This document discusses a PowerPoint collection by Tim Kieschnick, which showcases different communication and presentation styles through the retelling of the same fictional project. Inspired by Raymond Queneau's 'Exercises in Style', it aims to use various design styles to enhance presentations. The 'inspire' style emphasizes creating emotional connections and visual impact to engage audiences effectively.

1. Inspirational
Exercises in PowerPoint Style #4
Tim Kieschnick

2. About this collection…
This PowerPoint deck is part of a collection. Each deck in this collection models
a different communication or presentation style. Some models focus on visual
display, others strictly on organizing information. Each deck describes the
same fictional project using a different presentation model.
This collection is inspired by Exercises In Style, the classic book by Raymond
Queneau. In Exercise In Style, Queneau retells the same very simple story 99
times in 99 different styles.
I plan to add to this collection over time, beginning with potentially useful
design styles, and later modelling common stylistic errors.
Tim Kieschnick
El Cerrito, CA
19 May 2013
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3. Customer Tracking
Initiative
Exercises in PowerPoint Style
4. Inspirational

4. Who are we?
Photo: Thomas Berg

5. What do we care about?Photo:AvivHod
Sales
Customers
Staff

6. Where are we today?
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Key Performance Indicators
Customer Retention
Revenue
Productivity

7. Where do we want to be tomorrow?
Record
High Sales
Passionately
Loyal Customers
Happy, Heal
thy Staff
Photo:AvivHod

8. How do we get there from here?

9. Our Scariest Risk
Our Greatest Opportunity
Behind schedule
Over budget
The Key to
our success

10. Starting now…
Leadership
100% Committed
Clear the path
Ask,
“How can I help?”
Photo:Women_In_Uniform,Flickr

11. Questions, comments, concerns
…
 How can we support you?
 How can we make it easier for you to succeed?

12. Appendix

13. About this style
This deck uses the “Inspire” style. This style should never be distributed
on paper. The PowerPoint visuals are designed to make the oral
presentation more compelling and memorable.
Key principles of this style include:
 Trigger empathy to evoke passion
 Create a burning platform, but don’t dwell on it
 Describe the glorious future
 Make it clear that we can attain the glorious future
 Use compelling images, especially of human faces
 Give the audience an assignment