Making An Impact With PowerPoint
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The document provides guidance on effective PowerPoint presentation techniques, emphasizing the importance of engaging visuals and minimizing bullet points to avoid boredom. It suggests using emotionally resonant images, metaphors, and humor to enhance audience connection and retention. Key points include prioritizing clarity, avoiding stock photos, and focusing on impactful storytelling rather than exhaustive detail.
Making An Impact With PowerPoint
- 1. Making An Impact With PowerPoint
- 2. Slides are not a crutch!
- 3. Just pretend I’m not here! Don’t hide behind the slides!
- 4. Slides are not handouts!
- 9. …is caused by too many bullets!
- 10. • Don’t use lots of bullet points • They’re boring • People don’t need them • They don’t remember them • They don’t even read them • …even if you use animations!
- 11. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world” Gandhi Quotes are one way you can use words
- 12. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world” Gandhi Try changing the colour for emphasis
- 13. But it might still be better to have a picture
- 14. Don’t use pictures which add nothing
- 15. Use pictures which show how people feel
- 19. This is a picture about leadership!
- 20. Working in teams Avoid stock photos
- 21. Working in teams Find an unusual image
- 22. Energy From Wind Power Don’t go for the obvious
- 23. Energy From Wind Power Show people – and emotion!
- 24. 1. Attention Here’s a typical series of slides to show a sequence – then a more interesting way of doing it
- 26. 2. Working Memory 3. Short Term Memory 1. Attention
- 27. 2. Working Memory 3. Short Term Memory 4. Long Term Memory 1. Attention
- 28. Attention
- 29. Working Memory
- 31. Long Term Memory
- 33. 8% 4% 10% 78% People who understand your pie chart People who care about your pie chart People who can't see your pie chart from where they're sitting People who took one look at your pie chart and lost the will to live
- 34. Income for 2013/14 Tax Audit Consulting Show the minimum of information
- 35. Survive for 7 years – pay no IHT! Keep it simple – show emotion!
- 36. Use humour – even for serious subjects
- 39. Alan Matthews www.alanmatthewstraining.com Don’t waste space on your slides!
- 40. Alan Matthews www.alanmatthewstraining.com Boring title so you remember where you are
- 41. Alan Matthews www.alanmatthewstraining.com Photo so you recognise me when I stand up
- 42. Alan Matthews www.alanmatthewstraining.com Desperate attempt at marketing – please contact me!
- 43. Use cartoons
- 44. Embed videos
- 45. Making An Impact With PowerPoint