Weaving a Web of Your OwnWriting Professionally in the Information Age

By Cameron Irby

Part 4: The Art of the Presentation

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We’ve gone over memos, agendas, and emails, but I feel like I’m missing something important…

What could it be?...©

Let me think….©

Oh, right!©

Hello there!

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How could I have forgotten about that!Allow me to help you make memorable

presentations, like this one!

• You’ve probably heard for years how you are supposed to do PowerPoints. • Lots of bullet points.• Like this.• This is awkward.• Boring.• I recommend checking out John Medina’s presentation instead.

• He’s written books.• He’s smart.• He wants you to burn PowerPoints like this.

• Do it.

Forget everything you’ve ever learned about PowerPoint Presentations.

Now that you have burned your PowerPoints, you need to make new ones. No worries! Dartmouth University has a nifty guide to crafting powerful presentations.

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Or you will probably end up like this poor fellow.

Still not convinced that the old way was bad? Then allow me to introduce you to Abraham Lincoln. Yes, I am referring to that Abraham Lincoln. You may not have known he did a PowerPoint for his Gettysburg Address, probably because it was so unremarkable that everyone forgot about it.

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As you probably learned from the Good Doctor, the best PowerPoints use lots of pictures and just enough text. How do you put two and two together, then? Try this guide from Canva. Go ahead and sign up for it while you’re there. You can thank me later.

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Need a place to upload that presentation? Just want to show off? Use SlideShare.net. You can present yours without any hassle, and you can view others’ creations to get some ideas.

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Like this!

Need some pictures to put in your presentation? Flickr has plenty of high-quality photos that are under Creative Commons. Just be sure to attribute the photographer!

Don’t have PowerPoint? Well, I can still help! Just take all that you’ve learned here, and use it on Prezi. Some people find it to be much more enjoyable than Ol’ Reliable/Bane of Our Existence PowerPoint!

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