This document summarizes tips for effective presentations based on a talk by Garr Reynolds. It emphasizes that presentations must be interactive, engaging, and tell a story to hold audience attention. Good presentations are simple, with one idea per slide, pictures over text, and elimination of unnecessary content. Thorough preparation is key, including planning visuals to be interesting with charts, images, and animations rather than boring data. During delivery, presenters should rehearse thoroughly, avoid simply reading slides, and engage the audience in the moment.

1. ART OF PRESENTATION
By: Sharang Agarwal

2. Based on Talk by Garr Reynolds
Keynote Presenter
Seminar Leader
AuthorCollege professor
Musician Athlete

3. Why presentation
matters

4. If your idea is worth spreading….
Presentation matters

5. If you’re not appearing, you
are disappearing
Art Blakey
Legendary jazz musician

6. Good Presentation
• Interactive
• Engaging
• Humor
• Tells a story
Bad Presentation
• Confusion
• Boredom
• Wasted time

7. Story telling matters…

8. Tips…

9. Simplicity takes work
Ideally, one idea per slide
Make unity a priority
Pictures are superior
Lose the signal, lose the audience
Eliminate fluff
Presentation
Made Simple

10. VisualsPreparation Delivery

11. Preparation

12. Don’t start here

13. Plan “analog”
Find the time and plan ahead

14. Step back and have some lone time

15. Simplicity
Unexpectedness
Concreteness
Credibility
Emotions
Story

16. Visuals

17. Use charts and images instead of data
Boring !!!!
Interesting

18. Use animations and amaze your audience

19. Delivery

20. Don’t want audience to be like this ??

21. Don’t read your slides
Rehearse and know what you
present, be in the moment

23. PowerPoint is just a tool
You are the presentation