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a letter to presentation killers
content based on
Alexei Kapterev’s
death by powerpoint
www.kapterev.com
There are 300 million
PowerPoint users in the world*
*estimate
They do
presentations each day*
30 million
*estimate
About
presentations
are going on right now*
30 million
*estimate
50%of them
are unbearable**conservative estimate
LOTS of people
are killing each other
with
NOW...whew!
bad presentations.
They are all DEAD! Well, almost.
Let’s make the world
a better place.a better place.
Why are they
doing this
?!
Research shows:
Research shows:
Bullets don’t kill people
Research shows:
People kill people
Research shows:
Unintentionally
Yet
Research shows:
regularly
Mainly due to lack of...
Significance Structure
Simplicity Rehearsal
Significance1
To “pass the information”?
Your boss told you to?
Or to make ?meaning
Why do you present?
&why it to you?matters
What’s the subject
significance passion
attentionaction
How presentations work
..........
..........
..... .....
creates
attracts
leads to
check yourself
Are you ?passionate
this is passion
this is passion
Can’t find the meaning?
Don’t present.
STRUCTURE
Structure is how you place the
of your story.building blocks
Q: What structure to use?
a: Any – as long as it is:
Convincing Memorable
S c a l a b l e
Structure choices
Problem
PathwayPathway
Solution
Structure choices
Problem
solutionsolution
reasoning
Give
supporting your point.
3-4 reasons
They will not remember
MORE ANYWAY.
SIMPLICITY3
Everything should be made
but not simpler
as
simple as possible
“ “
EINSTEN
Apparently,
being simple
is not simple.that
LETS SEE SOME EXAMPLES
DON'T WORRY, TRYING TO READ WOULDN’T REALLY HELP
hey, we’ve got connection!
POWERPOINT HELPS TOPOWERPOINT HELPS TO
POWERPOINT HELPS TO:
Visualize ideas
Create key points
POWERPOINT HELPS TO:
impress
POWERPOINT HELPS TO:
Prompter
Handouts
Data dumps
they use it as:
People read
faster than
you speak.
This means
you are
useless
0.00 per Slide
Break it into several
It’s free
How much is
an extra slide?
One
simple
point?
What’s the point?
Remove everything else.
Well, some are
just hopeless.
Do you remember the rule:
7 lines per slide or less
7 words per line or less?
Well, it is just plain stupid
If you follow this “rule”
You get a slide like this
Ditch stupid “rules”
Do you remember the rule:
7 lines per slide or less
7 words per line or less?
Well, it is just plain stupid
If you follow this “rule”
You get a slide like this
cramped.
boring
Ditch stupid “rules”
Photos, not clipart
Simple design rules*
One point per slide Few matching colours
Very fonts
1
few
less text
less text
MORE IMAGERY
less text
WILD IMAGERY
MORE IMAGERY
But what if I need to
send or print the slides?
Write a document
the rule is simple !!!
Print with notes
Inform with
little text*
p
* yes you can
Rehearsal
It will never work
completely for the
first time.
Trust me!
you presentation receipient
feedback
Go get some
No audience? Present to the
furniture. But Try it.aloud.
Check the room and equipment.
All this leads to...
wow*great stuff!
Re-designed by
EZE IKEDI
be.net/kasidyray

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