Download - Nerd Presentations are Boring
NERD presentations
are boring
How to invigorate nerdy presentation performance By: Ah’livia
WHO
AUDIENCE
SPEECH
ACCENTS
COPY
NOTES
CLEAN
STYLE * Click links to go directly to topic
WHO
a boring techie, academic, scientist, or inventor
AUDIENCE
Audience = humans ≠ techie robots
Limit the techie jargon
SPEECH
Eliminate monotone
speech
Incorporate vibrant speech
ACCENTS
Accents lower
presentation appreciation
Clear speech
promotes followers
COPY
BEST presentation coach is TV!?
Copy how TV characters speak
NOTES
Don’t read your notes verbatim
Look up & speak to the
audience
CLEAN
Clean up confusing cluttered graphs & charts
Use fresh clear infographics illustrating ONE point
STYLE
conservative, quality, updated
medium blue, gray, black, white* * very powerful for women
urban, city
innovative, informal, on the go
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DESCRIPTION CITE
1 Eyeglasses http://petermurray.info/images/nerd-glasses.jpg
1 ESRB
Rating
*(nerd)
edited by
Ah’livia
http://www.ironpaper.com/current/wp-
content/uploads/2009/09/esrb_videogame_rating.jpg
2 Clock http://onefuriousllama.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/geek-clock.jpg
3 Dog on bed http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3586472444_92c16501a0.jpg
4 Three
snouts
http://www.impactlab.net/2009/10/18/top-10-photos-of-the-week-98/
5 Robot face http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/07/Circuit-Board-Robot-1-
537x402.jpg
6 Book with
cutouts
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2010/10/omglolbook.jpg
7 Dog open
mouth
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2389/1760346696_f1745dbbf2_z.jpg
8 Black and
white man &
speaker
http://www.privateline.com/TelephoneHistory/speech.jpg
9 Color of
sound
http://www.freedesign4.me/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/free-soundwave-notes-
vector.jpg
10 Dog with
upward ears
http://mymarriageworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dog_ears.jpg
11
Microphone
& Globe
http://static-www.icr.org/i/microphone_globe.jpg
12 Suit &
callout, and
Twitter bird
http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/wp-
content/uploads/2010/05/business_speechMedium.jpg
http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/Birdies_by_arrioch/png%20512/twitter
%20follow%20me.png
DESCRIPTION CITE
13 Twin dogs http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/jzPDnoq3iBQ/New+Year+Dog+Party+Fashion+Show/
RB4utPeICI-
14 TV on wall http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/realestate/15post.html?_r=1
15 TV and
chalkboard
http://ticktocklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tv.gif
http://www.whiteboardmanufacturer.com/photo/58/Dry-Erase-Green-
Chalkboard.jpg
16 Dog with
pencil in
mouth
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwlnvFSHc1qzqh3y.jpg
17 iPad http://lesposen.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/doceri_stylus_050511.jpg
18 Mic in
front of
audience
http://thesmallbusinesstranscriptionist.com/wp-
content/uploads/2010/06/microphone-on-stage-at-seminar.jpg
19 Dog head
in trash can
http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/art
icles/health_tools/mistakes_pet_owners_make_slideshow/getty_rm_photo_of
_dog_eating_trash.jpg
20 Confusing
infograph
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dr3S8zqPnj4/TUQHHOWf7JI/AAAAAAAATzk/zFADkTZG-
IA/s1600/starbucks.jpg
21
McDonald’s
sad meal
Quote on sad
meal
http://www.plasticless.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/happy-meal.JPG
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/cool-infographics/
22 Dog with
sunglasses
http://www.wallpaperhere.com/thumbnails/detail/20110707/4e155ecdd26ee.jpg
23 Shirt with
ties
Attire
descriptions
http://shop.herringbone.com/SiteContent/CMS/Articles/Professional_presentation_m
akes_a_strong_corporate_impression.jpg
http://www.selfesteem.org/menu/curriculum/presentation/wardrobe-wear.htm
DESCRIPTION CITE
24 Jeans with
keyboard
http://sharefashions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Fashion-2012-Beauty-and-
the-Geek-Jeans.jpg
25 Cardboard
robots and
laptop
http://s2.favim.com/orig/37/cardboard-robots-computer-cute-macbook-
photography-Favim.com-299133.jpg
26 Relaxing
robot
http://www.webtechwise.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wordpress-and-
robots.jpg
Ah’livia
Original story & concept by:
27 Group
presentation
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q27yW593pZ0/TudHKe0p-
8I/AAAAAAAAAkA/gOV4naxJfMI/s1600/p3.jpg
26 Reading
icon
http://images.all-free-
download.com/images/graphiclarge/person_reading_book_clip_art_16909.jpg