30 tips for awesome presentations

30 TIPS FOR AWESOME PRESENTATIONS

Ian Lurie @portentint

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WHY DO PRESENTATIONS SUCK?

PRESENTATION <> SLIDES

TIP #0 USE YOUR TIME WISELY

WRITE SLIDES

REHEARSE

REVISE

PREP

TELL ME WHY CONNECT THE HOW USE STRONG LANGUAGE SUPPORT YOUR AUDIENCE

TELL ME WHY

WHY ASK WHY?

BECAUSE ‘WHAT’ IS BORING.

THIS IS A DOG-SIZED SEMI-AQUATIC RODENT WITH THICK FUR.

yawn

IF YOU LIKE DOG-SIZED RODENTS THAT ALWAYS LOOK SMUG, THEN CAPYBARAS ARE FOR YOU.

@!#*& yeah.

I’M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT _______________________________

IF YOU _______________________ THEN YOU’LL WANT TO LISTEN.

tip #2: Fill in the blank

WHY = VALUE

WHY = VALUE

TIP #3: WRITE IT FIRST

TIP #3: WRITE IT FIRST

TIP #4: HAVE A STRUCTURE

SAY WHAT YOU’LL SAY SAY WHAT YOU’RE SAYING SAY WHAT YOU SAID

HAVE STOPS ALONG THE WAY

CONNECT WHY TO HOW

IMPUTED VALUE

IMPUTED VALUE CONNECTS WHY, HOW & WHAT

IMPUTED VALUE IT’S ABOUT DETAILS

LOW IMPUTED VALUE

LOW IMPUTED VALUE

LOOKS BEAT UP

LOW IMPUTED VALUE

BROKEN FACE

WATER DAMAGE

HIGH IMPUTED VALUE

BLEEP

HIGH IMPUTED VALUE

BLEEP

LOOKS COOL

HIGH IMPUTED VALUE

MOSTLY INTACT

ANATOMICALLY CORRECT

BLEEP

IMPUTED VALUE YOUR PRESENTATION MUST HAVE IT

TIP #5 NO BULLETS

TIP #5 NO BULLETS (except for lists)

TIP #6 AVOID ARIAL

BLOCK FONTS ARE FUN GOTHAM ARIAL BLACK FRANKLIN GOTHIC KNOCKOUT IS PRETTY AWESOME

BUT DON’T BE AFRAID TO TRY UNUSUAL STUFF ACADEMY ENGRAVED BAUHAUS IMPRINT

TIP #7 READABILITY IS PARAMOUNT

TIP #6 THE 10-FOOT TEST

THE 10-FOOT TEST

TIP #8 THINK BIG

TIP #8 THINK BIG

at least 32 pt type

TREAT TYPE AS ART

TIP #9 COLORS FOR EMPHASIS

TIP #10 PLAY WITH LINE SPACING FOR DIFFERENT EFFECTS. THIS FEELS REALLY ‘TIGHT’ AND TOGETHER. BUT IT’S HARDER TO READ W/ LOTS OF WORDS.

TIP #10 FOR JUST A FEW WORDS IT WORKS GREAT, THOUGH.

TIP #11 FOR SUPER EMPHASIS VARY TYPE SIZES.

TIP #12 VARY SIZES AND SPACING FOR A NICE SQUARE LOOK

TIP #13 NO WIGGLING

TIP #13 NO SQUIRMING

TIP #13 NO SMALL MOVEMENT

TIP #13 NO WIGGLING

i am in a zen state.

TIP #14 USE FILLS FOR CONTRAST

SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY

FILLED WITH PHOTO BG

COLOR, 50% TRANSPARENCY.

TIP #15 LEARN THE GOLDEN RATIO

BLEEP

1 1.6

TIP #15 LEARN THE GOLDEN RATIO (but don’t let it rule your life)

TIP #16 CAREFUL WITH COLORS

From Tim Beard

FAVOR A NATURAL COLOR PALETTE

TIP #17 USE PHOTOS THE RIGHT WAY

CONFRONTATION

WISDOM GURU-NESS JUST SILLY

ANXIETY MY LIFE

I’M POORLY GROOMED?

TIP #18 AVOID OVERUSED PHOTOS

TIP #19 USE YOUR COMPUTER OR TEST EVERYTHING OR USE PDF

IMPUTED VALUE CONNECTS WHY, HOW & WHAT

USE STRONG LANGUAGE

I DON'T GIVE A $##@

TIP #20 LOOK ‘EM IN THE EYE

TIP #20 ‘YOU’ ‘US’ ‘WE’

IMPUTED VALUE PRESENTATIONS MUST HAVE IT

IMPUTED VALUE YOUR PRESENTATION MUST HAVE IT

TIP 21: USE DATA SPARINGLY

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Sep"10!

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Jan"11!

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TIP 21: USE DATA SPARINGLY

TIP #22 SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY

I’M A GEEK

DAMN PROUD OF IT

TIP #23 DO REFERENCE GENDER

MAN/WOMAN BOY/GIRL MAN/GIRL BOY/WOMAN

TIP #24 CULTURAL AWARENESS

SUPPORT YOUR AUDIENCE

TIP #25 UPLOAD TO SLIDESHARE

“PEOPLE PAY TO ATTEND CONFERENCES”

CONTENT = WORK CONTENT = PRODUCT

YOUR PRODUCT

TIP #26 EMBED ON YOUR BLOG

TIP #27 CREATE A LINK BUNDLE

TIP #28 DON’T REPEAT

TIP #29 DO RECYCLE

TIP #30 DO ANSWER QUESTIONS

BONUS TIP DO ENJOY YOURSELF

TELL ME WHY CONNECT THE HOW USE STRONG LANGUAGE SUPPORT YOUR AUDIENCE

WRITE SLIDES

REHEARSE

REVISE

PREP

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