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POWERPOINT
DOESN'TSUCK
YOUDOAguidetobetterstorytellingandnotlettingyourslidessuck
Rightnow,someoneoutthereissaying
"powerpointsucks"or"Ihatethesekeynotes",
hopefullytheyaren'ttalkingaboutyou.
WHYPRESENTATIONSUCKS
THEYDON'TKNOW
THEIRAUDIENCETHECONTENTDOESN’TFIT
THEYDON'TKNOW
HOWTODESIGNA
PRESENTATION
THEYDON'T
KNOWHOWTO
TELLASTORY
OKAYLET'STALKABOUT
KNOWINGYOURAUDIENCE
DESIGNINGYOURPRESENTATION
STORYTELLING
RelevanceWhyshouldIcare?
SignificancecreatesPassion
PassionattractsAttention
AttentionleadstoAction
THISISPASSION
PASSIONISINFECTIOUS
PASSIONISCONVINCING
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
PASSIONISMEMORABLE
AGREATTITLEIS
WORTHMILLIONSAGREATTITLETRAVELSANDDRIVESCLICKS
TIPSFOREFFECTIVE
PRESENTATION
JUSTDOESN’TQUITEHAVETHESAMERINGAS...
“
EXAMPLE
OR
EXAMPLE
STRUCTURETHEBUILDINGBLOCKSOFYOURSTORY
1POINTPERSLIDEIT'SHARDTOREMEMBERANYMORETHANTHAT
SKIPTHEBULLETS
USEASEPARATE
SLIDEFOREACH
SENTENCEORIDEA
ONPHOTOS:
SKIPTHECHEESY
GOFOR
INTERESTING
SOMETHING
FUNNY
OREVENUNEXPECTED
GRAPHSAREOK
IT'SNOTABOUT
THENUMBERSIT'SABOUTWHATTHENUMBERSMEAN
BUTREMEMBER
...women who don't like
working out report twice
the orgasm problems of
women who do.
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/10-charts-about-sex/
“
IT'SA
PRESENTATION
NOTA
WORDDOCUMENT
REMEMBER
“THISISOURPLAN
FORTHENEXT
1000YEARS”
DELIVERYHOWYOUTELLTHESTORY
IFYOURAUDIENCEISREADING,
WHATYOU'RESAYING…
WHATSTHEPOINT
OFYOUBEING
THERE?
NEEDTOSENDOR
PRINTTHESLIDES?
ONEFORPRINTING&SENDING
ONEFORPRESENTATIONS
MAKE2SETSOFSLIDES
DITCHTHENOTESYOUWON'TNEEDTHEM
USEIMAGESTO
REMINDYOU
OFEACHPOINT
YOUWANT
TOMAKE
ONEMORETHING:
REPEAT&RECAP
HAVEAGREATTITLE&OPENINGSLIDE
FOCUSONONESIMPLEPOINTORIDEA
YOUWANTTOMAKE
PASSIONISINFECTIOUS
ONEPOINTPERSLIDE
DITCHTHENOTES
RECAP
FONT:YANONEKAFFEESATZ
STICKERART:SKYPIEA.CO
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Twitter@jonnyli

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