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Presentationitis
Death by Powerpoint!
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HUNDREDS DEAD - POWERPOINT TRAGEDY

Bad presentations claim the lives of thousands around the world.

 Presentation
Design & Delivery
95%
95%
Totally sucks

5 %
of presentations

9
SUCK!

4%
1% Really great!

4% Doesn’t suck
95%
95%
Very Bad

5 %
of presentations

9
WHY?
are BAD!

4%
1% Good

4% Not so bad
What we see:
Long
Boring
Bad Slides
Text, Text, Text
LOOK FAMILIAR?
What we want to see:
Short
Simple
Understandable
Exciting
Relatable
HOW CAN WE IMPROVE?
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
- Leonardo da Vinci
simplicity

clarity

brevity
It’s taken me all my
life to learn what
not to play.
- Dizzy Gillespie
“Focus is about
saying  no.”
- Steve Jobs
preparation

design

deliver y
preparation
preparation
Brainstorm
Construct the Core
Storyboard
preparation
Brainstorm
Construct the Core
Storyboard
preparation: brainstorm
preparation: brainstorm
preparation: brainstorm

Ask the right questions

preparation: brainstorm

Time Frame
Venue
Audience
Expectations
Desires
Fundamental Purpose
preparation: brainstorm

Explore Ideas

Make Lists

Sketch Ideas

Play Around

Be Creative!
preparation: brainstorm

Explore Ideas

Make Lists

Sketch Ideas

Play Around

Be Creative!
preparation: brainstorm

Explore Ideas

Make Lists

Sketch Ideas

Play Around

Be Creative!
preparation
Brainstorm
Construct the Core
Storyboard
preparation: construct the core
preparation: construct the core

What is your core idea?

preparation: construct the core

What is your core idea?

Why does it matter?

preparation: construct the core

If the audience remembers

only 1 thing, what do you
want it to be?
preparation: construct the core
Elevator Pitch
preparation
Brainstorm
Construct the Core
Storyboard
preparation: stor yboard
preparation: stor yboard

Generate Ideas
Think of Images
Text & Images
Use Empty Spaces
Grid
preparation: stor yboard
design
Empty Space

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

P rox i m i t y
Empty Space

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

P rox i m i t y
Empty Space

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

P rox i m i t y
Empty Space

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

P rox i m i t y
Empty Space

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

P rox i m i t y
Empty Space

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

P rox i m i t y
Make it visual
 The more strikingly visual your
presentation is, the more people will
remember it. And more importantly,
they will remember you.
- Paul Arden, Creative Director at Saatchi and Saatchi
Rule of
Thirds
presentation
 BODY

IMAGES

TEXT

COLORS

COMPLEXITY
 BODY

IMAGES

TEXT

COLORS

COMPLEXITY
Before After
Before After
Slides are slides. Notes are notes. Documents are
documents.
They are not the same thing.
 Slideument

Slides are slides. Notes are notes. Documents are

documents.
They are not the same thing.
preparation

design

presentation
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