5 absolute Don’t’s and 5 indisputable Do’s for making competent presentations V 01
May 10, 2015
5 absolute Don’t’s and 5 indisputable Do’s
for making competent
presentations
V 01
Written presentation Spoken presentation=
3
Don’t forget: people came to see you, not your slides
Don’t read your slides
Don’t try to cram too much into presentation
Scientific References
❖ 3 years of research in a full range of cognitive sciences
❖ Our methodology is based on hundreds of scientific works and research papers from the field of congnitive neuroscience, psychology and more specifically advertising psychology research from the past 15 years
❖ Methodology was developed following extensive comparison testing with traditional methods and filtering out domains that lacked predictive power
Don’t overload slides with content
Don’t go nuts with images
7
Too small!
Too much!
Think: who is your audience?
Write it out on paper
Story Plan!
Do it YOUR way
Give concrete examples
5 Ws to make it concrete: When? Where? Who? What? Why?
Dale Carnegie
Practice!
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garethjmsaunders/
5 absolute don’t’s
1.Don't forget - audience is there to see you. NOT your slides.
2.Don't ever read your slides!3.Don't try to cram too much - make choices! 4.Don't overload your slides with text 5.Don't go nuts on visuals
5 must-dos
1.Start with your audience in mind2.Write presentation out on paper 3.Do it the way that makes YOU comfortable4.Give concrete examples5.Practice!
Want to know more?
• Tips from Steve Jobs (thanks, Carmine Gallo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ntLGOyHw4
• Too much time on your hands? Need to take it up a notch? http://www.slideshare.net/cperrone/outsanding-presentations-4351640
• When you have the money, get help http://www.duarte.com/
[email protected] www.westartup.eu @westartupwww.facebook.com/westartup
Don’t hesitate to ask questions!