This document discusses why presentations are often boring compared to movies and provides tips for making presentations more engaging like movies. It notes that movies tell stories with characters and are visual, while presentations often just tell facts with data slides. The document then discusses how the author used to create boring PowerPoint presentations with walls of text and jargon but learned to use design principles like typefaces, colors, and visual storytelling to create more cinematic presentations that keep audiences engaged. It encourages learning to present like a visual storyteller to make slideshows memorable like movies.

1. Why are presentations boring…

2. Then I realised!

3. And movies interesting?

4. ?

5. What is the last presentationYOU remember?

6. Can slides be as good as a movie?

7. ?

8. I thought they should

9. I used to look like this (Actual picture from 2004)

10. Iused to look like this (Actual picture from 2004) (no kids yet)

11. My documents looked like this (Actual document from 2003)

12. My presentations looked like this(Actual presentation from 2004)

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15. Why are movies successful?

16. Then I realised! Movies…

17. Tell stories

18. Presentations…

19. Tell facts

20. Then I realised! Movies…

21. Have characters

22. Presentations…

23. Have data

24. Then I realised! Movies…

25. Are visual

26. Presentations…

27. About Powerpoint The software suggests a heading and bullet points, so that’s what people go for Once you’re typing, it’s hard to remember you’re not using a word processor to write a book We’re used to seeing boring powerpoints so we think it’s acceptable We’re not trained visual storytellers, so we don’t know how to make the slides look good We think the data is more important than the message There’s so much on the slide we feel we have to read the slide to the poor suckers at the back of the room You get extra “Pro” points for using lots of jargon

28. That was me, five years ago

30. I wanted to learn how to do this:

32. I realised that this was bad:

33. Southern Africa Long-Term Trends Note: each member pays 2 x per year (6-monthly subs to USA) Green line = number of clubs Red line = number of membership payments

34. I studied

35. typefaces

36. and how they work…

37. …together

38. Put away my

40. And picked up my

42. I learned what colours work…

43. And which don’t

44. Now…

45. I can tell stories like this:

46. Club Club growth and decline 1979-2009

47. Club Club growth and decline 15 yrs 13 yrs

48. Club Club growth and decline 15 yrs 13 yrs +104 -41

49. My documents look like this now

51. My presentations look like this…

53. And this…

55. Make your slideshows like a movie

56. Then I realised!

57. And your audience

58. Will remember your presentation for years to come

59. Erich Viedge Johannesburg South Africa www.pepper.co.za +27 74-1-VIEDGE +27 74 184-3343 @erichv