

Before we learn how to make our presentations more persuasive, this chapter focuses on reviewing and reinforcing what makes Good presentations.



You have a lot to share and want to present it in the best way possible. But first, organizing that information into a clear, compelling story is priority number one.

Storytelling

Let’s put what we learned into action. Follow along as Zach creates an outline for his presentation, and you do the same.

Bulleted Lists

In this lesson, we discuss the importance of information density in presentations and emphasize that slides should contain different content than the presenter's speech. Use visuals and less text on slides to avoid overwhelming your audience, and consider different formats for live presentations and PDF versions.

Information Density

Let’s bring our content into a presentation tool now. In my example, I start with a blank slide and gradually add content such as titles, text, and visuals.

File Setup & Importing Content

The lesson overviews various strategies for visual design in presentations, including staying on brand, using templates for consistency and story arc, focusing on simplicity and clean design, creating visual hierarchy to emphasize important elements, and customizing away from default colors to make the slides look more considered. We’ll also consider the importance of using colors sparingly and considering the balance between them.

Visual Design

In this longer lesson, I do a full design pass, of my example presentation that we drafted across the Bulleted List and File Setup lessons, based on the concept we reviewed in the Visual Design video.

Initial Design Pass