Level Up Your Presentations

Make your presentation file foolproof, create an online resource for your audience, and help your Marketing team promote your presentation.

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1. Level Up Your Presentations
2. You are the subject matter expert.
3. Sh*t happens.
4. We’ve got you covered.
5. Why?
6. Why? • Keep your audience engaged
7. Why? • Keep your audience engaged • Look fairly impressive
8. Why? • Keep your audience engaged • Look fairly impressive • Quantitatively measure your impact
9. Why? • Keep your audience engaged • Look fairly impressive • Quantitatively measure your impact • Create a resource for a broader audience
10. Why? • Keep your audience engaged • Look fairly impressive • Quantitatively measure your impact • Create a resource for a broader audience • Be stress-free
11. We are not
12. We are not • adding fancypants animations
13. We are not • adding fancypants animations • adding more chances for things to break
14. We are not • adding fancypants animations • adding more chances for things to break • adding more work for the Marketing team
15. What we'll talk about
16. What we'll talk about 1.Make your presentation file foolproof
17. What we'll talk about 1.Make your presentation file foolproof 2.Create an online resource for your audience
18. What we'll talk about 1.Make your presentation file foolproof 2.Create an online resource for your audience 3.Help the Marketing team promote you
19. Make your file foolproof
20. Foolproof slide design
21. Foolproof slide design • PowerPoint templates on the wiki
22. Foolproof slide design • PowerPoint templates on the wiki • Utilize your presenter notes
24. Foolproof slide design • PowerPoint templates on the wiki • Utilize your presenter notes • Use Master Templates
27. Know your aspect ratio
28. Know your aspect ratio
29. Mind your fonts Use two maximum.
30. Mind your fonts Use two maximum. 1.Main content font (95% of your text)
31. Mind your fonts Use two maximum. 1.Main content font (95% of your text) 2.Accents like headers, notes or code
32. Short code slides
33. Type tips
34. Type tips • NEVER USE ALL CAPS. It's actually harder to read.
35. Type tips • NEVER USE ALL CAPS. It's actually harder to read. • Use at least 48pt.
36. Type tips • NEVER USE ALL CAPS. It's actually harder to read. • Use at least 48pt. • Aim for five word bullets.
37. Type tips • NEVER USE ALL CAPS. It's actually harder to read. • Use at least 48pt. • Aim for five word bullets. • Don't let slides do your job for you.
38. Mind your colors Use three maximum.
39. Mind your colors Use three maximum. 1.Main content color (98% of your everything)
40. Mind your colors Use three maximum. 1.Main content color (98% of your everything) 2.New chapter/content transition
41. Mind your colors Use three maximum. 1.Main content color (98% of your everything) 2.New chapter/content transition 3.Accents like notes or highlighting
42. Save your colors
43. Organize Your Content
44. Organize Your Content 1. Landscape here's what exists
45. Organize Your Content 1. Landscape 2. Analysis here's what I see
46. Organize Your Content 1. Landscape 2. Analysis 3. Problem at the core is this issue
47. Organize Your Content 1. Landscape 2. Analysis 3. Problem 4. Options here's what we could do
48. Organize Your Content 1. Landscape 2. Analysis 3. Problem 4. Options 5. Solution here's the best option and how it works
49. Organize Your Content 1. Landscape 2. Analysis 3. Problem 4. Options 5. Solution 6. Reasons why you should believe
50. Organize Your Content 1. Landscape 2. Analysis 3. Problem 4. Options 5. Solution 6. Reasons 7. Bigger idea why this concept matters to you even if it is irrelevant to your day-to-day
51. Engage your audience
52. Engage your audience • "Raise your hand if..."
53. Engage your audience • "Raise your hand if..." • "Send me your results on Twitter and the winner gets a Dyn tshirt"
54. Engage your audience • "Raise your hand if..." • "Send me your results on Twitter and the winner gets a Dyn tshirt" • Make a little joke (with words or on the slide)
55. Avoid transitions & animations
56. Avoid transitions & animations • Click lag creates unpredictability
57. Avoid transitions & animations • Click lag creates unpredictability • Create a new slide for each bullet transition
58. Every computer can show a PDF
59. Every computer can show a PDF
60. Save a Dropbox public link
61. Create an online presence
62. Convert links to bit.ly
63. Convert links to bit.ly • Use custom bit.ly links: bit.ly/abtest instead of bit.ly/mVtJ1L
64. Convert links to bit.ly • Use custom bit.ly links: bit.ly/abtest instead of bit.ly/mVtJ1L • Create a bit.ly profile and save them there
65. Use Speaker Deck or Slideshare
66. Use Speaker Deck or Slideshare
67. Add yourself on SpeakerRate
68. Dyn.com your slides and links
69. Automatic tweeting • bit.ly/autotweet-keynote
70. Automatic tweeting • bit.ly/autotweet-keynote • Requires Keynote + some patience
71. Automatic tweeting • bit.ly/autotweet-keynote • Requires Keynote + some patience • Uses your presentation notes area to send out tweets automatically
72. Help the Marketing team promote you
73. Dearest Marketing Team:
74. Dearest Marketing Team: • The title of my talk is "Level Up Your Presentations"
75. Dearest Marketing Team: • The title of my talk is "Level Up Your Presentations" • Relevant hashtags are #ux and #velocityconf
76. Dearest Marketing Team: • The title of my talk is "Level Up Your Presentations" • Relevant hashtags are #ux and #velocityconf • The slides and resources are at dyn.com/abtest/
77. Dearest Marketing Team: • The title of my talk is "Level Up Your Presentations" • Relevant hashtags are #ux and #velocityconf • The slides and resources are at dyn.com/abtest/ • I present from 9-10am so we can start sharing it around 10am
78. Practice beforehand
79. Practice beforehand • Lots of people here who give good feedback
80. Practice beforehand • Lots of people here who give good feedback • Videotape and watch it
81. Post-presentation
82. Post-presentation • If there's video: export slides as JPGs to overlay
83. Post-presentation • If there's video: export slides as JPGs to overlay
84. Post-presentation • If there's video: export slides as JPGs to overlay; send to Marketing team
85. Post-presentation • If there's video: export slides as JPGs to overlay; send to Marketing team • Check Google Analytics stats for your page
86. Post-presentation • If there's video: export slides as JPGs to overlay; send to Marketing team • Check Google Analytics stats for your page • Check Twitter for links to your page, retweets of your automated tweets
87. Post-presentation • If there's video: export slides as JPGs to overlay; send to Marketing team • Check Google Analytics stats for your page • Check Twitter for links to your page, retweets of your automated tweets • Check bit.ly for clicks on your saved links
88. Post-presentation
89. Other Tips? [Marketing:Level Up Your Presentation]