2. IT’S ALL ABOUT PREPPING
Reduce
Repeat
Review

3. REDUCE

4. WHAT’S YOUR GOAL?

5. “TO SHOW THE YEAR RESULTS,
WITH ITS HIGLIGHTS, LOWLIGHTS,
YADDA-YADDA- YADDA-YADDA- YADDA-YADDA”

6. NOW, REALLY, WHAT IS
YOUR GOAL?

7. “TO SHOW WHAT A KICK-ASS JOB WE DID
THIS YEAR”

8. “TO DO A CALL-TO-ARMS, SO WE DO NOT
INCUR IN THE SAME MISTAKES”

9. REVIEW

10. DOES ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE
ELEMENT IN YOUR PRESENTATION PUSHES
TOWARDS YOUR GOAL?

11. IF NOT, GOTO: REDUCE

12. REPEAT

13. ACQUISITION THROUGH REPETITION

14. SO PREPARE TO FIND MULTIPLE VARIATIONS
ON THE SAME SUBJECT

15. REDUCE

16. More cohesiveness
More emphasys
More retention
LESS IS MORE
Less text
Less clutter
Less distraction
(Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)

17. REVIEW

18. WHO’S YOUR AUDIENCE?

19. AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY,

20. Visual aids
Textual aids
Speech & keywords
HOW DO YOU ENGAGE THEM?

21. REPEAT

22. LEARNING DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE VOID

23. SO LOOK FOR HOOKS YOU CAN LEVERAGE

24. AND BUILD ON TOP OF FAMILIARITY

25. REDUCE

27. THIS

28. Critical
modules
customized

29. IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THIS

30. MODULE CUSTOMIZATION
• A MODULE IS A YADDA-YADDA-YADDA
• A CUSTOMIZED MODULE IS A YADDA-YADDA-YADDA
• THERE ARE A TOTAL OF X MODULES
• THERE ARE A TOTAL OF Y CUSTOMIZED MODULES
• THIS, THERE IS A 75% CUSTOMIZATION LEVEL

31. REVIEW

32. Consistent design
Consistent speech
Consistent image
AM I DELIVERING A CONSISTENT
PRESENTATION?

33. REPEAT

34. REHEARSE UNTIL YOU ARE SICK OF YOUR
OWN VOICE

35. THE DO IT AGAIN

36. PRESENTATION STYLES

37. JOBS’ MINIMALISM

39. WORKS VERY WELL IF RECORDED AND
BROADLY REPLAYED
(That is, if you are Steve Jobs)

40. THE MAGNUM OPUS

42. YOU JUT MADE YOURSELF IRRELEVANT

43. LESSIG’S RANTS

44. LOTS OF SHORT SENTENCES

45. SPREAD THROUGH LOTS OF SLIDES

46. 2
REQUIRES REHEARSAL

47. VERY GOOD FOR REPLAYS

48. THE CARDBOARD
PROJECT

50. =

52. IF IT IS A PRESENTATION FOR YOUR JOB,
MAKE IT LOOK PROFESSIONAL
Stock fotos
Well designed templates
Clean layout

53. THE STORYTELLER

54. Take your audience on a journey
Pretty, inspiring pics help

55. THE CHEERLEADER

57. IF YOUR AUDIENCE IS THAT EASY INFLUENCE,
I’VE GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL THEM

58. IF YOUR GOAL IS TO EMOTE, THE
STORYTELLER STYLE IS WAY MORE
EFFICIENT

59. WRAP-UP

60. WHICH STYLE TO PICK?

61. GOTO: REVIEW
KNOW YOURSELF
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

62. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST:

63. REDUCE

64. REVIEW

65. REPEAT

66. TKS.