How to be a Presentation Ninja
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This document provides tips for creating engaging presentations. It recommends using killer titles and cover slides to grab attention. Fonts and color schemes should be carefully selected to match the mood. Bullet points and excessive text should be minimized as they can kill engagement. Instead, the use of arresting images with sparing text is encouraged. Photos from Flickr Creative Commons, GoAnimate, Xtranormal and Second Life can provide free background images while paid stock photos provide a more professional look. Overall the tips encourage style over templates to make the presentation stand out and keep the audience engaged.
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How to be a Presentation Ninja
- 1. How to be a Presentation Ninja Gwyneth A. Jones The Daring Librarian
- 2. This slide by @JesseDee
- 3. This slide by @JesseDee
- 4. This slide by @JesseDee
- 5. This slide by @JesseDee
- 6. Flickr Creative Commons by Jessica Feis
- 7. The “art” is setting yourself apart. Style & design. The difference between a snoozefest or knocking the socks off your audience. Ninjas have style.
- 8. Templates are Trite Standard PowerPoint templates are ugly and don’t communicate, they kill! We can do better!
- 9. 1. Have a Killer Title & Cover Slide
- 10. Don’t be afraid to have a bold title that will grab people’s attention.
- 11. At most conferences you can almost tell which presentations are going to suck before they even start.
- 12. Likewise, make your session write-up stand out from the rest in the conference catalogue.
- 13. Here’s some cover slides that don’t suck
- 14. If you’re going to upload your preso online to Slideshare (and you should!) having a great looking “cover” can make ALL the difference!
- 15. My Transparency preso was featured on the Slideshare front page & it got 87,169 views in 4 days! That’s crazy!
- 16. Avoid your cool fonts & arresting images from messing up by saving your preso as a .PDF before uploading to Slideshare. @JesseDee Rocks!
- 17. 2.Use Killer Fonts & a Coool Colour Scheme …or a slick clean one!
- 18. Friends don’t let friends use Comic Sans! tothelifeboat.blogspot.com thedaringlibrarian.com
- 19. H0t c an be Exp ensive! But I HA D to have it!
- 20. Da Font is FREE! FREE Fonts fo r Download Available in b oth Mac & Win Match the font With the Mood !
- 21. 1001 Free Fonts: Their site is ugly!…..their fonts are NOT! Unusual fonts are cool & memorable! This one is
- 22. Choose one title font And one text font
- 23. This is Han Solo And this is American Typewriter
- 24. Now Let’s Talk Colour Scheme
- 25. What Are You Wearing? Look at the colours that fill your closets & Colours that make you feel happy!
- 26. I like dark colours with punches of Bright Yellows, Greens, & Blues
- 27. Cool Colours Add Fab!
- 28. An easy way to find a great looking colour scheme is pick a “most loved” palette from ColourLovers.com ple peo 2, 834 this! “lo ve”
- 29. 3. Be Brutal! Cut Your Text
- 30. If you’re going to put down word for word exactly what you are going to say you will kill your message & your audience!" Btw, this whole preso has TOO much text! • Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah • More blah blah blah blah blah blah blah • OMG! blah blah blah blah blah blah blah • OMG! More blah blah blah blah blah blah
- 31. Bullets Can Kill. The more the audience has to read the less they are listening to you.
- 33. Blinking Sparkly Zooming Twirling Text & Sound Effects Are Just NOT Cool. Really. Stop it!
- 34. This slide by @JesseDee
- 35. 4. Use Killer Images
- 36. Arresting Images & Sparing Use of Text Will Make You a Presentation Ninja! Psst! There are 3 Ninjas in this picture! Flickr Creative Commons pphoto by wth42
- 37. Your own photos: Time consuming but a very nice touch. I like to use a photo full screen 1024 X 768 and set as the slide background.
- 38. Flickr Creative Commons Thousands of FREE Pictures! All you need to do is to follow the CC license, give proper credit & attribution. Flickr Creative Commons photo by Studiolit
- 39. Animate Your Slides! Go!Animate, Xtranormal, & Second Life Offer unique opportunities for FREE Background images.
- 40. Second Life screenshots are out of this VIRTUAL world!
- 41. Spend Some $$ Royalty FREE paid professional photos look cohesive & slick but cost money. I bought this iStock photo for $7.60 You’re worth it!
- 42. iStock photos are professional & slick.
- 43. To Recap
- 45. Now go forth and be a Presentation Ninja.
- 46. I totally stole this presentation! Thank You!
- 47. Other Awesome Presos from my Slideshare Sensei @jessedee