30 tips for awesome presentations

30 TIPS FOR AWESOMEPRESENTATIONS The Portent Webinar Series Ian Lurie @portentint ian@portent.com

portent.co/ian-proposalsYes, like this, no ‘m’.

#portentuThis is the hash tag

WHY DO PRESENTATIONS SUCK?

PRESENTATION <> SLIDES

TIP #0USE YOUR TIME WISELY

WRITE SLIDES REVISE REHEARSE PREP

TELL ME WHYCONNECT THE HOWUSE STRONG LANGUAGESUPPORT YOUR AUDIENCE

TELL ME WHY

WHY ASK WHY?

BECAUSE ‘WHAT’ IS BORING.

THIS IS A DOG-SIZED SEMI-AQUATICRODENT WITH THICK FUR. yawn

IF YOU LIKEDOG-SIZEDRODENTS THATALWAYS LOOKSMUG, THENCAPYBARAS AREFOR YOU. @!#*& yeah.

I’M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE IBELIEVE THAT_______________________________

IF YOU _______________________THEN YOU’LL WANT TO LISTEN. tip #2: Fill in the blank

WHY = VALUE

TIP #3: WRITE IT FIRSTWHY = VALUE

TIP #3: WRITE IT FIRST

TIP #4: HAVE A STRUCTURE

SAY WHAT YOU’LL SAYSAY WHAT YOU’RE SAYINGSAY WHAT YOU SAID

HAVE STOPSALONG THE WAY

CONNECTWHY TO HOW

IMPUTED VALUE

IMPUTED VALUECONNECTS WHY, HOW & WHAT

IMPUTED VALUEIT’S ABOUT DETAILS

LOW IMPUTED VALUE

LOW IMPUTED VALUELOOKS BEAT UP

LOW IMPUTED VALUEBROKEN FACE WATER DAMAGE

HIGH IMPUTED VALUE BLEEP

HIGH IMPUTED VALUE LOOKS COOL BLEEP

HIGH IMPUTED VALUE MOSTLY INTACT ANATOMICALLY BLEEP CORRECT

IMPUTED VALUEYOUR PRESENTATIONMUST HAVE IT

TIP #5NO BULLETS

TIP #5NO BULLETS(except for lists)

TIP #6AVOID ARIAL

BLOCK FONTS ARE FUNGOTHAMARIAL BLACKFRANKLIN GOTHICKNOCKOUT IS PRETTY AWESOME

BUT DON’T BE AFRAIDTO TRY UNUSUAL STUFFACADEMY ENGRAVEDBAUHAUSIMPRINT

TIP #7READABILITY IS PARAMOUNT

THE 10-FOOT TESTTIP #6THE 10-FOOT TEST

TIP #8THINK BIG

at least 32 pt typeTIP #8THINK BIG

TREAT TYPE AS ART

TIP #9COLORS FOR EMPHASIS

TIP #10PLAY WITH LINE SPACING FORDIFFERENT EFFECTS. THISFEELS REALLY ‘TIGHT’ ANDTOGETHER. BUT IT’S HARDERTO READ W/ LOTS OF WORDS.

TIP #10FOR JUST A FEW WORDSIT WORKS GREAT, THOUGH.

TIP #11FOR SUPER EMPHASISVARY TYPE SIZES.

TIP #12VARY SIZES AND SPACING FOR ANICE SQUARE LOOK

TIP #13NO WIGGLING

TIP #13NO SQUIRMING

TIP #13NO SMALL MOVEMENT

TIP #13NO WIGGLING i am in a zen state.

TIP #14USE FILLS FOR CONTRAST

SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY FILLED WITH PHOTO BG COLOR, 50% TRANSPARENCY.

TIP #15LEARN THE GOLDEN RATIO

1.6 1 BLEEP

TIP #15LEARN THE GOLDEN RATIO(but don’t let it rule your life)

TIP #16CAREFUL WITH COLORS

FAVOR A NATURALCOLOR PALETTE From Tim Beard

TIP #17USE PHOTOS THE RIGHT WAY

CONFRONTATION

WISDOMGURU-NESSJUST SILLY

ANXIETYMY LIFE

I’M POORLYGROOMED?

TIP #18AVOID OVERUSED PHOTOS

TIP #19USE YOUR COMPUTEROR TEST EVERYTHINGOR USE PDF

IMPUTED VALUECONNECTS WHY, HOW & WHAT

USE STRONGLANGUAGE I DONT GIVE A $##@

TIP #20LOOK ‘EM IN THE EYE

TIP #20‘YOU’ ‘US’ ‘WE’

IMPUTED VALUEPRESENTATIONSMUST HAVE IT

IMPUTED VALUEYOUR PRESENTATIONMUST HAVE IT

TIP 21: USE DATA SPARINGLY

TIP 21: USE DATA SPARINGLY30,000! !6,000!!25,000! !5,000!!20,000! !4,000!!15,000! !3,000!! SEO!visits! NB!SEO!visits!10,000! !2,000!! 5,000! !1,000!! 0! !"!!!! Sep"10! Oct"10! Dec"10! Nov"10! Jan"11! Apr"11! Oct"11! Dec"11! Nov"11! May"11! Feb"11! Mar"11! Sep"11! Jul"11! Aug"11! Jun"11!

TIP #22SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY

I’M A GEEK

DAMN PROUD OF IT

TIP #23DO REFERENCE GENDER

MAN/WOMANBOY/GIRLMAN/GIRLBOY/WOMAN

TIP #24CULTURAL AWARENESS

SUPPORT YOURAUDIENCE

TIP #25UPLOAD TO SLIDESHARE

“PEOPLE PAY TOATTEND CONFERENCES”

CONTENT = WORKCONTENT = PRODUCT

YOURPRODUCT

TIP #26EMBED ON YOUR BLOG

TIP #27CREATE A LINK BUNDLE

TIP #28DON’T REPEAT

TIP #29DO RECYCLE

TIP #30DO ANSWER QUESTIONS

BONUS TIPDO ENJOY YOURSELF

TELL ME WHYCONNECT THE HOWUSE STRONG LANGUAGESUPPORT YOUR AUDIENCE

WRITE SLIDES REVISE REHEARSE PREP

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30 tips for awesome presentations

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