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a letter to presentation killers

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content based on

Alexei Kapterev’sdeath by powerpoint

www.kapterev.com

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There are 300 millionPowerPoint users in the world*

*estimate

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They do presentations each day*

30 million

*estimate

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About

presentations are going on right now*30 million

*estimate

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50% of them are unbearable*

*conservative estimate

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LOTS of peopleare killing each otherwithNOW...whew!

bad presentations.

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They are all DEAD! Well, almost.

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Let’s make the worlda better place.a better place.

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Why are they doing this

?!

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Research shows:

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Research shows:Bullets don’t kill people

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Research shows:People kill people

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Research shows:Unintentionally

Yet

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Research shows:regularly

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Mainly due to lack of...

Significance Structure

Simplicity Rehearsal

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Significance1

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To “pass the information”?Your boss told you to?Or to make ?meaning

Why do you present?

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&why it to you?mattersWhat’s the subject

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significance passion

attentionaction

How presentations work

.....

.....

..........

.....

.....

creates

attr

acts

leads to

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check yourselfAre you ?passionate

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this is passion

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this is passion

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Can’t find the meaning?

Don’t present.

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STRUCTURE

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Structure is how you place the of your story.building blocks

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Q: What structure to use?

a: Any – as long as it is:

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Convincing Memorable

S c a l a b l e

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Structure choices

Problem

PathwayPathway

Solution

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Structure choices

Problem

solutionsolution

reasoning

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Give supporting your point.

3-4 reasons

They will not rememberMORE ANYWAY.

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SIMPLICITY3

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Everything should be made but not simpler

assimple as possible“ “

EINSTEN

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Apparently,

being simpleis not simple.that

LETS SEE SOME EXAMPLES

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DON'T WORRY, TRYING TO READ WOULDN’T REALLY HELP

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hey, we’ve got connection!

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POWERPOINT HELPS TOPOWERPOINT HELPS TO

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POWERPOINT HELPS TO:

Visualize ideas

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Create key points

POWERPOINT HELPS TO:

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impress

POWERPOINT HELPS TO:

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PrompterHandoutsData dumps

they use it as:

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People read faster than you speak.

This means you are useless

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0.00 per Slide

Break it into several

It’s free

How much is an extra slide?

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One simple point?

What’s the point?

Remove everything else.

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Well, some arejust hopeless.

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Do you remember the rule:7 lines per slide or less7 words per line or less?Well, it is just plain stupidIf you follow this “rule”You get a slide like this

Ditch stupid “rules”

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Do you remember the rule:7 lines per slide or less7 words per line or less?Well, it is just plain stupidIf you follow this “rule”You get a slide like this

cramped.

boring

Ditch stupid “rules”

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Photos, not clipart

Simple design rules*

One point per slide Few matching colours

Very fonts

1

few

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less text

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less text

MORE IMAGERY

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less text

WILD IMAGERYMORE IMAGERY

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But what if I need to

send or print the slides?

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Write a document

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the rule is simple !!!

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Print with notes

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Inform with little text*

p

* yes you can

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Rehearsal

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It will never work completely for the first time. Trust me!

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you presentation receipient

feedback

Go get some

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No audience? Present to thefurniture. But Try it.aloud.

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Check the room and equipment.

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All this leads to...

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wow*great stuff!

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