Putting Presentations
In Their Place:
Engaging The Audience
And Delivering The
"WOW“
By Michael Blachly
Director of Marketing & Business Development
How Does The Audience Receive Information?
How it Looks
How The
Presenter
Presents
The Material
10%
40%
50%
The Actual Material – 10%
Always
Tell the
Truth
How You Present & Sound – 40%
(Bueller … Bueller …)
74%Of Americans
Would Rather Die
Than Give A
Speech!
Dealing With Fear
Know The “Audience”
You Are A Story Teller
How To Tell The Story
The Report
The Explanation
The Drama
The Pitch
Tell The Story
With Your Heart
How It Looks – 50%
Tell The Story With Pictures
Death By PowerPoint
(It’s Just A Tool)
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
What Makes
Them Bad?
A I K Y P K U D F I
H G P K H D G Q M T
K Q F D O F D P T Y
S R S N O T S F D M
L Y Z U S E H I A F
S H C S O J L O F S
D U V M A N Y J M S
B M F W O R D S C S
S C B U J B I M H D
Y D H M B D J B X G
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Simplicity - Keep It Short
• Please
• Don’t
• Present
• Your
• Speech
• With
• Bullets
• And
• Then
• Read
• Them
• To
• The
• Audience
• As
• It
• Will
• Bore
• Them
• To
• Tears
Bullets Kill
(Stick With Headlines)
Can You Have
Too Many Slides?
Less Slides
Are Better
We Love Charts & Infographs
0
1
2
3
4
5
Category 1
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Simple!
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
But It Can Be Abused!
0
1
2
3
4
5
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
But It Can Be Abused!
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
0
1
2
3
4
5
Category
1
Category
2
Category
3
Category
4
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
But It Can Be Abused!
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1Series 2Series 3
0
1
2
3
4
5
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
But It Can Be Abused!
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4 0
1
2
3
4
5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0 2 4 6
Series 1
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 2
Series 3
What The Hell Is That?
Keep It
Simple
Or Even
Better
Don’t Use The Boring
PowerPoint Clip Art
Use Powerful
Visuals
Colors
Are Great!
But Keep
Backgrounds
Simple
White
Black
Less
Animation
the
better
Keep It
Simple
Spealcheck!
PowerPoint
Tricks
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Prezi
Tricks
Never Depend On Technology
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
Should You Use
Handouts?
Putting Presentations In Their Place: Engaging The Audience And Delivering The "WOW"
The Leftovers
The Ending
What Are You Going To Do
To Become A Better
Presenter?
Thank
You!
Michael Blachly
Director of Mark
mblachly@grayreed.com
214.954.4135

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