1. Boring to Bold
Presentation Design Ideas
For N on-Designers

2. O HAI!
Mic hael
Gowin

4. You’re in the
marketing
business

5. You’re in the
marketing
business!

6. Know
Like
Trust

7. Presentation:

11. How do most
presentations
make you
feel?

12. ...bored

13. I’ve learned that people will forget
what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou

14. Don’t be boring

15. HAVE
A
PLAN

16. Analog

17. Audience

19. Brainstorm

24. One Thing

25. What do you
want them to
do?

26. Tell a Story

27. Emotional
=
Memorable

29. 3 Acts

30. What could be
What is

31. Beginning Middle End
Possible
Gap
Is

32. Storyboard

34. Audience Brainstorm
One Thing
Tell a Story Storyboard

35. Make
beautiful
slides

36. One = One

37. Minimize Text

39. Problems for girls in developing countries:
• 600 million around the world
• Limited access to education
• Married as a teenager
• Socially isolated from others
• Vulnerable to HIV

40. 600M

43. Choose
type
wisely

44. Bebas
PT Sans Narrow
Complete in Him

45. Aller
Helvetica
Abadi Condensed
Museo Sans
Myriad Pro

46. fontsquirrel.com

47. Powerful
Images

48. The US spends more on
trash bags than 90
other countries spend on
everything.

49. The US spends
more on
trash bags than
90 other countries
spend on
everything

52. Concepts

54. compfight.com

55. Simplify

56. More

60. Percentage of Americans living paycheck to paycheck
100
WOW!
80
60
40
20
2007 0
2008
2009

61. Percentage of Americans Living
Paycheck to Paycheck
75
60
45
30
15
0
2007 2008 2009

62. 600M

64. Consistency

65. slideshare.net

66. slideshare.net/mgowin/
favorites

67. One = One Minimize Text
Powerful Images Simplify

68. deliver
with
confidence

69. Rehearse

71. Dress Well

72. Have
Handouts

73. ted.com

74. Rehearse
Dress Well Have Handouts

75. recap

76. Know
Like
Trust

77. Plan in
Analog

78. Create
Beautiful
Slides

79. Practice

80. I’ve learned that people will forget
what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou

81. ?

82. Thank you

83. Photo Credits About
Flickr users (CC license): Michael Gowin
Slide 5 - hessiebell Assoc. Prof. of Business Administration
Slide 10 - bass_nroll Lincoln Christian University
Slide 11 - LunaDiRimmel Lincoln, IL, USA
Slide 16 - mark sebastian http://lincolnchristian.edu
Slide 42 - open cage
Slide 51 - Zoriah Renovate Communication Design
Michael Gowin (that’s me): michael@renovatecd.com
Slides 21, 22, 23, 28, 33, 57, 58, 59 twitter: @mgowin
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