Design and Wonder in the Everyday

It has a beat I can dance to

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Slide Presentations by Lance Agena from Lance Agena on Vimeo.

I just posted this one-minute clip of my slideshow samples as the latest addition to my online portfolio. Please don’t hold the massive amount of text against me, I just put the content on as ordered.

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.