© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved My Thoughts and Learning Geoffrey King | Sales Engineer, APAC | June 4 th 2010 Building Presentations EB Orange 246/137/51 EB Green 52/70/13 EB Gray 161/161/161 EB Yellow 255/200/40 250/196/ /162/ /208/ /227/147 Primary colors Light tint 123/69/26 26/35/7 81/ /100/20 Dark tint

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Death by Presentation! Key Death Causes Summary Agenda

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved there are 300 million powerpoint users all text is lower case in the world* * Estimate

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved they do 30 million presentations all text is lower case each day* * Estimate

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved about a million presentations are all text is lower case going on right now* * Estimate

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved 50% of them are all text is lower case unbearable* * Conservative Estimate

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Death Circle Chart Design 3 Bad presentations Bad communication Bad relationsLess salesLess moneyLess training

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Why are they doing it? 1.Indifference 2.(In)experience 3.Preparation 4.Practice

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top Animation if needed Is “Grow/Shrink - Fast” 1234

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Some presenters just don’t care your audience can sense it Why do you present? Last minute replacement? To pass the information? Carolyn told you to? Or to make meaning? 44pt bold all text is lower case Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast”

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top Animation if needed Is “Grow/Shrink - Fast” 1234

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved In your lack of experience or knowledge what will happen to your audience? Trying to prove yourself? Covering too much material? Too good for this? 44pt bold all text is lower case Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast”

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top Animation if needed Is “Grow/Shrink - Fast” 1234

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved In your rush you may skip steps such as Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast” Considering your audience Structuring your presentation Simplifying your content Time management Design

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Memorable opening 1 argument 2 argument 3 argument 1 More details... 2 More details... 3 More details... Memorable closing 1 More details... 2 More details... 3 More details... 1 More details... 2 More details... 3 More details... } 45 Minutes

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Way-finding Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast” Agenda slide Handout Executive summary Slide numbering Progress bar Bumper / transition slides

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Visual ideas Create key points Impress Key problems Prompter Handouts Data dumps They use slides as: But PowerPoint helps to:

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved You have bad time management so you The more time and effort you put in, the more they get out Left presentation building to last minute Lack of rehearsal Spent too long on some slides while presenting 44pt bold all text is lower case Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast”

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top ALL LARGE TEXT Make sure the Character spacing is set to “tight” or “very tight” And make sure ALL lowercase

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Simple design rules: consistency Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast” Keep the number of bullet points low Don’t use more than three fonts Follow Eyeblaster’s template colours & style Images (photos ideal) Formatting Content

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Eyeblaster template tips Animation & Layout Tips Full Theme Colours Theme Colours Inserting Charts

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top Animation if needed Is “Grow/Shrink - Fast” 1234

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Practice makes perfect Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast” Never works first time Feedback. Go get some. No audience? Present to the furniture Check the room and equipment

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Questions to ask yourself Animation if needed Is “Fade - very fast” Budgeted adequate time to prepare and rehearse? Invested time in editing and simplifying your presentation? Learned at least one new thing to improve your next slides? Are you excited about your next presentation Personalised the slides to reflect your unique style and perspective? Adequately tailored to your next audience?

© 2010 Eyeblaster. All rights reserved Sine Waves are a separate element placed on top of picture and groups Logo with white text place on top Animation if needed Is “Grow/Shrink - Fast” 1.Passion 2.Experience 3.Preparation 4.Practice

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