2012 and We're STILL Using PowerPoint Wrong

2012 STILL Using And We’rePOWERPOINT WRONG @illiyav

MICROSOFT POWERPOINTGETS A BAD RAP!

DE ATH BY POWERP OINT!

Death by PowerPoint (Definition);Often heard synonymously by individualswhenever they’ve had to endure anboring presentation. Z Z Z Z

DID YOU KNOW?POWERPOINTwas released in 1990!

POWERPOINT IS22 Years Old

22 YEARS LATER...We’re STILLGetting it Wrong!

Originally It was named Presenter

UNFORTUNATELY ... Problems with trademarks™ meantit was re-named “PowerPoint”

WE’RE TAUGHT TOSTUFF OU R SLIDES

M INDUC IN G BULLE TBOREDO F TER BUL LE T POINTPOINT A

“The problem w ith today’s typic business prese al ntation is NOT PowerPoint. Th e stor yteller is tproblem, the pr he esenter whocreates wordy, text-heavy slid~ Carmine Gall o es.”

Maybe you’ve read hi s book… {Carm ine Gallo} thor & Best -selling Au ert ations ExpCommunic

NT & WORD WERPOIPO SHOULD NOT BE TREATED THE SAME

TOO MUCH INFO USE HAND-OUTS INSTEAD!

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS SLIDES TOLD STORIES

DO YOU REMEMBER THOSEOLD CARO USEL ST YLE SLIDE PROJECTOR S?

ATHER AND SHAREF AMILIES WOULD G E VACATION MEMO RIES WITH IN-HOM PHOTO GRAPHIC SLIDES

EACH SLIDE TOLD A STORY

BUT ... Something happened after theDeath of the Carousel Slide Projector

1.We’ve Forgotten to Tell Stories

1. 2.We’ve Forgotten We’ve Learnt to to Tell Stories Stuff Slides

THE AGE OF SLIDE STUFFING

“Slides are slides . Documents are documents. They arent the same thing. A1empts to merge them resuin what I call the " lt slideument" (slide + documen~ Garr R t = slideument)” eynolds

You might ha ve read his book s… {Garr Reynond s} l rr Sa } {aka Ga ru & Prese ntation Gu uthor A cclaimed A

WHY DO WE DO IT?

I DIDN’T ATTEND YOUR PRESENTATION TO READ, YET YOU’RE FORCING ME TO ANYWAY

THIS IS WHATPEOPLE EXPECT

THIS IS WHATPEOPLE EXPECT THIS IS HOW WE PRESENT AT BOARDROOM LEVEL

THIS IS WHATPEOPLE EXPECT THIS IS HOW WE PRESENT AT BOARDROOM LEVEL WE EXPECT BULLET POINTS!

Who sayswe have to presentlike that?!

HOLD UP! WE DON’T NEED TOBORE DIRECTORS WITHBAD POWERPOINT

BAD DESIGN COSTS MONEY

“Good design isgood business.” ~ Thomas J. Watson Jr.

WE STUFF OUR SLIDESBECAUSE OF...

SHORT ON TIME

LACK OF CONFIDENCE

HOW DO WE FIX IT?

DRO P THE BULL E T POINTS

USE IMAGES INSTEAD

TELL ANINTERESTING STORY

PREPARE EARLY

BETTERPRESENTATION TRAINING

DON’T JUST TAKEMY WORD FOR IT… http://slides RXpgSY ha.re/ZtfyMhttp://slidesha.re/ q http://slidesha.re/SMfTnM

START DESIGNING & STOP STUFFING!

NEED AP R E S E N TAT I O N DESIGN H E R O ?

COME FIND ME OVER AT… THEPRESENTATIONDESIGNER.CO.UK

FLICKR PHOTO CREDITS Slide 2-‐ Erik Charlton h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcharlton/4302865512/ Slide 10-‐ Robert Couse-‐Baker h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/6054688131/ Slide 16-‐ James Vaughan h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/x-‐ray_delta_one/4218770565/ Slide 17-‐ Daniel Oines h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967b/5407293768/ Slide 18 & 19-‐ Glen h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/leakytr8/5416821487/in/photostream/ Slide 42 -‐ Col Ford & Natasha De Vere h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/col_and_tasha/5412347913/ Slide 43 -‐ Charles Atkeison h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/atkeison/7181505280/ Slide 44 -‐ Anthony Volodkin h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/sights_set/1176675198/

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2012 and We're STILL Using PowerPoint Wrong

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