1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:04,890 Whatever tool you use, try not to get overwhelmed with all 2 00:00:04,890 --> 00:00:08,330 the different features, and, you know, everything that these things have. 3 00:00:08,330 --> 00:00:09,670 I mean, they're very cool, right? 4 00:00:09,670 --> 00:00:14,080 But they could also be a little too much to begin with. 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,050 So, you know, you can still give a fantastic presentation, even if you 6 00:00:18,050 --> 00:00:23,050 stick with the basics, and, that's because it's not so much about the tool. 7 00:00:23,050 --> 00:00:24,500 That you use. 8 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:26,980 It's what you say, and how you deliver the content. 9 00:00:26,980 --> 00:00:30,400 And in fact, slides and tools can often get in the way. 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,010 I mean, many speakers will use them as a crutch. 11 00:00:33,010 --> 00:00:34,930 I mean, sort of like, like this, right? 12 00:00:34,930 --> 00:00:36,750 So, here's my slide. 13 00:00:36,750 --> 00:00:38,810 This is how some speakers use slides. 14 00:00:38,810 --> 00:00:40,994 And it goes something exactly like this, right? 15 00:00:40,994 --> 00:00:43,010 Like, you know, preparations is very important. 16 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:45,170 When you're preparing your presentation, right? 17 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:49,850 And with this kind of distracting animation, the stuff comes in and, 18 00:00:49,850 --> 00:00:53,490 speakers will write down every single word they wanna say in advance. 19 00:00:53,490 --> 00:00:57,210 And speakers will basically turn their script into a set of bullets. 20 00:00:57,210 --> 00:00:59,530 Large blocks of text on the screen. 21 00:00:59,530 --> 00:01:01,550 Slides become unbearable for the audience. 22 00:01:01,550 --> 00:01:02,720 They start reading. 23 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,280 These slides when they should be listening. 24 00:01:06,170 --> 00:01:07,490 Alright [INAUDIBLE] did you, did you get the picture? 25 00:01:07,490 --> 00:01:10,940 I mean, this is, this is not how you give a presentation. 26 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:13,340 I mean everything is there, and all you're doing 27 00:01:13,340 --> 00:01:17,300 is reading, and, there's no real style to it. 28 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:19,790 And you can almost like, you know, if the, if the text 29 00:01:19,790 --> 00:01:23,670 is there, I've seen people, I've done this myself at, at events where. 30 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:24,810 The person's just reading. 31 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:28,420 Just kind of, going through the motions, reading all 32 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:30,380 the text and I can almost, I know what they're 33 00:01:30,380 --> 00:01:32,580 going to say, and it becomes kind of a game, 34 00:01:32,580 --> 00:01:34,850 and it's just, it really takes me out of it. 35 00:01:34,850 --> 00:01:40,370 But, you know, the, the audience loses focus, and there 36 00:01:40,370 --> 00:01:43,690 are much better ways to, to use presentations to communicate. 37 00:01:44,710 --> 00:01:46,819 Now, as a response to this. 38 00:01:47,820 --> 00:01:52,980 Lots of presenters out there have adopted a kind of Zen presentation style. 39 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:53,160 Right? 40 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,665 So, instead of using text and bullets, they wanna use, you know, they 41 00:01:57,665 --> 00:02:03,220 wanna remove all of that, completely, and use some sort of metaphorical image. 42 00:02:03,220 --> 00:02:05,950 And maybe they put a, a word on there as well. 43 00:02:05,950 --> 00:02:07,230 But the idea being that. 44 00:02:07,230 --> 00:02:11,560 You know, this all represents a theme, and, and the speaker wants 45 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,430 the audience not to read, while they're talking, but to, to concentrate. 46 00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:18,930 Right so, maybe there's a slide like this. 47 00:02:18,930 --> 00:02:22,980 Right, you know, this big, you know, there's a big image and then there's text. 48 00:02:22,980 --> 00:02:25,860 Be original, be original, right? 49 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:28,650 Real vague and. 50 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:30,120 You're not sure exactly what it means. 51 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,290 And maybe, as your, you know? 52 00:02:32,290 --> 00:02:35,910 What happens a lot of times, is when audiences look at these pictures. 53 00:02:35,910 --> 00:02:39,220 And, they don't have to be someone's weird pants, right? 54 00:02:39,220 --> 00:02:41,660 They could be a, a beautiful landscape. 55 00:02:41,660 --> 00:02:43,440 They could be children playing. 56 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:48,380 They could be some kind of stock photography you've seen 50 times before. 