their own in a place like slideshare. You should not design a deck to do both. Instead, you ought to create two decks, one for each purpose. Actually, that's exactly what I did for this presentation, I just haven't post the presenter-dependent slides here for exactly the reason you stated.

Great observation! 2 years ago

Victor Tsaran at Paypal San Jose Thanks for the preso. Lots of good advice therein. However...
Imagine posting a powerpoint preso full of images on something like Slideshare. How useful would such a presentation be to the reader without any context? The question becomes: do we always need a powerpoint? Or... Perhaps just a single slide with contact information will do! :) 2 years ago

Don't Be A PowerPoint Felon

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