Here is a great rule. Dare I even say a presentation commandment. Don’t stuff your PowerPoint slides with information overload. Cramming is prohibited. They’re hard to decipher quickly and easily, and put audiences to sleep.
On ppt slides, never say with words what you can say with a picture. You’re the [...]
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September 13, 2008
Thou Shalt Not Stuff Powerpoint Slides
September 12, 2008
Thinking Presentation Design
1) Connect with your audience:
Make a connection with your audience and their goals and their interests. This goal is supported by the principle of Relevance and the principle of Appropriate Knowledge.
2) Direct and hold their attention:
You must get and keep their attention and interest and let them know what is important and what is [...]
September 4, 2008
Give a Punch and Make a Point
From the pulpit, in the classroom, or in the business world, presentations need tapering. They need a pinnacle. A talk that bleeds and runs all over the place is a poor presentation. Keep revamping and revising until it’s clear to you where exactly you need to bring your audience. Then cut [...]
September 3, 2008
Dialogue Seizes Attention
If you can create dialogue in your presentation you have your audience glued. But I’m not talking here about dialogue between you and your audience. I’m talking rather about dialogue and interplay within the presentation itself. Your audience in these scenarios are the on-lookers of the embedded dialogue, exchange, and interplay. [...]
September 1, 2008
Dropping PHAT Philosophy on Napkins
You wanna drop huge lofty dreamy complex PHAT ideas? Well, you need present them simply to be effective.
The gods of marketing, presentation, and design like Seth Godin, Dan Pink, Garr Reynolds, and Guy Kawasaki are joined at the hip. Wonderful stuff. Dan Roam’s new book, “The Back of the Napkin,” helps us [...]
