LECTURE(I)
Following the ZEN path
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce
Alberto de Vega
Eduardo S. de la Fuente
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T H E A R T O F P R E S E N TAT I O N
Why?
Preparation
Handfull of statistics
Common mistakes
Consequences
Change
Design
Delivery
Resources
A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
Almost every
“
PowerPoint presentation
sucks rotten eggs”
Seth Godin
A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
“95%of presentations SUCK”
Guy Kawasaky
A HANDFULL OF
STATISTICS
“OK, maybe I’m exaggerating.
!"#$%&'()*&
It’s actually
99
%”
Guy Kawasaky
+()*&
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T H E A R T O F P R E S E N TAT I O N
Why?
Preparation
Handfull of statistics
Common mistakes
Consequences
Change
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce
Design
Delivery
Resources
TELEPROMPTING
1. People tend to put every word they are
going to say on their PowerPoint slides.
Although this eliminates the need to
memorize your talk, ultimately this makes
your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You
will loss your audience’s attention before
you even reach the bottom of your …
2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved
TELEPROMPTING
1. Continued) … First slide.
Don McMillan
Technically Funny
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SPELLING
M I S T A K E S
2.  Many people do not run spel
cheek before there presentation –
BIG MISTAK!!! Nothing makes you
lok stupder than speling erors
2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved
BULLET
POINTING
•  Avoid
•  Excesive
•  Buller-Pointing
•  Only
•  Bullet
•  Key
•  Points
•  Too
•  Many
•  Bullet-Points
2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved
•  And
•  Your
•  Key
•  Messages
•  Will
•  NOT
•  Stand
•  Out
•  In fact
•  The Term
•  “Bullet-Point”
•  Comes
•  From
•  People
•  Firing
•  Guns
•  At
•  Annoying
•  Presenters
TOO MANY
L
!
E
V
What it is worst
—
Too many bullet point levels are shown
–
Type size gets smaller and smaller
–
Until it is utterly unreadable
–
—
Even for audiences in the 4th row
So you better have just one bulletpoint level
–
Better yet, forget about bullets (bullets, not guns, kill people. Don’t you know?)
–
Use them sparingly
–
There are many other ways of detiling your ideas!
E
L
S
COLOR SCHEMES
GONEWRONG
,&
schemes
Classhing
color
• Distraction
• Confusion
• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Loss of bladder control
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can
lead to…
S
O
M
E
SAMPLES
¿Am I wrong?
Let’s see some samples…
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Preparation
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Change
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce
Design
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S A M P L E
SLIDES
Notice to readers
Actual samples were removed
to avoid permanent damages
to unwary audiences.
V I D E O
DEMO
Life after death
(by PowerPoint)
AU DI E NC I ES
FLOCK TO OUR PERFORMANCES
more
One
©2005 BBC. All Rights Reserved
preso?
DISASTROUS
R E S U L T S
By
the time
it ends …
THE USUAL
SUSPECTS
Microsoft’s
the culprit
Right?
THE USUAL
SUSPECTS
Nobody
told us
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how
to make it
W A N T
T O
CHANGE?&
TM & © 2009 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved
TABLE OF CONTENTS
T H E A R T O F P R E S E N TAT I O N
Why?
Preparation
Handfull of statistics
Common mistakes
Consequences
Change
Zen Rocks by Lane Pierce
Design
Delivery
Resources
THE ONLY
C O N S TA N T I S
Time For Change by David Reece
CHANGE
M E A N S
Challenging
the
status quo
CHANGE
M E A N S
Engaging
Enthralled Audience por renaissancechambara
with
the audience
YOU CAN
C H A N G E !
Yes,
Hands Week – Point por Jeezny
you can!
YOU CAN
C H A N G E !
boss
Yes but,
my
©2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved
says…
W H AT D O W E
PROPOSE
Fight
your
battles
©1995 Icon Entertainment International. All Rights Reserved
W H AT D O W E
PROPOSE
Formal
Zen
battleground
Preso
Slideument
Informal
Based on Nancy Duarte’s “Presentations Landscape”
W H AT D O W E
PROPOSE
An
ideal
world
+
W H AT D O W E
PROPOSE
bites
Reality
+
W H AT D O W E
PROPOSE
¿too much work?
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SO, NOW
WHAT
Presentation
ecosystem
Delivery
Message
Presentation
Visual
History
Based on Nancy Duarte’s “Slide:ology”
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worldwide.
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