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3 Ways to Fix a Messy Presentation
The document discusses the common pitfalls of presentations, such as excessive text and lack of clarity, and provides guidance for creating more effective presentations. It emphasizes the importance of condensing the message to a single sentence, structuring the presentation with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and focusing on audience engagement. Tips include simplifying content, using fewer points per slide, and making the narrative relatable to the audience's needs.
3 Ways to Fix a Messy Presentation
- 2. 30 Million presentations aredelivered daily
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- 5. Thank God, I gotmy smartphone!
- 6. …on your own… bro.. …onyour own… bro.. LOW BATTERY !
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- 9. Reading the slides Too many words Too complex Noclear purpose No flow of ideas MAIN COMPLAINS FROM AUDIENCE
- 10. HERE’S HOW most ofthem are done
- 11. Here’s how mostof them are done
- 12. I should add thistable Jessica mentioned this graph My boss really likes this metric Here’s a nice paragraph from our report I should put on my slides this chart I should mention this problem somewhere
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- 15. to save your messypresentation ways
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- 19. HOW TO DOIT? Condense all your presentation to one sentence
- 20. EXAMPLE Last quarter wereally screw up with X, so now we are working really hard on Y, to make things better “ ”
- 21. NOW, TRY TODIVIDE BEG MID END Last quarter we really screw up with X, so now we are working really hard on Y, to make things better
- 22. Now you gotyour bones, PUT FLESH ON
- 23. How bad?What happened?Impact in future? BEG Last quarter we really screw up with X,
- 24. On what?Who? Howhard? Need help? MID so now we are working really hard on Y,
- 25. END to makethings better When? How much better? Call to action?
- 26. Finally… THINK ABOUT YOURAUDIENCE
- 27. PAIN NEEDS PASSION INTEGRATE ITINTO YOUR STORY
- 28. ENGAGE PEOPLE INYOUR STORY I now that’s a big deal for Thomas’ department Here’s why finance team should care Amazing help from George
- 29. MAKE IT NOTABOUT YOU, BUT ABOUT THEM
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- 31. CUT AS MUCHAS YOU CAN Sentences & Paragraphs
- 32. NO ONE ISGOING TO READ LONG SENTENCES
- 33. MAKE IT ASSHORT AS POSSIBLE LIKE Think BILLBOARDS
- 34. EXAMPLE If we don’tinvest in innovation we probably will be beaten by competitors next year. “ ”
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- 36. CUT AS MUCHAS YOU CAN BulletPoint
- 37. 12 POINTS ON ASLIDE NO-NO
- 38. 1-3 POINTS ON ASLIDE YES-YES
- 39. 5 POINTS ON ASLIDE WE CAN LIVE WITH THAT
- 40. But I havesoooo many points and all are valuable
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- 42. 5 CLEAN SLIDES1 BUSY SLIDE
- 43. THESE ARE JUST toimprove your messy presentations 3QUICK TIPS
- 44. Download a freesummary one-pager Need help with your next presentation? Get in Touch Pay with a Tweet 3 Ways to fix your messy presentation
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