Presentation Coach | Speaker | Trainer | Minimum Viable Presentation
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Joined February 2009
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๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ is better than ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ Ok, but what does that mean exactly? ๐คจ
It simply means that you have to ask yourself the right questions before you craft your slides.
Here are the 6 questions I always use :
1. Who is the audience?
2. What am I trying to accomplish?
3. Whatโs the message?
4. What story am I telling to share this message?
5. What elements are supporting this message?
6. How do I organize these elements to fit the story?
Answer these questions one by one and in this order.
Once it's done, you are ready to craft your slides. โ๏ธ
Need more details? I wrote a blog post : minimumviablepresentation.coโฆ
Did you know that you can save time by exporting a Word Document into PowerPoint Presentation? You can then use AI for the layout. ๐ฑ
โ If you want to do a good presentation, please, do NOT use this technique โ๏ธ
Spending less time on the design is a good idea. But make sure you do it so you can spend more time thinking about your Audience, Messages & Story.
Be intentional with your presentations.
You can follow a simple method such as the ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (Link in comment ๐). It will help you spend less time on your presentations WHILE improving their quality and impact.
In business, we see many bad presentations. ๐
They are ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด for different reasons.
But if we look closely, the root causes can be summarized in 3:
๐ด Lack of intentionality
๐ด Lack of clarity
๐ด Lack of simplicity
minimumviablepresentation.coโฆ
"๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต."
That might be true, but if you don't simplify, your audience won't remember (or worse, understand).
What is an active title? According to the awesome book Everyday Business Storytelling, an active title should have an active verb.
๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐!
Simple but not easy.
"๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด." โฐ
I hear this excuse from colleagues and clients all the time. I have to admit that it's often true...
But, most of the time, it becomes a paradox. The "I don't have time" paradox.
We don't take the time, we multitask, and we rarely follow a method. Therefore, we end up spending way more time than we should on our presentation.
I share some ideas ๐ก and techniques ๐ง that I used to be efficient in this blog : minimumviablepresentation.coโฆ
I also share how much time each step should take when you create a #๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐๐บ #๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ #๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
In business presentation, your audience can either listen to you or read your slides. They cannot do both at the same time.
If you want them to read ๐, you shouldn't do a presentation in the first place.
To earn their attention, you first need to respect their time.
Please, do not waste your audience's time by delivering a #presentation that could have been an email. ๐