2012 And We're STILL Using PowerPoint Wrong

It's 2012 the Age of Information and we're STILL using PowerPoint Wrong.

Presentations lessons from my 2012 presentation.

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1. 2012     And We’re STILL Using POWERPOINT WRONG @illiyav
2. GETS A BAD RAP! MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
3. POWERPOINT! DEATH BY  
4. Often heard synonymously by individuals whenever they’ve had to endure an boring presentation. Death by PowerPoint (Definition); Z   Z   Z   Z  
5. POWERPOINT DID YOU KNOW? was released in 1990!
6. 22 Years Old POWERPOINT IS
7. We’re STILL Getting it Wrong! 22 YEARS LATER...
8. Originally   It was named Presenter
9. UNFORTUNATELY ...   Problems with trademarks™ meant it was re-named “PowerPoint”
10. WE’RE TAUGHT TO STUFF OUR SLIDES
11. BOREDOM INDUCING BULLET POINT AFTER BULLET POINT
12. “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
13. {Carmine Gallo}   Best-selling Author & Communications Expert Maybe you’ve read his book…
14. SHOULD NOT BE TREATED THE SAME POWERPOINT & WORD
15. TOO MUCH INFO   USE HAND-OUTS INSTEAD!
16. IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS SLIDES TOLD STORIES
17. DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE OLD CAROUSEL STYLE SLIDE PROJECTORS?
18. FAMILIES WOULD GATHER AND SHARE VACATION MEMORIES WITH IN-HOME PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES
19. EACH SLIDE   TOLD A STORY
20. BUT ...   Something happened after the Death of the Carousel Slide Projector
21. 1. We’ve Forgotten to Tell Stories  
22. 1. 2. We’ve Forgotten to Tell Stories   We’ve Learnt to Stuff Slides  
23. THE AGE   OF SLIDE STUFFING  
24. “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
25. {Garr Reynolds}   Presentation Guru & Acclaimed Author {aka Garr San}   You might have read his books…
26. WHY DO WE DO IT?  
27. I DIDN’T ATTEND YOUR PRESENTATION TO READ, YET YOU’RE FORCING ME TO ANYWAY
28. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT
29. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT THIS IS HOW WE PRESENT AT BOARDROOM LEVEL
30. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT THIS IS HOW WE PRESENT AT BOARDROOM LEVEL WE EXPECT BULLET POINTS!
31. Who says we have to present like that?!
32. HOLD UP!   WE DON’T NEED TO BORE DIRECTORS WITH BAD POWERPOINT
33. BAD DESIGN COSTS MONEY  
34. “Good design is good business.” ~ Thomas J. Watson Jr.
36. WE STUFF OUR SLIDES BECAUSE OF...  
37. FEAR
38. SHORT ON TIME  
39. LACK OF CONFIDENCE  
40. HOW DO WE   FIX IT?  
41. DROP THE BULLET POINTS
42. USE IMAGES   INSTEAD  
43. TELL AN INTERESTING STORY
44. PREPARE   EARLY  
45. BETTER PRESENTATION TRAINING  
46. DON’T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT…   http://slidesha.re/RXpgSY http://slidesha.re/SMfTnM http://slidesha.re/ZtfyMq
47. STOP STUFFING! START DESIGNING   &  
48. NEED A PRESENTATI ON DES IGN HERO?  
49. COME FIND ME OVER AT…   THEPRESENTATIONDESIGNER.CO.UK
50. FLICKR PHOTO CREDITS   Slide  43  -­‐    Charles  Atkeison  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/atkeison/7181505280/     Slide  44  -­‐    Anthony  Volodkin  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/sights_set/1176675198/   Slide  42    -­‐    Col  Ford  &  Natasha  De  Vere  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/col_and_tasha/5412347913/     Slide  18  &  19-­‐    Glen  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/leakytr8/5416821487/in/photostream/   Slide  2-­‐    Erik  Charlton  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcharlton/4302865512/   Slide  10-­‐    Robert  Couse-­‐Baker  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/6054688131/   Slide  16-­‐    James  Vaughan  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/x-­‐ray_delta_one/4218770565/   Slide  17-­‐    Daniel  Oines  h1p://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967b/5407293768/