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Death By Power Point Attributed to Alexei Kapterev
500 Million Power Point Users!
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* Estimate, 2008, Frederick Ryan Lots and lots of people!
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Research  shows
Most presentations  fail  due to…
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],LACK OF:
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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why do you present?
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Remember!
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Don’t Present!
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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Structure means?
Begin with  3  or  4  reasons supporting your main point!
They won’t remember more anyways!
Next
Tell your story
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Story
Finally
Tie up any loose ends, and…
End!
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Being  simple  isn’t  all that  simple… Remember!
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Power Point helps to:
However!
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],It’s often used as a…
4 Ways to simplify
First
Don’t load the slide with a lot of information
1-Slide = 1-Point
Lots of Points? Use lots of Slides!
After all, death and power point slides are free!
Second
Small Font is really  hard  to read
So,
make the font…
big
Third
Lots   of   colors   tend   to   distract
use  colors  sparingly to  emphasize  key points
Fourth
A  picture  is worth a thousand words!
To illustrate…
Lets say we had a cat for sale.
Cat For Sale!
Not very interesting!
Maybe we should add a Picture!
Cat For Sale!
Helpful if you didn’t know what a cat looked like…
but
still not very interesting!
Lets try a photo!
Cat For Sale!
Get the Point?
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Remember...
practice  makes perfect, so...
Give it a dry run…
and ask for  feedback .
oh ya…
Don’t forget…
always check…
The Equipment
and
The Room
before you present.
Finally
Relax!
Now, to…
Recap!
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Good presentations have:
Thanks! Sorry!
Thanks! One more time!
Thanks! Okay, last Time!
Thanks!

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