2012
And We’re
STILL Using
POWERPOINT WRONG
@illiyav
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GETS A BAD RAP!
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
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POWERPOINT!
DEATH BY
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Often heard synonymously by individuals
whenever they’ve had to endure an
boring presentation.
Death by PowerPoint (Definition);
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POWERPOINT
DID YOU KNOW?
was released in 1990!
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22 Years Old
POWERPOINT IS
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We’re STILL
Getting it Wrong!
22 YEARS LATER...
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Originally
It was named
Presenter
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UNFORTUNATELY ...
Problems with trademarks™ meant
it was re-named “PowerPoint”
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WE’RE TAUGHT TO
STUFF OUR SLIDES
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BOREDOM INDUCING BULLET
POINT AFTER BULLET POINT
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“The problem with today’s typical
business presentation is NOT
PowerPoint. The storyteller is the
problem, the presenter who
creates wordy, text-heavy slides.”
~ Carmine Gallo
DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE
OLD CAROUSEL STYLE SLIDE
PROJECTORS?
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FAMILIES WOULD GATHER AND SHARE
VACATION MEMORIES WITH IN-HOME
PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES
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EACH SLIDE
TOLD A STORY
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BUT ...
Something happened after the
Death of the Carousel Slide Projector
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1.
We’ve Forgotten
to Tell Stories
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1. 2.
We’ve Forgotten
to Tell Stories
We’ve Learnt to
Stuff Slides
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THE AGE
OF SLIDE STUFFING
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“Slides
are
slides.
Documents
are
documents.
They
aren't
the
same
thing.
A1empts
to
merge
them
result
in
what
I
call
the
"slideument"
(slide
+
document
=
slideument)”
~ Garr Reynolds
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{Garr Reynolds}
Presentation Guru &
Acclaimed Author
{aka Garr San}
You might have
read his books…
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WHY DO WE DO IT?
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I DIDN’T ATTEND YOUR PRESENTATION TO READ,
YET YOU’RE FORCING ME TO ANYWAY
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THIS IS WHAT
PEOPLE EXPECT
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THIS IS WHAT
PEOPLE EXPECT
THIS IS HOW WE
PRESENT AT
BOARDROOM
LEVEL
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THIS IS WHAT
PEOPLE EXPECT
THIS IS HOW WE
PRESENT AT
BOARDROOM
LEVEL
WE EXPECT BULLET
POINTS!
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Who says
we have to present
like that?!
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HOLD UP!
WE DON’T NEED TO
BORE DIRECTORS WITH
BAD POWERPOINT
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BAD DESIGN COSTS MONEY
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“Good design is
good business.”
~ Thomas J. Watson Jr.
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No content
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WE STUFF OUR SLIDES
BECAUSE OF...
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FEAR
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SHORT ON TIME
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LACK OF CONFIDENCE
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HOW DO WE
FIX IT?
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DROP THE BULLET POINTS
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USE IMAGES
INSTEAD
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TELL AN
INTERESTING STORY
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PREPARE
EARLY
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BETTER
PRESENTATION TRAINING
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DON’T JUST TAKE
MY WORD FOR IT…
http://slidesha.re/RXpgSY
http://slidesha.re/SMfTnM
http://slidesha.re/ZtfyMq
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STOP STUFFING!
START DESIGNING
&
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NEED A
PRESENTATI ON
DES IGN
HERO?
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COME FIND ME OVER AT…
THEPRESENTATIONDESIGNER.CO.UK
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FLICKR PHOTO CREDITS
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Charles
Atkeison
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/atkeison/7181505280/
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Anthony
Volodkin
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/sights_set/1176675198/
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Col
Ford
&
Natasha
De
Vere
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/col_and_tasha/5412347913/
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&
19-‐
Glen
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/leakytr8/5416821487/in/photostream/
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Erik
Charlton
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcharlton/4302865512/
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Robert
Couse-‐Baker
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/6054688131/
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James
Vaughan
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/x-‐ray_delta_one/4218770565/
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Daniel
Oines
h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967b/5407293768/