1. Speaking at FinNext 2019

2. Agenda Deadline Reminders Presentation Do’s, Don’ts and Tips
Live Polling

3. Presentation Submission Deadline
Friday February 22, 2019

4. Key Decision Makers
Attendee demographics
Number of attendees

5. Replace with FinNext Numbers or omit this information?

6. General Content GuidesDO
DON’T
Focus on education
Pitch your company, products or services
Focus on tactics and strategy, not the product
Deliver content as described in the program
Create “takeaway slides”

7. Sales Policy DO DON’T Direct attendees to your booth
Pitch your company, products or services – your goal is education
Let people know your company and your biography
Substitute your corporate PowerPoint format
Play commercials during presentation

8. Supporting Materials
Through the app only; nothing handed out in-session
Submit material to AFP in advance for approval
Examples:
Additional resources for further study
Large pictures of complex graphics /slides
Checklists
Relevant articles, blog postings, etc.

9. Tips to Engage the Audience
It doesn’t hurt to have fun!
Use a story / anecdote / example
Audience polls
Include actionable take-aways
Rehearse

10. Polling Tool AFP: Presenter: Audience:
Sets up the poll in the AFP event app
Insert a “poll slide” in deck
Presenter:
Selects poll “widget” in the presentation
Audience:
Open poll in their device to participate

11. Time Management Rehearse – yourself and/or with co-presenters
Panel sessions: hold discussion beforehand
Set “time-markers”
“I should be at slide 15 after 30 minutes”
Leave time for questions

12. How Many Slides? 5 slides / hour Too slow? Not enough information?
(May be OK for a panel)
30 slides / hour
About right, depending on your style
60 slides / hour
Too fast?
Too much information?

13. Slide Tips Reminder: Audience is 30 – 100 feet from screen
Presentation should stand alone
Don’t read every word

14. Slide Tips Too Much Text!!!
This slide has too many words on it: PowerPoint has automatically adjusted the font size to near-invisibility at 50 fee
Your audience is looking to receive your wisdom and expertise, not an eyestrain headache
The use of white space provides emphasis and makes the points you are trying to convey stand out better
If there isn’t any white space the mass of pure text becomes incomprehensible
Your audience can’t read from a distance; they can only skim the content at best and bullet points help them do that much more effectively (it’s called “chunking” the content)
Too Much Text!!!

15. Slide Tips How much text? Less than 7 words per point
Less than 7 points per slide
…unless you really have to

16. Diagrams Use animation / builds to convey a process
Avoid complex diagrams
Simplify for on-screen
Complex slides available in the take-away

17. Take-aways Education, not sales Uphold the description Prepare
Manage time
Tell a story
Have fun!

18. Educational Programs Coordinator
Questions
John Gibson Director, Education & Projects
Marcia Solomon
Educational Programs Coordinator