Last year I was a judge in SlideShare's The World's Best Presentation Contest. Their blog is running full speed ahead with a great new series called "Design in Presentation." Garr Reynolds kicked off the series last week, and I'm featured this week. I'll be the first to admit that I'm no design guru, so I'll leave that aspect of presentation to the experts like Garr and Nancy Duarte. Instead I begin with the essential precursor to design...purpose.
To put it all in context, here’s how to prepare for a powerful presentation:
- Create the message: one that is listener-based, focused and with action.
- Develop the slides that best support the message – but don’t become the message.
- Deliver it powerfully, remembering that YOU are the presentation. (Hint: Use black slides!)
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Great blog, Bert! I would add that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that a slide with a thousand words obscures the picture the presenter is creating. Even a word can paint a picture when seen in the context of what is being said. But what is a picture painted with words? An example. illustrate your example and you’ll have a slide worth showing when you’re talking about something worth saying to people who can benefit from hearing it.