Based on Alexei Kapterev's Death by PowerPoint, which inspired me a whole lot. I was so moved to redesign the pages and make them a little more interesting.
Text of Death by PowerPoint - Redesigned
a letter to presentation killers
content based on Alexei Kapterevs death by powerpoint www.kapterev.com
There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world* *estimate
They do presentations each day* 30 million *estimate
About presentations are going on right now* 30 million *estimate
50%of them are unbearable**conservative estimate
LOTS of people are killing each other with NOW...whew! bad presentations.
They are all DEAD! Well, almost.
Lets make the world a better place.a better place.
Why are they doing this ?!
Research shows:
Research shows: Bullets dont kill people
Research shows: People kill people
Research shows: Unintentionally Yet
Research shows: regularly
Mainly due to lack of... Significance Structure Simplicity Rehearsal
Significance1
To pass the information? Your boss told you to? Or to make ?meaning Why do you present?
&why it to you?matters Whats the subject
significance passion attentionaction How presentations work .......... .......... ..... ..... creates attracts leads to
check yourself Are you ?passionate
this is passion
this is passion
Cant find the meaning? Dont present.
STRUCTURE
Structure is how you place the of your story.building blocks
Q: What structure to use? a: Any as long as it is:
Convincing Memorable S c a l a b l e
Structure choices Problem PathwayPathway Solution
Structure choices Problem solutionsolution reasoning
Give supporting your point. 3-4 reasons They will not remember MORE ANYWAY.
SIMPLICITY3
Everything should be made but not simpler as simple as possible EINSTEN
Apparently, being simple is not simple.that LETS SEE SOME EXAMPLES
DON'T WORRY, TRYING TO READ WOULDNT REALLY HELP
hey, weve got connection!
POWERPOINT HELPS TOPOWERPOINT HELPS TO
POWERPOINT HELPS TO: Visualize ideas
Create key points POWERPOINT HELPS TO:
impress POWERPOINT HELPS TO:
Prompter Handouts Data dumps they use it as:
People read faster than you speak. This means you are useless
0.00 per Slide Break it into several Its free How much is an extra slide?
One simple point? Whats the point? Remove everything else.
Well, some are just hopeless.
Do you remember the rule: 7 lines per slide or less 7 words per line or less? Well, it is just plain stupid If you follow this rule You get a slide like this Ditch stupid rules
Do you remember the rule: 7 lines per slide or less 7 words per line or less? Well, it is just plain stupid If you follow this rule You get a slide like this cramped. boring Ditch stupid rules
Photos, not clipart Simple design rules* One point per slide Few matching colours Very fonts 1 few
less text
less text MORE IMAGERY
less text WILD IMAGERY MORE IMAGERY
But what if I need to send or print the slides?
Write a document
the rule is simple !!!
Print with notes
Inform with little text* p * yes you can
Rehearsal
It will never work completely for the first time. Trust me!
you presentation receipient feedback Go get some
No audience? Present to the furniture. But Try it.aloud.
