Fix Your Really Bad PowerPoint by @slidecomet : based on an ebook by @ThisIsSethsBlog

HighSpark | Visual Storytelling Agency
HighSpark | Visual Storytelling AgencyStory Strategist | Trainer & Consultant at HighSpark | Visual Storytelling Agency
REALLY
POWERPOINT 
BAD
based on the ebook by SETH GODIN 
FIX YOUR
SETH GODIN
is one of our all-time
FAVOURITE
marketing visionaries.
we share a pet peeve for
POWERPOINT. 
CRAPPY
and a LOVE for
AMAZING
ONES.
when we found his ebook:
we simply had to
SHARE IT.
over the years. 
EVOLVED
Technology has
1988 2014
meh.. Woah..
HAVE NOT
Our Presentations however...
1988 2014
NOTHING’S CHANGED
Because really..
FAIL.
TheMISUSEPOWERPOINT
still causes countless innovations
to
of
doesn’t lie with your
THE PROBLEM
INNOVATION
doesn’t lies with your
THE PROBLEM
PRESENTATION
3waysto
FIX YOUR
HORRIBLE
POWERPOINT.
All the words I w ill
be reading to you are
right here. So take heed.
You dont need me
around anymore.STOPusing your slide as a
teleprompter1
SLIDES SHOULD
REINFORCE YOUR
WORDS, NOT
REPEAT THEM”
-seth godin
Your audience came
to LISTEN not read
the brain has
TWOPARTS
LEFT RIGHT
Logic Emotion
Musical
Moody
Facts
Dexterity
during presentation, your audience
WANTTOUSEBOTH
Communication is the transfer of
EMOTIONS
worryunhappinessjoy
is NOT enough.
LOGIC
1+2 10x4
1/2*4
40%*300
Give them a
REASONTO BELIEVE
with emotional proof
DEMONSTRATE
in the form of stories/analogies.
PROBLEM..
SHOW THE
When you
SOLUTION
SELLING THE
becomes EASIER.
STORYTEMPLATE
DOWNLOAD Click here!
a written document2HANDOUT
leave behind a
To cover your ass,
PUT YOUR
DETAILS IN HERE
NOT
HERE!
SAVE
Tell them to
their ink
the emotional
& intellectual points
your presentation.
TAKE IN
of
and let them
EMOTIONAL SALE
your presentation is an
ACCEPT IT
your document proof
helps the intellectuals
HANDOUTGUIDE
DOWNLOAD Click here!
your ideas3SELL THEM
remember to
you wouldn’t have to give
the presentation.Would you?
IF EVERYONE IN THE ROOM
AGREED WITH YOU
“
“
WELL, TOO BAD.
that is why you have to sell.
FORM.
If your presentation is
for a project approval,
HAND THEM THE
APPROVAL
MAKE A
SALE
a presentation is to
so make it!
The reason we give
YES!
without a resounding
“
“Don’t leave
or future deliverables.
or at the very least.....
A COMMITMENT
TOADATE
OBJECTIVECHECKLIST
DOWNLOAD Click here!
your ideas.
3SELL THEM
remember to
STOPusing your slide as a
teleprompter.1
a written document.2HANDOUT
leave behind a
SETH’S 5 RULES FOR AMAZING POWERPOINT.
Nomorethan6WORDSonaslide.EVER
NocheesyImages.Useprofessionalstockimages.
Nodissolves,spinsorothertransitionswithoutpurpose.
Neverusesoundeffectsbuiltintotheprogram.
Don’thandout .
Theydon’tworkwithoutyouthere.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5) slideprint-outs
it’s actually easier
to make a GREAT
PRESENTATION. 
Once you get the hang
of this process,
but
– Seth Godin
YOU MAY NOT BE AS TALL AS
LINCOLN OR AS ELOQUENT AS
CHURCHILL,
YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE
GREAT PRESENTATIONS.
“
”
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Fix Your Really Bad PowerPoint by @slidecomet : based on an ebook by @ThisIsSethsBlog