57 00:02:49,442 --> 00:02:53,760 But when people are looking at these images. 58 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,870 And looking at your, your very brief message on there. 59 00:02:57,870 --> 00:02:58,740 It's very vague. 60 00:02:58,740 --> 00:03:01,490 They're trying to, you know, they stop listening. 61 00:03:01,490 --> 00:03:04,620 And they start trying to figure out what it means. 62 00:03:04,620 --> 00:03:07,940 And what might be happening is the speaker is speaking. 63 00:03:07,940 --> 00:03:10,440 And the speaker might actually be giving great information. 64 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:15,270 They might be listing like, five great tips on how you can be original, right? 65 00:03:15,270 --> 00:03:16,680 And all the while you're looking at this 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,390 guys pants, like, yeah those are pretty original. 67 00:03:20,390 --> 00:03:21,190 And, wait. 68 00:03:21,190 --> 00:03:21,730 What happened? 69 00:03:21,730 --> 00:03:22,780 What was that you said? 70 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:24,030 Right? 71 00:03:24,030 --> 00:03:26,830 So, here's the deal right? 72 00:03:26,830 --> 00:03:28,960 Every speaker is different. 73 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,560 They all have their own style, and it fits their personality and presentation style. 74 00:03:34,190 --> 00:03:41,100 The more that you the more that you create these slide decks the better more refined. 75 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:46,220 Your present state, presentation style will become but, I always go back to 76 00:03:46,220 --> 00:03:49,990 this book, just like Steve [UNKNOWN] says, in his book about web design. 77 00:03:49,990 --> 00:03:52,590 Don't make me think, alright? 78 00:03:52,590 --> 00:03:59,090 Presentations have a visual aspect, and they have a text aspect. 79 00:03:59,090 --> 00:03:59,570 All right? 80 00:03:59,570 --> 00:04:01,190 They must work together. 81 00:04:01,190 --> 00:04:05,680 You must have them work together to have the most effective presentation. 82 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,235 Don't make your audience think too hard. 83 00:04:08,235 --> 00:04:09,190 About what you're trying to say. 84 00:04:09,190 --> 00:04:13,000 I mean, make your visuals obvious, and relevant. 85 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,180 And use them to help tell a story. 86 00:04:15,180 --> 00:04:15,590 Right? 87 00:04:15,590 --> 00:04:19,910 Don't rely on stock photos or, or something really vague. 88 00:04:19,910 --> 00:04:23,330 And, you know, use these images to tell stories not as decoration. 89 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:25,260 Don't just throw something up there, 90 00:04:25,260 --> 00:04:27,800 without the intention of it meaning something. 91 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,600 In fact, one thing about images too. 92 00:04:31,608 --> 00:04:33,716 Sometimes a lot of great visuals can come 93 00:04:33,716 --> 00:04:36,596 from your own camera, or your own phone, right? 94 00:04:36,596 --> 00:04:40,130 Not only are they more personal, but there's already a, a story that you 95 00:04:40,130 --> 00:04:44,497 can attach to it where you took it, who's in the picture, what's happening here? 96 00:04:44,497 --> 00:04:47,500 And you can share that during your presentation. 97 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:49,938 And another great plus too, is that pictures like that 98 00:04:49,938 --> 00:04:52,860 are usually I mean, they're royalty free, for you to use. 99 00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:54,686 So there's no. 100 00:04:54,686 --> 00:04:56,580 royalties, or rights that you have to worry about. 101 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:04,080 So, combining your visuals, with concise written content, on 102 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,529 the slide, that drives home your points, is a more effective way to do things. 103 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:12,000 Only put up there what needs to be shown. 104 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,920 Not necessarily what you want to say. 105 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:20,290 Now in order to influence certain types of audiences 106 00:05:20,290 --> 00:05:23,580 some presenters like to use data, to make their points. 107 00:05:23,580 --> 00:05:25,190 Now a slide like this. 108 00:05:25,190 --> 00:05:28,330 Helps visualize how men and women in the United 109 00:05:28,330 --> 00:05:31,280 States, are waiting longer than ever, before they get married. 110 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:31,490 Right? 111 00:05:31,490 --> 00:05:33,680 This is something that the census bureau put up, but 112 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,250 for designers and devs, perhaps your data will show, you know? 113 00:05:37,250 --> 00:05:40,270 This is how much money you can save by hiring us. 114 00:05:40,270 --> 00:05:44,390 Or, this is how we've positively affected user growth. 115 00:05:44,390 --> 00:05:48,580 For other clients or, we've reduced weight time for users by X%. 