1. Tips & Tricks for rock-solid presentations 2. Agenda Getting prepared When delivering your message Common mistakes Recommendations The Wrap Up 3. During presentation, your audience WANT TO USE BOTH 4. Have you experienced this 5. Getting prepared 6. Purpose of Presentations 7. Before Trust me. Start with a sketch, Not Power Point 8. Or, you can use the Outline View 9. Do Some Research 10. Make sure you follow a presentation structure 11. Structure supporting points (practice & time it) approach 12. Know Your Audience and Speak their language 13. Know the venue 14. Comfortable Viewing Distance for Text on Presentation Visuals 15. Prepare for the unexpected 16. "If you fail to prepare, you are prepared to fail" 17. When delivering your message 18. The Ice-breaker Master 19. Use Ice breakers Share a Story or experience related to the topic (built credibility) Share interesting facts about your topic Music intro Short bio / impacting images 20. Establish an agenda and Q&A section since the beginning Real-time vs. Video 21. Avoid common mistakes 22. Using Slides as Teleprompters 23. Too Much Information Avoid too many bullet points avoid too many bullet points Avoid too many bullet points Avoid too many bullet points Avoid too many bullet points avoid too many bullet points Avoid too many bullet points Avoid too many bullet points Avoid too many bullet points 24. by the U.S. Navy in 1960 Apply the K.I.S.S Principle 25. Poorly Chosen Design Template, background color and clip art 26. Consult RST Corporate Identity Manual 27. Colors and animations can be distracting Trying to be creative can also be bad 28. Use Fonts suitable for most type of business presentations 29. Recommendations 30. Use photos that enhance meaning 31. TEXT 7% Visual 55% Vocal 38% 32. Use clean, crisp and high resolution 33. Watermark photos not only look absurd in a presentation but you are also using them illegally 34. If a picture is worth a thousand wordsimagine what videos can do 35. The simpler the better 36. Buy stock photosor originals 37. Remove background color from images 38. Make it full screen 39. Know your limitations 40. Body Language 101 41. Amy Cuddy: El lenguaje corporal moldea nuestra identidad 42. 1.Posture 2.SMILE 3. Eye-contact 4.Take control of your facial expressions, voice, and hand gestures 5.Walk it 43. Provide your contact information for further Q&A 44. To wrap up Start with a Sketch Do Your Research Create a Narrative One theme, One Slide Maintain a Visual- Verbal Balance First Impressions Count Practice, Practice, Practice 45. when communicating our ideas! Ingrid C. Santiago @ingridcsantiago isantiago@rocksolid.com 46. Worst Presentation Ever