fixing presentation culture

FIXINGPRESENTATIONCULTURE

marc | http://exceptionalpresentations.wordpress.com/

WHATIS THE

ISSUE?

30,000,000PowerPointpresentations.Every day.

(Microsoft estimate, 2001)

Frenzy.

INSPIRE

EXCEPTIONSNOT THERULE

PowerPoint could be the most powerful tool on your computer, but it is not. […]

Almost every PowerPoint presentation sucks rotten eggs.

“

” – Seth Godin

WHYYOUR TALKSUCKS

THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME

• YOUR SLIDES• MAKE ME• HATE YOU

YOU MAKE SEX BORING

YOU ARE A SQUIRREL

ON CRACK

OBFUSCATION OF FRACTURED BILATERAL

RHETORIC

WHYTHIS

MATTERS

Don’t commit career suislide. – Nancy Duarte

WHOSEFAULT

IS IT?

IS SLIDEWARE EVIL?

VISUALCOMMUNICATION

GLANCE MEDIA

“If the only tool you have is a hammer,you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

- Abraham Maslow

1. PREPARE2. DESIGN3. DELIVER

FIXINGPRESENTATIONCULTURE

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MANIFESTO

THE AUDIENCEIS KING

SPREAD IDEASAND MEANING

HELP THEM SEEWHAT YOU ARE

SAYING

BECOME A MASTER STORYTELLER

FIXINGPRESENTATIONCULTURE

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS[images]

schmilblick | http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmilblick/batmoo | http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmoo/

tumb | http://tumb.deviantart.com/jam343 | http://www.flickr.com/photos/jam343/

cliff1066TM | http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/ Don Solo | http://www.flickr.com/photos/donsolo/

Markus Wichmann | http://www.flickr.com/photos/m2w2/ NASA

Ramona EttigWiebke Timm

[inspiration]Seth Godin

Garr ReynoldsNancy DuarteScott Berkun