Let’s Pretend
What’s the Difference?
- Better design?
- Professional speakers?
Nope.
The keys to a great presentation
- Don’t get lost in the details.
- Focus on the benefits to the audience.
- Don’t rely too much on your slides.
- Learn to pretend as if you know what you’re doing.
- ...and then there’s The Ultimate Presenters’ Tool™.
What’s The Ultimate Presenters’ Tool™, you ask?
Tip #1
Don’t Get Lost in the Details
This Is My Sister
Her stories are famously terrible.
Only Include Essential Details
“But all of these details are absolutely essential to my presentation!”
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
– Ernest Hemingway (probably apocryphal)
Tip #2
Focus on the
Benefits
People are selfish
Use That
Focus on Benefits in
3 Easy Steps
Step 1:
Find the Thing That Hurts
Step 2:
Poke It
Step 3:
Offer a Better Solution
Tip #3
Don’t Rely Too Much on Your Slides
Slides are not a written report.
Slides are not notes for the speaker.
Slides are not a script.
Slides are not a collection of your favorite GIFs.
This one is my favorite
Tip #4
Pretend You Know What You’re Doing
Practice Don’t memorize
Run Through ItOut Loud
“Defrosting” a talk can be harder than writing the thing in the first place.
– Lorna Mitchell
Now It’s Time for The Ultimate Presenters’ Tool™
People Respond to Emotions
“But what if my topic is boring?”
A report on nominative determinism and its negative impact on
socioeconomic status and mobility.
The story of four strangers who take a road trip to ask a politician for
things they already have.
A detailed account of a grumpy alcoholic's poor life choices.
Good stories follow an arc
Air Your DirtyLaundry
How to make your next talk great:
- Don’t get lost in the details.
- Focus on the benefit to the audience.
- Don’t rely too much on slides.
- Pretend you know what you’re doing.
- Tell stories.
Source: Chetan Sharma Consulting on Slideshare
Source: TED / Hans Rosling