116 00:05:48,580 --> 00:05:49,580 Here's the data. 117 00:05:50,620 --> 00:05:53,750 When people who are driven by numeric data, 118 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:57,270 see something compelling, they will act, all right? 119 00:05:57,270 --> 00:06:01,390 And, of course, when you reference data. 120 00:06:01,390 --> 00:06:04,200 Be sure to put the source in there, you know, 121 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,460 legitimize this data so that they know it's not imaginary. 122 00:06:07,460 --> 00:06:10,356 Now, some audiences rely on anecdotal data. 123 00:06:10,356 --> 00:06:13,360 You know, they wanna hear what real people have 124 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,690 said about you, and your work, and so on. 125 00:06:15,690 --> 00:06:19,780 Now, on the Treehouse website, we have a full section devoted to 126 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:21,230 some great success stories from our 127 00:06:21,230 --> 00:06:24,940 students, because, they are really compelling. 128 00:06:24,940 --> 00:06:27,240 They're, there's, they're just amazing stories. 129 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,590 And if you're pitching a client you know, some clients might 130 00:06:30,590 --> 00:06:34,040 wanna know what have your past clients said about your work. 131 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,910 If you're proposing a new project at work for 132 00:06:36,910 --> 00:06:40,070 a, a certain department or a group of users. 133 00:06:40,070 --> 00:06:42,460 What have those users told you about what they need? 134 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:46,250 And if you are proposing fixes to a website. 135 00:06:46,250 --> 00:06:51,250 What did the test users actually say and do during the user tests? 136 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:53,760 So, sometimes a great way to drive home a point, is 137 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,130 to back it up with something that someone else has said. 138 00:06:58,130 --> 00:07:00,400 And then it makes a lot more sense. 139 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,570 Another point about slide design. 140 00:07:03,570 --> 00:07:04,980 Your slides can take. 141 00:07:04,980 --> 00:07:08,770 Whatever look and format that you want them to take. 142 00:07:08,770 --> 00:07:11,150 But, whatever you do. 143 00:07:11,150 --> 00:07:13,350 You know, if you're, please be creative. 144 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,040 But also be consistent. 145 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,770 Don't suddenly change themes, fonts, or colors. 146 00:07:18,770 --> 00:07:19,810 You know, during your presentation. 147 00:07:19,810 --> 00:07:21,030 Unless there's a good reason for it. 148 00:07:21,030 --> 00:07:22,170 You know, some kind of effect. 149 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:27,100 And, you know, you can use as many slides as you want. 150 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:31,960 Don't think that, you know, every slide needs to be 30 seconds long, 151 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:37,540 or, or, you know, you're under some kind of you know, restriction there. 152 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:41,790 You know, you should know how much time you have to deliver your entire talk. 153 00:07:41,790 --> 00:07:44,940 But not every slide needs to take the same amount of time. 154 00:07:44,940 --> 00:07:48,410 Use them however you need to, to say what needs to 155 00:07:48,410 --> 00:07:53,340 be said, and to drive home your points, with maximum effect. 156 00:07:53,340 --> 00:08:00,960 So, consider how time may be a factor and as you're developing your presentation. 157 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,020 Make sure that you practice. 158 00:08:03,020 --> 00:08:07,450 What I like to do is on, usually on most smartphones now you 159 00:08:07,450 --> 00:08:11,370 have some kind of a stopwatch or timer, something that you can use. 160 00:08:11,370 --> 00:08:16,940 And I was a prepping this, I would read through my, my notes, and I would 161 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:22,030 time myself, and I would try to figure out how long exactly the talk would take. 162 00:08:22,030 --> 00:08:23,350 And if I wanted to. 163 00:08:23,350 --> 00:08:25,450 Add some in, information in certain parts. 164 00:08:25,450 --> 00:08:27,560 Or you know? 165 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,750 Take some stuff away to kinda speed things up. 166 00:08:30,750 --> 00:08:33,120 Now, if you'd like some inspiration. 167 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,550 One website that I suggest is going out to Slide Share, slideshare.com. 168 00:08:38,550 --> 00:08:41,090 Lots of speakers put up their slide decks. 169 00:08:41,090 --> 00:08:44,480 Up there to share with attendees at their respective events. 170 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,410 And you can see, how different speakers use. 171 00:08:47,410 --> 00:08:52,140 Visuals, texts, and different slides, to tell their whole story.