how to make an award winning presentation

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HOW TO MAKE AN AWARD-WINNING

PRESENTATIONAKA ONE THAT DOESN’T SUCK


DON’T USE TONS OF TEXT• This is a typical presentation– And it sucks.

• This bullet is already too much text– But, we should add even more.

• No need to prepare for slides like this– I’ll just show everyone that I can read.

• The text does the talking here–Which is the opposite of what we want

to do.


FIND BEAUTIFUL, BIG IMAGES

• Two solid sources– http://www.compfight.com/– http://sxc.hu

http://www.compfight.com/

http://sxc.hu/


ADD A RECTANGLE AT 90% TRANSPARENCY

PUT CONTRASTING TEXT ON IT


FIND A THEME TO PULL IT ALL TOGETHER

SIMILAR IMAGES? TOPICS?


BRIEF TEXT TRIGGERS YOUR MAIN POINTS

THE IMAGE SUPPORTS THEM


FUNNY = GOOD


KEEP IT SIMPLE & LIMIT YOUR SLIDES

THE SLIDES ARE YOUR CUES


BUILD IN TIME FOR QUESTIONS

DISCUSSIONS > ANSWERS


CLOSE WITH YOUR CONTACT INFO

BECAUSE DOGGONE IT, PEOPLE LIKE ME

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how to make an award winning presentation

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