This deck contains slides I have used in live talks that (more or less) are simple and contain quite a bit of empty space. The first set are some before/after examples, followed by a random sample. This deck is not meant to tell a story -- this is just a way to show some random examples. The meaning of the slides may not be at all clear without the narration that goes with the slides.

1. Sample slides
Here are a few before/after slides
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9. Random sample slides
These slides are from several different
presentations and will not be very
meaningful without narration. Yet they
are pretty good examples of
combining text and images in slides
that complement a live talk.

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12. ‘‘
Simplicity means the
achievement of maximum
effect with minimum means.
’’
— Dr. Koichi Kawana

13. Less than 33%
of U.S. adults are at
a “healthy weight.”
OECD Factbook 2007

14. 66% of Americans
are obese or overweight.
All adults 134 million (66%)
Women
65 million
(62%)
Men
69 million
(71%)
OECD Factbook 2007

15. Presentation Zen
How to plan, design and deliver
presentations like a pro
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16. “ Ted Selker, a professor at MIT,
reckons obsessive web browsing
can cause attention spans to drop
to as little as nine seconds —
”
equivalent to a goldfish.
BBC (2002)

17. Blogs are like sharks

18. “You can play a
shoestring if
you’re sincere.”
—John Coltrane

19. “ Master your instrument.
Master the music. And then
forget all that bullshit
and just play. ”
—Charlie-Parker

20. “It’s taken me all my
life to learn what
not to play.”
— Dizzy-Gillespie

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It’ wh at n
to le arn
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22. ‘‘
Making the simple complicated is commonplace;
’’
making the complicated awesomely simple,
that’s creativity.
— Charles Mingus

23. “ You can play a shoestring if
you’re sincere.”
— John Coltrane

24. “ Master your instrument.
Master the music. And
then forget all that
bullshit and just play. ”
— Charlie-Parker

25. Start strong

26. Make a connection

27. Keep the lights on

28. Keep it Short

29. Pecha Kucha
20 x 20 6:40

30. 72%
of part time workers are
women

31. Choosing to have fewer children
1.29
Birth rate (2004)

32. Fertility rate in Japan?
1.29

33. Exposition
Conflict & Climax
Resolution
Story

34. press the flesh

35. Over 5,000 bikes sold in 2007
5035
4007
3577
2099
1500
500
02 03 04 05 06 07

36. Average Age of fleet (months)
200
162 months
150
Industry average
100
58 months
50
Singapore Airlines
0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

37. Average Age of fleet (months)
200
162 months
150
Industry average
100
58 months
50
Singapore Airlines
0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

38. ¥99 million in 2003
100
75
50
TOKYO
OSAKA
25
0
2000 2001 2002 2003

39. Mobile phone internet connectivity rate
Japan 94%
South Korea 89%
U.S.A. 34%
France 13%
U.K. 13%
China 5%
2004: Japan Ministry of Communications

40. Mobile phone internet connectivity rate
Japan 94%
South Korea 89%
U.S.A. 34%
France 13%
U.K. 13%
China 5%
2004:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

41. Camera exports: film vs. digital
(Unit: 1000 cameras)
60,000
51,291
50,000
40,000
Film cameras
30,000
21,418
20,000 Digital cameras 9,457
18,001
10,000
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

43. 90
%
of the
freshwater
in the
world is

44. ice
Source: SCAR

45. 90 %
of the ice in the world
Antarctica
is in
Source: SCAR

46. 80
%
of the world’s freshwater
is ice in the
Antarctic
Source: SCAR

47. “Darth Vader Method”

48. See my website:www.darthrules!.com

49. “The Yoda Method”

51. speak — i lence.”
“Do not improves on s
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52. “
In the beginner’s mind there are
many possibilities, in the expert’s
”
mind there are few.
—
—Shunryu Suzuki

53. Hara hachi bu

54. Eat only until 80% full.

55. Eat only
80% full.
until

56. Eat only
80% full.
until

57. Eat only
80% full.
until

58. Hara hachi bu
Eat only until 80% full.

59. Before After
My Stomach 80%

60. Then Now
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61. Percentage of chart which looks like Pac-man
Looks like Pac-man
Does not look like Pac-man

62. “ Make it easy for people
to talk about you.”— Andy Sernovitz

63. ‘‘
‘‘ Be interesting, or be invisible.
— Andy Sernovitz

64. “ Simplicity is about
subtracting the obvious,
and adding the meaningful.”
— John Maeda

65. “ More appears like less
simply moving it far, far away.”
— John Maeda

66. “ Openness simplifies complexity.”
John Maeda

67. “ Use less,
gain more.”
— John Maeda

68. “In lieu of an order...or plan, you get a bunch
of PowerPoint slides…That is frustrating,
because nobody wants to plan
against PowerPoint slides.”
— Army Lt. General David McKiernan
Except from Thomas Ricks’ “Fiasco”

69. “ Stay the course? You've got to
be kidding. This is America,
not the damned Titanic. I'll
give you a sound bite: Throw
the bums out!
” —Lee Iacocca

70. re ntia tion
D iffe

71. Scientists: global warming is “unequivocal”

72. Design by committee.

73. Technica l glitches
ar e inevitable .

74. Stock
Photography

75. 1. Slides the audience will see
Hand helds Lap tops Cell phones

76. 2. Notes only you will see

77. 3. Handout to be taken away

78. Slides Notes Handout

79. Alone time

80. “Almost every PowerPoint presentation
sucks rotten eggs.”

81. The Naked Presenter
Garr Reynolds

82. PowerPoint Culture Concrete tips & advice
1 2 3 4
• Preparation
• Design
A better way • Delivery Q&A

83. On being naked

84. Q&A

85. End
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