“Darn, I have to play WOW to make this presentation”

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Video Gaming Trends

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: marketing advertising)
Jerome Sudan created a spectacular slide show on the evolution of video game trends. Can you imagine the fun in putting this together? 

A Presentation for the Unprepared

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Task Group Orientation Presentation

Task Group Orientation Presentation (right-click to save to desktop)

This is a slideshow presentation I created on a complex and very dry topic. In an ideal world, I would follow Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 rule for slideshow presentations because it’s simple and effective. Essentially, his rule states that every presentation should have no more than 10 slides, lasts for 20 minutes, and use at least 30 pt fonts. If everyone followed this rule, audiences all over the nation would find themselves alert and informed. Shocking.

I tried my best to follow Kawasaki’s rule and many other rules for this particular project, but unfortunately, this was not my presentation. I was tailoring it for a team who would take turns on certain slides and of course,  not everyone prepares as well as they should. 

The less prepared your presenter, the more slides and the more text you’ll find in their slideshow.

So for your consideration, here is what I came up with in the end. This is the slideshow minus 11 text-heavy slides because I wanted to keep the file small and spare you minutes of your precious time. Click the movie or use the right arrow on your keyboard to advance.

For more on the perfect presentation, 43 Folders has a great article on the topic.