presentations that don’t suck

You deliver the message

Your slides just help

Three stages

Design

Construct

Deliver

Design Stage

What is your message?

Start on paper

brainstorm

One message, three ideas

Use stories

Make with the funny

Storyboards

Construction Stage

Voltaire

“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything”

Simple text

Details on a handout

Less is more

Iconic, quality images

Simple graphs only

Delivery stage

Know the space

Practice

Revise

Roam free

Use the clicker

Talk to people, don’t read

Make eye contact

Use silence

Be present

Three stages

Design

Construct

Deliver

Connect

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Photo credits

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Photo credits

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