how to make a better presentation?

Garr Reynolds

How to make a Good Presentations

Better

Garr Reynolds

• World renowned expert on

presentation

• Author of best seller

“Presentation Zen”,

“Presentation Zen Design”

and “Naked Presenter”

Why Presentations Matter?

If the lone goal is transfer of information, distribute a hand-out and cancel the presentation.

- Garr Reynolds

Bad Presentation

Good Presentation

PowerPoint could be the most powerful tool on your computer. But it’s not.

Countless innovations fail because their champions use PowerPoint the way Microsoft wants them to, instead of the “right way”.

3-Step Framework for Presentation

Step 1

Prepare

get some alone time and think of what’s important

prepare the structure of your presentation before starting PowerPoint

start analog,don’t start at your computer

think of 2 or 3 most important points about your presentation that you want everybody else to remember

Before putting anything in the presentation, ask “SO WHAT?”

Step 2

Design

Good design is

Good business- Thomas J. Watson

use good fonts,don’t use PowerPoint’s basic fonts likeTimes, Calibri, Comic Sans

use contrast, contrasting colour scheme

use good & high quality visuals, don’t use low resolution & irrelevant images

Use before-after sequence for showing change and making the slides interactive

Before After

but remember beauty matters but content also matters. Don’t just go on removing everything

Step 3

Deliver

There are two types of

speakers, those that are

nervous and those that are

liars.- Mark Twain

Never read out your slides

Logic isn’t enough, “emotion” is necessary. Tell a story to engage with the audience

Different methods of presentation

Jobsian• Less is More• Simple• Clear

Lessig• Using videos to

engage the audience

Takahashi• One word per

slide• Huge amount of

slides

Ballmer• Passion• Be in the

moment• Enthusiasm

Thank

You