how to make a better presentation?
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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