Whenever you make a presentation, you are telling a story. You are in effect having a conversation with your audience. You are NOT making a speech. The way to connect with your audience (in having conversation) is to do it WITHOUT those dreadful bullet points. Remember this: bullet points are your own notes to remind you of the topic. It is silly to show them to your audience.

1. “I know you can’t read this....”
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2. How to make GREAT PowerPoint
presentations*
*Why 99.99% of PowerPoint presentations suck
by Norman Wei
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3. How to Make GREAT
PowerPoint Presentations
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4. Presentation is a conversation
with your audience
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5. Your team is in charge of
making a presentation
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6. You don’t want your clients to fall
asleep
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7. You want your presentation to
stand out from the crowd
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8. This webinar will show you how
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9. There are two reasons we
make presentations
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10. To get people
to do
something
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11. To get
permission to
do something
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12. You want him
to say “Yes!”
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13. Here are some typical slides
you see out there
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15. “I know you can’t read this....”
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16. 16
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18. Does it really matter that we
don’t speak Russian?
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19. 19
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20. The Worst Slide!
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21. You end up with this!
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22. When did
we start
using
those
dreadful
bullet
points?
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23. We used to have to pay someone to
make presentation slides for us
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24. So we jammed as much stuff as
possible into a single slide to save
money
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27. People learn better when
visual cues are used to
highlight a point
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29. Retention rate!
text + visual
visual
0 18 35 53 70
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30. This is too
big a chunk
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31. People learn
better when
information
is presented
in bite-size
pieces
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33. WIFIIRSYMCAIBMKGBFBICIA
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35. WIFI IRS YMCA IBM KGB FBI CIA
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36. Here are 2 different slides
with the same message
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37. When is the time to replace
your tire?
Narrow bands may appear in the
grooves across the tire’s tread. See
the wear bars? When the wear bars
are even with the tread depth, only
2/32” of tread remains,1 replace the
tire. If the tread is worn below 2/32
of an inch, water can’t be channeled
away from the tread. This can cause
hydroplaning at high speeds. Snow
traction is also reduced as well.
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38. When is the time to replace
your tire?
Replace it!
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39. Tell me a
story
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40. The first five slides are the most
important
1
2
3
4
5
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41. The first slide is the setting of the story
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42. The second slide identifies the players
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43. The third slide identifies the starting
point in the story
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44. The fourth slide shows the final
solution or ending in the story
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45. The 5th slide shows how to go from
the starting point to the ending
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46. 1
Point A
2
Setting Point B
3
Players
4
5
How to go from A to B
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47. Here is an example
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48. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is the only
bridge to the Olympia Peninsular
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49. The Washington State DOT (WSDOT)
is responsible for the traffic flow
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50. Traffic over
the bridge
was very
congested
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51. WSDOT
would like to
reduce the
congestion
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52. Adding a
new bridge
will ease
the
congestion
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53. The first five slides are the most
important
1
2
3
4
5
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54. ....you add as many slides as you
need to convince your clients
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55. Slides
are
FREE!!
Use as many slides as you have points
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56. Use 10 slides if you have 10 points
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57. Use 100 slides if you have 100 points
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58. Time to go
Time to go
through 10
through 100
slides each
having 1 point
= slides each
having 10
points
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59. You
should
focus on 3
main
topics
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60. Just remember the following
three points….
1 2 3
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61. Use one idea per slide with visual
We will
have
none of
this
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62. Don’t
overload
your
audience
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63. Keep your slides simple and
concise
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64. Remember this!
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65. This is OK but the next slide is
much better!
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66. Subway
Bus
Bike
Transportation Modes in million
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67. Some Practical Tips
on Presentation
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68. Show passion in your
presentation
This is
passion!
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69. This is NOT!
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70. Set yourself apart from others
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71. Always relate to THEIR world
NOT yours
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72. Don’t try
to fit all of
this on
three
slides
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73. Presentation is a conversation
with your audience
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74. Don’t over rehearse or
memorize your talk
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75. Focus your time on understanding
the content
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76. Anyone can present Einstein’s
Theory of Relativity
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77. Not
everyone
can answer
a question
on
Einstein’s
Theory
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78. Never tell
them you are
nervous
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79. Get to know
your
audience
before the
presentation
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80. A disturbing
trend in
corporate
communication
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81. Visit Norman’s blog on
Excellence in Presentations
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82. Go to:
http://nobullets.wordpress.com
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83. www.normanwei.com
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84. Got questions?
Ask me
norman@normanwei.com
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