Presentation Zen
by Phillip Toland on Jun 29, 2009
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Giving a presentation without putting your audience to sleep.
Giving a presentation without putting your audience to sleep.
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I am Phil Toland
I work in IT on Customer Portal
I will be giving today’s Lunch and Learn presentation
A “meta presentation”
I will talk about using slideware as a communication tool
I will not talk about how to create a presentation in powerpoint
Presenter did not know the subject matter, was reading slides
“I don’t know what this slide is trying to say”, “I think this slide is trying to say...”
Typical of bad presentations, we left the room annoyed with the vendor
Different ways to approach the problem
Mine for inspiration and ideas
He didn’t have powerpoint or graphics software, yet he wanted to make a good impression
He decided to put a few carefully chosen characters on the screen for each slide
The characters on the screen are carefully chosen to have the most impact
Overlap of written language and art
A few characters take up the whole screen
Audience doesn’t have to spend a long time looking at the screen to understand
The simplicity of the slide does not distract from the speaker
Involved with the EFF and created the Creative Commons
Advocate for “free culture” and copyright reforms
We are going to watch the first three minutes
Pacing was good but difficult to maintain
Requires lots of planning
Talk was only 15 minutes long
Gives a lot of presentations
Listens to a lot of business pitches
Top 10 format gives some idea of progress
Kawasaki uses top 10 for all of his presentations
10 major ideas
helps keep things simple
the 10/20/30 rule
Extension of top 10 format
Padding for, eg projector failure
People show up late and leave early
c.f. Takahashi method
I use 96pt in this presentation
Consider the styles, not the individual presenting or the company they represent
Known for his ability to hold an audience
Every “Stevenote” is sold out
Immediately clear
A prop, not the main message
Too many different colors
Information overload
Supports what Steve is saying
Doesn’t take attention away from Steve
Too much...doesn’t support a single point well
Is it raining on the iMac?
Comes out close to the audience
Uses blank screen to focus attention on himself
Bill is not as comfortable...nervous gesture of bringing hands together
Stays back from the audience
At least move each bullet point to a different slide
“Never apologize. If you’re worried the presentation won’t go well, keep it to yourself and give it your best shot. Besides, people are usually too preoccupied with their own problems to notice yours.“
“Be sure to allow long pauses for questions.”