03/29/2023
๐ก "๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐".
James Cameron, the visionary behind some of Hollywood's most iconic films, doesn't start by picking up a camera.
๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ.
He spends a lot of time writing and thinking. Cameron calls it -- "๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ค๐," and interestingly it applies to another visually creative medium -- PowerPoint presentations.
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ '๐๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป' --
1๏ธโฃ Effective presentations require ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ and their needs, including identifying challenges and finding ways to emotionally connect.
Prioritize research over design for a tailored and impactful presentation.
2๏ธโฃ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น to ensure it is clear, concise, and engaging for the audience. The three-act structure, commonly used in movies, provides a simple but effective framework for a presentation.
๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค, ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข.
3๏ธโฃ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ,you should act like a director to create a compelling and engaging presentation. Start by ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐. (all you need is a whiteboard or a piece of paper -- draw/ write your ideas)
This will help you visualize and structure the narrative, plan visuals and text for slides, and build a cohesive story.
๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ - ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ!
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ "๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ" ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ.