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Ideas for Effective Stand-alone Presentations
The document outlines seven key ideas for creating effective stand-alone presentations, especially when they are shared as email attachments. These concepts include including only essential information, providing a clear roadmap, using title slides for each main point, recapping key points, incorporating large visuals with explanations, utilizing narration slides, and building information progressively. The tips aim to enhance viewer engagement and retention, making the presentation impactful even without direct verbal delivery.
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- 1. Ideas for stand-alone presentations By Dave Paradi
- 2. How can your presentationbe effective when you don’t get to present it?
- 3. The viewer onlyreceives it as an attachment in their e-mail
- 4. They don’t get tohear how you would explain each slide
- 5. Let’s learn 7 ideasfrom the most successful stand-alone presentations
- 6. Who says theseare the best stand-alone presentations?
- 7. People like you. Onslideshare.net, the most popular presentation sharing website.
- 8. slideshare runs contestsfor stand-alone presentations that attract the best presentation designers and they are owned by Linkedin, so they know about business people
- 9. So what canwe learn from these top presentations?
- 10. Here are the7 ideas we will learn: 1. Only include the essentials 2. Give them a roadmap 3. Use title slides for each main point 4. Recap the key points at the end 5. Use large visuals with explanations 6. Use narration slides 7. Build your points
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- 12. Filter Filter all yourpoints down to the essential ones. You can’t tell them everything.
- 13. This is emotional.You won’t want to leave some points out. But you have to.
- 14. First point Second point Third point Fact for proof Graph Diagram Example Quote Photo Numbered list Create an outline so you know the message flows well.
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- 16. Near the start,give the viewer an idea of what you will cover. It manages their expectations.
- 17. One easy wayis to list your points agenda style like I did
- 18. Here are the7 ideas we will learn: 1. Only include the essentials 2. Give them a roadmap 3. Use title slides for each main point 4. Recap the key points at the end 5. Use large visuals with explanations 6. Use narration slides 7. Build your points Use this as a section intro slide if you want to
- 19. Use title slides foreach main point (like this!)
- 20. The viewer can’thear your verbal transition between points. Use a title slide to let them know you are moving to the next point.
- 21. Have a consistentlook so they recognize it each time
- 22. Recap the key pointsat the end
- 23. People don’t take notes whileviewing a stand-alone presentation
- 24. They experience astand-alone presentation like they would a document They only read it
- 25. The viewer won’t remember everythingon their own. Give them a summary so they remember. (don’t worry, you’ll get one later)
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- 27. A presentation shouldbe visual. If you have no visuals, send them a Word document instead
- 28. Photo © DaveParadi 2010 The viewer can’t see small visuals very well because their screen is small
- 29. Now it makesan impact! Photo © Dave Paradi 2010
- 30. The same goesfor diagrams or charts Make them large
- 31. like this Yes Formal Bid Process Is value Yes over $20,000? Is value Formal over No Quotation $1,000? Process Informal No Process
- 32. or this 50 40 Average 30 transactions per day 20 10 0 Hunting Driver's Property General license license transfer inquiry
- 33. You’ve heard thephrase: “a picture speaks a thousand words” How do you make sure your visual is speaking the words you want the viewer to hear?
- 34. By adding explanatorytext that ensures they get the point you want them to understand
- 35. There are manypoints you could interpret from this graph 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 West Central East
- 36. Sales in Centralregion higher despite smaller market and less staff 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 West Central East Now they know what the point is
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- 38. Not every pointcan be made with a visual (sorry presentation designers)
- 39. Use slides with textas a narrator for the viewer
- 40. Make the textvisually interesting Font color Text position and alignment Font size: small or Large
- 41. Don’t put atranscript on the slide. Just the key narrative to keep the story moving forward.
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- 43. A stand-alone presentation typicallyhas two to five times the number of slides as an in-person presentation
- 44. Each slide isa key phrase or point you would share Break them up to keep the audience interested
- 45. Build visuals pieceby piece in order to keep the viewer focused (like these next slides)
- 46. Company A isin the established mid- range position $245 Competitor A Competitor B Competitor C Our Company
- 47. Company B claimsthe premium position and highest price $267 $245 Competitor A Competitor B Competitor C Our Company
- 48. Company C claimsthey are the low price leader (but they aren’t) $267 $245 $223 Competitor A Competitor B Competitor C Our Company
- 49. We have thelowest average price in this market $267 $245 $223 $199 Competitor A Competitor B Competitor C Our Company
- 50. See how thebuilding of information keeps your attention You can build information in two ways
- 51. Option 1: Eachbuild is a new slide Works well when It is more work slides are viewed as because you create images or PDF file more slides
- 52. Option 2: UsePowerPoint animation Less work: one slide can have many builds If they view it in edit mode, they won’t see any builds
- 53. Save as aPowerPoint Show (PPSX) Opens automatically in Slide Show mode full screen and animation works as they advance
- 54. Creating a stand-alonepresentation can take some work – but it is worth it if it helps make the sale
- 55. So let’s recapwhat we learned
- 56. Use these ideasto create stand-alone presentations that stand out: 1. Only include the essentials 2. Give them a roadmap 3. Use title slides for each main point 4. Recap the key points at the end 5. Use large visuals with explanations 6. Use narration slides 7. Build your points
- 57. If you wouldlike me to help your team create more effective presentations, get in touch: P: 905-510-4911 E: Dave@ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com W: www.ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com