Slides for "Presentations with Powerpoint" part 1 at Ravensbourne College.

1. Presentations with
Powerpoint – part 1
Miles Metcalfe, 2008-10-22

2. What we’ll cover

3. What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions

4. What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions
• Get beyond Powerpoint to the presentation

5. What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions
• Get beyond Powerpoint to the presentation
• Next week:

6. What we’ll cover
• The first of two sessions
• Get beyond Powerpoint to the presentation
• Next week:
• Powerpoint karaoke!

7. Have something to say
“It’s not worth doing a presentation for a
small idea, or for a budget, or to give a
quarterly update. That’s what memos are for.”
Seth Godin

8. Tips – not rules
Rules are the death of good presentations –
but know why you are breaking them

9. The basics

10. The basics
• If you are conveying information:

11. The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect

12. The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect
• Give it to them

13. The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect
• Give it to them
• Sum it up

14. The basics
• If you are conveying information:
• Tell people what to expect
• Give it to them
• Sum it up
• Leave on a rise

15. More basics

16. More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a
vision:

17. More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a
vision:
• Tell a story

18. More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a
vision:
• Tell a story
• Be open

19. More basics
• If you are pitching, conveying an idea or a
vision:
• Tell a story
• Be open
• Entertain

20. Stuff you wished you’d
known the first time…

21. Don’t read the bullet
points

22. Don’t read the bullet
points
Seriously – don’t do this!

23. Contrast is important

24. Contrast is important

25. As ! claquot;ty

26. As is clarity

28. One slide a minute is
fast

30. Know the venue

31. Don’t take risks

32. Alt-Tab

33. Alt-Tab *
*Or Command-Tab on a Mac

34. Stuff you might find
useful one day

35. Rave Template
Miles Metcalfe
Head of IT R&D

36. Rave Template
 You can use the Ravensbourne template
Miles Metcalfe
Head of IT R&D

37. Rave Template
 You can use the Ravensbourne template
 It’s available on the Intranet
Miles Metcalfe
Head of IT R&D

38. Rave Template
 You can use the Ravensbourne template
 It’s available on the Intranet
 It isn’t easy to use
Miles Metcalfe
Head of IT R&D

39. Rave Template
 You can use the Ravensbourne template
 It’s available on the Intranet
 It isn’t easy to use
 You might want to try it without the pictures
Miles Metcalfe
Head of IT R&D

40. If you are really stuck

42. Get a remote

43. Mind-mapping

44. Resources
• Presentation Zen
• Slideshare
• Seth Godin
• Intranet templates

45. Thanks!

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