Tiny Fonts. Big Words. Bored Audiences. A practical guide for delivering your best presentation, well, ever. GPA Conference, Sept. 2012.

Tiny Fonts. Big Words.

Bored Audiences.

A practical guide for delivering your best presentation, well, ever.

GPA Conference, Sept. 2012

#1 Brevity

You can only digest so much information at one time.

• Poor graphic resolution

• Illegible graphic text

• Too small charts

• Too small text

• Too much text

Conferences Cause Blindness

Slides for you

Bad

• Too much stuff

• No point

• Crowded

Or Confusion…

Slides for you

Bad

#2 KISS• Keep

• It

• Simple

• Stupid

Go

od

#3 It’s About Them

Goal: Avoid This

• Yellow cartoon guy

• “Save us millions”

• “Improve connectivity”

• “Get compliant ASAP”

#4 Content: Have a Point

Beginning, Middle & End

When in Doubt, Leave it Out

• Save $$

• Be environmentally responsible

• Good ROI for tax-payers

What’s In It for Me? Er, Them.

Ask Good Questions

• Make it relevant

• Make it personal

• Rule #1 – not too long, observe time

• Rule #2 – simple to understand

• Rule #3 – It’s about THEM!

• Rule #4 – the Main point

Pop Quiz

Coming Soon

Go

od

Slides for you

Bad

Slides for you

Ug

ly

The Power of Images

• Color – use red/yellow sparingly

• Background – light

• Graphics – clean, high quality

• Fonts – sans serif & not too many

• Animation/Transitions – simple & few

Visual Aids

Go

od

Go

od

The Standing O

Practice!

• In the mirror

• Time yourself

• Practice animations

Ask for Help!

• Graphics

• Practice

• Tech support

• Get there early

• Plan for video/audio ahead of time

• Be ready to adjust, if necessary

Sound Check. Not Just for Rock Stars.

The Ideal

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/05/best-powerpoint-presentations-in-world.html

(Here’s where you raise your hand to participate.)

What’s Your Struggle?