This document provides guidance on creating compelling presentations. It discusses sitting with your group, having the goals of inspiring confidence and creating meaningful presentations. Presentations should focus on communication rather than perfection. Participants are encouraged to rehearse but act spontaneous, provide revelations, show vulnerability, avoid being tedious, change the world, and not use bullet points. The document suggests thinking visually and creating fearlessly. It also notes that the audience wants to be convinced and discusses assessing your target audience.

1. Welcome! Find a workspace in the front row. Please sit with your group.

2. why are we here?

3. 2 goals:
inspire confidence
create compelling & meaningful
presentations

4. “perfect is boring”
-- Garr Reynolds & Nancy Duarte

5. Presentations are not about perfection,
theyʼre about communication

6. presentations ≠ perfection

7. TED Commandments
Rehearse, but act spontaneous
Provide revelations
Show vulnerability
Donʼt be tedious
Change the world
Donʼt use bullet points

8. alternative to speaking

9. think visually

10. create fearlessly

12. a note from your audience:
CONVINCE ME

13. who is your audience?
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14. activity: form groups of 4, and
assess your target audience using
the 6 criteria we will discuss
[quickstorm]

15. Consider your audience needs
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16. what are they like?
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17. why are they here?
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18. what keeps them up at night?
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19. Identify desired outcomes
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20. how can you solve their problem?
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21. what do you want your
audience to do?
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22. how might your audience resist?
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23. so, what about you?
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24. Consider your role in information
delivery: what unique expertise and
experience do you contribute?
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25. what is your purpose for
communicating information?
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26. what do you share in common
with your audience?
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27. what are your desired
outcomes?
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