Bullets Kill People: Building Effective Presentations

Slides can destroy. Slides can invigorate. Slides can shape the mood of your audience and bend it at will. Effective communication is a pivotal component of a success. Be it presenting at a user group, assisting with a Sales demo, or simply justifying to your boss the purchase of IDE upgrades, you will give a presentation in your career. But the effectiveness of your presentation is not just about being well-spoken and having a prepared outline; the quality of a slide deck has as much impact on a presentation as the quality of the speaker. Learn to harness this power; use it to tell your story effectively, persuasively, and leave your audience inspired.

Author:
Jay Harris
Problem Solver | Arana Software
jay@aranasoft.com | www.aranasoft.com
www.twitter.com/jayharris

Transcript

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2. did you know?
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8. at a loss of $376,000,000
9. what do we do ?
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11. focus audience on the flickr.com/photos/hackny/
12. don’t read flickr.com/photos/rachdavies/
13. tell story a flickr.com/photos/nics_events/
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16. unity grid
17. cohesion structure through
18. frame
19. ework
20. k cohesion through style
21. two types of color wheel
22. vs g b r science y b r art
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24. Modern Traditional Elegant Artistic
25.  21”  21’ fontsize proper
26. backgrounds cohesion throughfluff
28. usable space 45%
29. usable space 100%
30. branding templates support cohesion and
31. Contrast
32. recognition instant of important visual elements
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47. create a scene
49. proximity y o t m p r xi i
50. y location meaning based on
51. interpretation influences of data
52.         interpretation influences of relationships
53.             50%     10% 90% drive your
54. predictable inconsistant random grouped isolated consolidated
56. hierarchy
58. primary idea secondary idea secondary idea primary idea secondary idea secondary idea slide title don’t make it bad take a sad song make it better don’t let me down you have found her go and get her hey jude
59. whitespace
60. congestion
61. isolation
62. whitespace instant press w
64. reduce rehearse
65. •Climb a tree! •Build a tree house! •Tie a tire swing to a strong limb! •Sit in the shade on a hot day! •Play games like hide-and-seek!
66. •Climb a tree! •Build a tree house! •Tie a tire swing to a strong limb! •Sit in the shade on a hot day! •Play games like hide-and-seek!
67. •Climb •Tree house •Tire swing •Shade •Games
68. It’s good to have a tree! flickr.com/photos/ken_mayer/
69. vigorous writing is concise
70. make every word tell image chart tell
71. bullets kill people A P R E S E N T E R ’ S G U I D E T O B E T T E R S L I D E S
72. jay@aranasoft.com @ j a y h a r r i s # b u l l e t s K i l l P e o p l e
73. thank you @ j a y h a r r i s # b u l l e t s K i l l P e o p l e