Don’t let this be you…

KNOW
YOUR
STUFF

You are your
presentation.

Chunk related information… IRSYMCAOMGFBIBTWUSA IRSYMCAOMGFBIBTWUSA
Brain Rule #5: Repeat to Remember http://www.brainrules.net/short-term-memory Adapted from: http://www.slideshare.net/garr/brain-rules-for-presenters

“If you can’t explain it
simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” - Albert Einstein

LIMIT
YOUR
TEXT

...you’re not listening to this
guy (and he’s awesome!)

USE
GREAT
VISUALS

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/really_bad_powe.html

OMG!

Communicate…

Don’t decorate…
(…or animate!)

Brain Rule #10… “Hear a
piece of information, and three days later you'll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you'll remember 65%.” http://www.brainrules.net/vision

Flickr CC = 200 Million
Photos…

KEEP
IT
CLEAN

Simple Uncluttered High contrast No
distractions Consistent design

THINK
ABOUT
BRAINS

http://www.brainrules.net/attention

http://www.brainrules.net/attention

Remember Brain Rule #10?
http://www.brainrules.net/vision

5 Ideas, Recap… 1. KNOW
YOUR STUFF 2. LIMIT YOUR TEXT 3. USE GREAT VISUALS 4. KEEP IT CLEAN 5. THINK ABOUT BRAINS

Photo Credits (Flickr CC) Slides
1/27: The Skeleton Dance by MartinaYach Slide 3: Untitled by theloushe Slides 5/11: TED 2010 Fellows – Talks by whiteafrican Slide 13: Do These Acorns… by sarowen Slide 14: Free Overexposed… by Pink Sherbet Slide 15: Sharing by ryancr Slides 16/26: The Eyes of the Beholder by Nina Krimly Slide 20: Scrubbing bubbles by bored-now Slide 23: Untitled by emokr Slide 24: Clocks by Leo Reynolds

References/Influences Brain Rules by John
Medina Brain Rules for Presenters by Garr Reynolds Design Matters by Darren Kuropatwa