12. The single most important thing you can do to dramatically improve your presentations is to have a story to tell before you work on your PowerPoint file. – Cliff Atkinson, Beyond Bullet Points
13. THE START Tell a STORY Or ask a Question Or Say a Strange piece of Information You are Unknown in the first 120 Second, then your First Impression will express all what you do later.
14. Be Simple ”Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication“ Steve Jobs
15. Try To Avoid Bullet Points New research into cognitive functioning - how the brain retains information - proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important information.
17. If information is presented orally, people remember about 10% of the content 72 hours later. That figure goes up to 65% if you add a picture. BIRD 10% 65%
19. When making your presentations… Go “visual”, use images Get to the point, be brief Use readable size fonts Eliminate the non-essential Think “subtract” not “add”
20. And try to avoid… Inadequate font size Bad selection of colors No audience benefit Too detailed Too long
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22. REHEARSE You Need 10,000 hours Of Practicing to become World Class at any field . Your Mind can’t distinguish between the ImaginaryImage and the Real Image.