Week Eleven Presentations

Presentations That Work

Looking Ahead

The Three Parts

The Three Parts • Your slides • You and your audience • Your handouts

Part One Your Slides

Elegant Design

Reflect Your Message

Grab Attention

Stand Out

Simplicity Emotional Impact

Simplicity

Short, Clear Headlines

Short, Clear Headline

Short, Clear Headline Subhead that supports the headline

Short, Clear Headline Subhead that supports the headline • Four legible bullet points, tops

Short, Clear Headline Subhead that supports the headline • Four legible bullet points, tops ✴Never use sub-bullets

Short, Clear Headline Subhead that supports the headline • Four legible bullet points, tops ✴Never use sub-bullets • Give them breathing room

Short, Clear Headline Subhead that supports the headline • Four legible bullet points, tops ✴Never use sub-bullets • Give them breathing room • Keep bullets short, active

Short, Clear Headline Subhead that supports the headline • Four legible bullet points, tops ✴Never use sub-bullets • Give them breathing room • Keep bullets short, active • Don’t use decorative fonts

For all our sakes

For all our sakes never use clipart

Don’t Use Junk

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message The commuter challenge

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message The commuter challenge Page 3

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message The commuter challenge w8nc inc. Page 3

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message The commuter challenge October, 2006 w8nc inc. Page 3

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message The commuter challenge October, 2006 w8nc inc. Page 3

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message The commuter challenge October, 2006 w8nc inc. Page 3

Don’t Use Junk That detracts from your message The commuter challenge October, 2006 w8nc inc. Page 3

Emotional Impact

Faces

Faces

Faces

Faces

Faces

Spoken Word Poetry an ANTHROPOLOGICAL search for meaning In this presentation I will be looking at the roots of spoken word poetry in Toronto, and in Canada in general. The key ethnographic issues I will discuss will include: •The African griot* roots of dub and spoken word •Spoken word and rap, what’s the same? •Is spoken word poetry being appropriate •The slavery tradition and North American oral poetry •Spoken word and the oral tradition historically Everybody’s got a story that’ll break your heart. -Amanda Marshall * type of African storytelling, see Jameson’s “African Traditions, Page 43” Spoken Word Poetry Page 7

Details Tell Stories

Detailed Data Deadens

Don’t Insult Your Audience Southwest Regions, Dataset Projections Of note here is the 3.4% increase in the Q1 results compared to the 45% decrease predicted in last quarter’s projections Lumber Sales Q1

Make An Effort Projected -45% Actual +3.4% We’re nearly 50% ahead of our lumber sales projections

12 weeks

12 weeks 40,000 page views

What ensemble is not

What ensemble is not • A traditional write-only website

What ensemble is not • A traditional write-only website • A content management system

What ensemble is not • A traditional write-only website • A content management system • Centralized

What ensemble is not • A traditional write-only website • A content management system • Centralized • Complex

Summing Up Slides are the simple, emotional support for your message.

Part Two You, and Your Audience

Summing Up Excite

Engage

Don’t Enervate

Ignore the Tech Ig

Eye Contact

Tell Stories

Summing Up Use your time to connect in a human way with your audience.

Part Three Your Handouts

Vital Info Branding Details Contact Info Links Bibliography

Summing Up Leave the data and details to your handout, which should not be your slides.

The Whole Show