Please review my slides
Can you review someone's slides and predict the outcome of the presentation?
Slides and stories and delivery style are intertwined like wind, a sailor and his sailboat. Some sailboats are faster than others, but can a good sailor in a slow boat win a race against a bad sailor in a fast boat? Of course. Looking at photos of a slow boat and a fast boat won't get me place bets on who will win a boat race.
When I review a client's slides, I take pains to point out that the slides are merely one component of the presentation. Unless the client is simply reading the slides to the audience then I cannot determine the resulting presentaiton from just reviewing the slides.
I have learned that when I review slides that eliminating text is the easiest path to dramatically improve a presentation from Audience "Aggravation" to "Toleration". I have not yet met a presentation that suffers from reducing the volume of text on a slideshow. After removing text though the next levels of improvement become harder as we implement increasing levels of the Pow'Rful Philosophy.
The Pow'rFul Philosohphy advocates for your audience by developing slideshows with unique photos, images and supplementing your presentation with personal stories and examples. Stories and examples are not captured in the slideshow. All that a good slideshow has is photos, giant text and unique images. A good presenter works off this minimalistic slide show to devilver a great presentation by adding stories. A poor presenter mumbles through the slides, clueless as to what the photos represent.
When you review your slide shows, what do you see? Can another presenter take your slideshow and deliver the same presentation? If so, go back to the storyboard. No-one else should be able to deliver your presentation, even if they have your slideshow. You need to create a slideshow supports your unique presentation with your unique stories and examples.
Slides and stories and delivery style are intertwined like wind, a sailor and his sailboat. Some sailboats are faster than others, but can a good sailor in a slow boat win a race against a bad sailor in a fast boat? Of course. Looking at photos of a slow boat and a fast boat won't get me place bets on who will win a boat race.
When I review a client's slides, I take pains to point out that the slides are merely one component of the presentation. Unless the client is simply reading the slides to the audience then I cannot determine the resulting presentaiton from just reviewing the slides.
I have learned that when I review slides that eliminating text is the easiest path to dramatically improve a presentation from Audience "Aggravation" to "Toleration". I have not yet met a presentation that suffers from reducing the volume of text on a slideshow. After removing text though the next levels of improvement become harder as we implement increasing levels of the Pow'Rful Philosophy.
The Pow'rFul Philosohphy advocates for your audience by developing slideshows with unique photos, images and supplementing your presentation with personal stories and examples. Stories and examples are not captured in the slideshow. All that a good slideshow has is photos, giant text and unique images. A good presenter works off this minimalistic slide show to devilver a great presentation by adding stories. A poor presenter mumbles through the slides, clueless as to what the photos represent.
When you review your slide shows, what do you see? Can another presenter take your slideshow and deliver the same presentation? If so, go back to the storyboard. No-one else should be able to deliver your presentation, even if they have your slideshow. You need to create a slideshow supports your unique presentation with your unique stories and examples.
Labels: Personal stories, Pow'Rful Philosophy
posted by Wayne Botha @ 8:23 AM
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