Making Slides that Rock and Resonate
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This document provides tips for creating effective presentations using slideware. It begins with an introduction of the author and his experience creating popular presentations. The bulk of the document then outlines 10 tips for crafting presentations with stories that engage audiences, such as using visually appealing first slides, building credibility within slides, changing topics every 8-10 minutes, and ending with a clear call to action. The goal is to share stories and insights that resonate with audiences and encourage them to share content.
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Making Slides that Rock and Resonate
- 1. BY BRIAN SULLIVAN Making Slides that Rock!!! How to Tell Great Stories
- 2. Some Slides are Monstrous
- 6. Get Your Popcorn Ready
- 7. 1 2 3
- 8. My STORY 1
- 9. Brian Sullivan. @BrianKSullivan @bigdesign Hi, my name is #rockslides
- 10. 20 Years as a User Researcher
- 11. Writer of The Design Studio Method
- 12. Speaker at Industry Events
- 13. • Top SxSW Slides 2013 • Top SxSW Slides 2014 • SlideShare of the Day • SlideShare of the Week • SlideShare of the Month • Hot on Facebook • Hot on Twitter • Hot on LinkedIn • Top Slides in Design • Top 1% of Slides
- 14. Keynote Author on SlideShare
- 15. • Top SxSW Slides 2015 • SlideShare Best in Show • Workshop with 90 People • Huffington Post Covered
- 17. Founder of The Big Design Conference
- 19. 2 Your STORY
- 21. Phase or Stage Multiplier (by time) 50 Minute Talk (ex) Researching Multiply by 10 500 minutes Building Slides Multiply by 10 500 minutes Practicing Multiply by 5 250 minutes Updating Slides Multiply by 2 100 minutes Promoting Multiply by 2 100 minutes Back Channel Multiply by 2 100 minutes Planning Formula
- 22. About 1 Day to Plan Your 1 Hour Talk
- 24. 10 Days to Plan Produce Like Picasso * Between 250-300 Hours * Duration: 8 Months
- 27. Ex: Produce Like Picasso
- 28. Start the Journey (The Beginning)
- 29. 1. Tell a story. 2. Make a point. 3. Your expertise. 4. Your research. 5. Create a gap. 6. Show imbalance. 7. Create a vision. 8. Call to journey.
- 33. Manage the Gap (Middle)
- 38. End the Journey (Call to Action)
- 39. 1. Explain the takeaways. 2. End talks on a high note. 3. Close any final gaps. 4. Audience has new mindset. 5. End with a call to action!!!
- 41. Full Circle (First & Last Slides)
- 42. Build a STORY 3
- 43. Tip #1: Use a Visually Appealing First Slide
- 48. Tip #2: Build Your Credibility in the Slides
- 50. Quote Experts
- 52. Show Timeframes
- 53. Show Numbers
- 54. Tip #3: Use the Audience Lag
- 59. FOLLOW Audiences You (It’s the lag time.)
- 61. Sharing After Your Talk
- 62. Build for Photos
- 63. Build for Tweets
- 64. Go With the Flow, Too
- 65. Perfectionism Kills Productivity Retweeted over 5,000 times.
- 67. Tip #5: Use Numbers for Perspective
- 68. Show a Big Number
- 70. Do the Math
- 71. Give a Number Context
- 72. Tip #6: No Death By Bullet Points
- 73. Five Bullets on One Page
- 74. Same Bullets on Four Pages
- 75. Tip #7: Stick to the Script
- 76. Stick the Script
- 78. Adlibs Confuse the Audience
- 79. Adlibs Throw You Off, Too
- 80. No Adlibs on SlideShare
- 81. Tip #8: Use Adlibs for Q&A Time
- 82. Q&A Can Be Boring
- 83. Use Stories, Not in Your Slides
- 84. Adlibs Show Your Personality
- 85. Tip #9: Change Topics Every 8 to 10 Minutes
- 86. Attention Wains After 10 Minutes
- 88. 9 Sections in 45 Minute Talk
- 89. Tip #10: Call to Action at the End
- 91. Design Like Da Vinci • Recap of the entire talk • You can design like Da Vinci
- 93. Some Slides are Monstrous
- 94. Personal Plan a Deliver a Story Story Story 1 2 3
- 95. BY BRIAN SULLIVAN Making SlideShare Presentations That Rock and Resonate