How to create a really GOOD Presentation

HOW TO CREATE A REALLY

PRESENTATION TASOS VELIADIS – PARTNER/BUSINESS UNIT DIRECTOR -SOCIALAB

WHO am I! TASOS VELIADIS

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Each person has hobbies and one of mine is to create presentations :)

Some of my presentations on slideshare‌

So, with more free time on my hands than usual, during my summer vacations, I set out to create a presentation about my favorite subject...

Coming to think of it, it's very easy to create a presentation.

However it's really difficult to create a presentation that will keep your audience engaged, without making it yawn their jaws off till the slides run out.

30 million presentations are carried out every day

So let’s stop killing people because of boring ppt

DEAD BY POWERPOINT

LET’S create REEAAALLY REALLY GOOD PRESENTATIONS!

“BEING ABLE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC IS ONE OF FIVE KEY BUSINESS SKILLS THAT CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOUR COMPANY OR YOUR CARREER” FORBES

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/mzkagan/how-­‐to-­‐create-­‐an-­‐insanely-­‐great-­‐presentation-­‐or-­‐pitch

21ST Century

PRESENTING IS NOT AN OPTIONAL EXTRA FOR A FEW! IT’S A CORE SKILL

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SO, LET’S SEE

tips to improve audience engagement with

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1. Plan your Presentation 2. Kill Bullet Points 3. Use Photos 4. Differentiation is Everything 5. Keep audience at the edge of their seats 6.Less is more 8. Rehearse it. Use examples and stats 9. Start strong 10. Look into the eyes of your audience

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1. Plan your Presentation 2.

Kill Bullet Points NOT A3. VERY GOOD SLIDE!!

Use Photos DON’T4.USE INDEX ON YOUR Differentiation is Everything 5. Keep audience at the edge of their seats PRESENTATIONS 6.Less is more 8. Rehearse it. Use examples and stats 9. Start strong 10. Look into the eyes of your audience

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Plan your presentation beforehand

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Plan your presentation beforehand

Think about what point you want to make before you start dumping information into a PowerPoint file uncontrollably. It's better to create a word file with whatever you want to say, divide your presentation in sections and then get started.

This will certainly keep things to the point, while simultaneously saving you a bit of effort later on.

Plan your presentation beforehand OPPORTUN SITUATION PROBLEM ITY SOLUTION

CALL 2 ACTION

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Kill bullet points

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Kill bullet points

Try to create slides with small amounts of text, as listeners are generally not inclined to follow a massive presentation and learn it by heart.

However, they will easily remember quotes or short sentences.

BULLETPOINTS ARE FOR SUPER MARKET LISTS

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Use photos

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Use photos

No photos from Google though. Either buy stock photos or use freely provided ones in good quality. A nice picture always gives a bit of extra flair to any presentation. However, do not forget that in case that you do use free photos you have to give credit to their creator.

As the saying goes, a picture = 1000 words!

Example

VS

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Differentiation is everything

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Differentiation is everything You surely have seen lots of presentations adorned with amazing pictures. Nonetheless, this doesn't necessarily mean that all of them are good, or that they can keep the audience engaged in the very least.

This is mainly because each presentation must come with a story and the proper structure.

Think about jokes for example. Each joke has a very specific structure that helps expand the storyline.

PLAY

WITH

COLOURS

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Use GOOD fonts

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Use GOOD fonts DIRTY HEADLINE

Murray Hills

I’AM GOOD FONT TOO Comic sans

I’AM GOOD FONT TOO Comic sans

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Keep your audience at the edge of their seats

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Keep your audience at the edge of their seats Try to structure your presentation in a way that will keep your audience engaged from the beginning till the end. Start by presenting the main subject of your presentation, analyse it and expand it gradually. Don’t give everything away at once. Try to keep some of the best bits for the end.

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Less is more

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Less is more

You only have 10-30 minutes, so you don’t have to say much. Just say the things that matter. Do not include too many slides in your presentation and do not, by any means, use bullet points! Just use rule 1:7:140.

1:7:140 Source: http://www.slideshare.net/mzkagan/how-­‐to-­‐create-­‐an-­‐insanely-­‐great-­‐presentation-­‐or-­‐pitch

1:7:140 IDEA PER SLIDE

1:7:140 WORDS PER SLIDE

1:7:140

CHARACTERS OR LESS

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Rehearse it

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REHEARSE IT

No matter how well you think you know your presentation, rehearsing it will help you put things in the right order and get confident. It is imperative that you learn at least the main points by heart. Try not to leave it last minute if you want to make the impression you intended to make from the beginning.

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Use examples and show some stats

THE NUMBERS OF SUCCESS IN JUST 2 YEARS

5.800.000€ THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY

20.000 reservations THAT’S A LOT OF RESERVATIONS

8.000 EVENTS RELIABLE ISN’T IT?

REVENUE GROWTH In 2 years

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USE EXAMPLES AND SHOW SOME STATS

Always try to use examples. It's much easier for your audience to understand what you want to say through a well placed example and properly presented statistical data, than through tons of theory. In case that you are presenting case studies from previous projects, try to pick the ones you know you can explain and analyse best.

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Start strong

GOLDFISH HAVE A LONGER ATTENTION SPAN THAN HUMANS DO

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Start strong

You have 7 seconds to engage your audience. So don’t start with an index slide.

START WITH A STORY

Stories have heroes

Stories have enemies

Stories help us remember

me

vs

Mom

My long story...short

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Look into the eyes of your audience

LOOK INTO THE EYES OF YOUR AUDIENCE

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Visit the venue earlier than the time of your presentation and get comfortable with the space.

In case that you’re presenting in a conference, attend all the previous presentations, so as to understand the type of audience you will be presenting to and how it reacts.

Lastly,

get on stage and

Rock!

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