1.
You are the
PRESENTATION

2.
We focus too much on
reading out the slides

3.
The fear that the
audience will miss out
on something

4.
Brain has Limited
PROCESSING
POWER

5.
Let’s play a game

6.
UPSIRSFBIJFKNASA
NATO

7.
If I give you 30 seconds
can you remember this
string?

8.
NO?

9.
UPSI RSFB IJF KNA
SAN ATO

10.
How about now?

11.
Still hard?

12.
UPS IRS FBI JFK
NASA NATO

13.
And now?

14.
Easy right?

15.
And now?

16.
Share ideas not points

17.
Link ideas to tell a story

18.
Number of slides
Vs.
Number of points

19.
1 Slide with 10 points
=
10 slides with 1 point
each

20.
Open
STRONG

21.
Remember, you can't
do anything until you
get past the brain's BS
filter!

22.
Some strategies for
starting strong

23.
HASKINS

24.
25% of smartphone owners of ages
18-44 say they can't recall the last
time their smartphone wasn't next to
them.

25.
Meet Fiona

26.
Image
Video
Audio

27.
Organize Your
INFORMATION

28.
BEGINNING
MIDDLE
END

29.
Use patterns to manage
information

30.
Yahoo Pattern Library

31.
Pattern Tap

32.
Polish it
UP

33.
Use quality
visuals

34.
Want to depict a
team?

35.
Use this

36.
Not this

37.
Use Icons

38.
Experiment with
fonts

39.
Font Fabric| Da Font

40.
Use a colour
scheme

41.
Adobe Kuler

42.
PowerPoint Inbuilt

43.
PowerPoint
is more powerful than
you thought

44.
Yes, these are made in
PowerPoint

45.
Everything is a
REMIX

46.
Reverse engineer
good designs to suite
your need

47.
An e-learning course inspired by Skype home

48.
Whitespace
is your friend

49.
Some
RESOURCES

50.
Design Inspiration
www.creativebloq.com/
www.dribbble.com/
www.smashingmagazine.com/
www.envato.com/
www.creativemarket.com
www.designspiration.net

51.
Free Images & Icons
www.unsplash.com
www.compflight.com
http://openphoto.net/
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.morguefile.com/
www.iconfinder.com
www.findicons.com

52.
Free Fonts
www.dafonts.com
www.fontfabric.com
www.google.com/fonts
www.fontspace.com
www.openfontlibrary.org

53.
Presentation Inspirations
www.slideshare.net
www.noteandpoint.com
www.pitchenvy.com
www.community.articulate.com

54.
Credits
Word game: From Read Speeder a free online speed
reading course
All images: From www.compfight.com under Creative
Commons
Comic example: From http://theoatmeal.com
Cover image: Based on the LineCase –by blaz robar
PowerPoint Graphics: Based on a template by Hub Spot

55.
About Me
My name is Shyamanta, a.k.a Sam. I am a
learning architect and social media
professional.
I work for National Entrepreneurship Network
where I am building Entrepreneur Academy,
India’s first dedicated learning platform for
entrepreneurs.
Visit my blog Being Sam for more awesome
stuff.
Visit Entrepreneur Academy if start-ups excite
you.

56.
Thank You
www.beingsam.in/presentations
@shyamantab