Throwing Out a Presentation Lifejacket for your Visuals

Sometimes if you're looking for good graphics for your presentation, it can seem like you're drowning in a sea of choices.

To save your presentation sanity, grab a lifejacket in the form of a singular visual metaphor that you can carry through your entire presentation.

Watch the video of this BBP Weekly Workshop recorded Aug. 20, 2009, as we work with Debbie Weil on clarifying the visual focus of her presentation.

In this 1-hour recording you'll learn how to:

- Focus a storyboard that has become too fragmented.
- Identify a single visual metaphor to anchor your presentation.
- Save time and money if you're working with a graphic designer by having your sketches done first.

>>>To launch the recording of this workshop, click this link
Video Timeline (Total Time 00:48:41)

Time

Activity

Detail

0:00:00

Introduction

Cliff works with Debbie to refine her graphics on a presentation she gave last year 

00:00:45 -
 Debbie - a social media consultant - gave a keynote presentation in Dubai about social networking and why you need to do it, developing a digital imprint, she worked with a designer but would like to consider taking her graphics to the next level, she runs through the presentation with Cliff
00:05:44 -
 Cliff  & Debbie discuss what worked and didn't work with this particular presentation.  She feels she did not have a clear structure, and that her graphics may have been a distraction as opposed to engaging her audience
00:08:44 - Working on a story template to try and pull out the three top level messages: social media has changed business as usual, create & nuture your personal brand
00:14:40 - Potential setting for this presentation: It seems like the world is crashing around us
00:17:15 - Missing from the presentation is a connection with the audience at "where they are now"
00:18:25 - Call to action: offering a "life jacket" that's inexpensive and powerful, connecting with customers by social networking 
00:23:45 - Returning to the three key points of the presentation after brainstorming the first five slides
00:29:00 - Importing the top level slides into PowerPoint - Cliff and Debbie discuss that the story is much more present and clear now
00:31:00 -
 Working with preliminary graphics
00:35:00 -
 Create a backdrop for the first five slides, on top of which you'll place more specific images
00:41:30 -
 Debbie asks Cliff about sketches vs. professionally created graphics
00:43:15 - Debbie points out that the "life vest" metaphor truly fits this presentaion
00:44:00 - How to pick a title for the presentaion, discussion between Cliff and Debbie
00:45:10 - Presenter has to work through the presentation "thinking" before working with a designer, critical process for creating a solid story and visual presentation
00:48:00 Wrap Up -
00:48:41 End -



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