People have a tendency to blame powerpoint (or keynote) for the horrible presentations they are forced to sit through. But the slides are merely an external manifestation of a deeper problem, just like the teeth of a meth addict.

For the past two years, I have been speaking at The Teaching Course in NYC. Two years ago, I gave a 60-minute talk on presentation creation (you can see that original talk below). This year, the course directors reduced my time to 30-minutes...resulting in a tighter and much better talk. That is what I am posting today.

The Twelve Steps

1. Admit you have a problem

2. Choose your Topic and your Purpose

3. Create Brainstorming Spaces

* Template for folders

* Mindmap reference book

4. Choose a Structure

5. Add the flesh

6. Work the Transitions

7. Visualize the Visuals

* Where to get Images from First10EM

8. Edit to Time

9. Mark the Stage

10. Create a "Handout"

11. Give it for Real

12. Do it Again

Bumper Slides and SignPosting

Keynoting

Bumper Slides

Other Things mentioned in the Talk

* Beyond Bullet points template

* Recorder recommendations

* Rich Borden Reference

* How to Sequence a Talk

* Ira Glass Quote

* 10 ways to end your talk

* Cicero rules for good talk

* Lawrence Lessing talk

* Multimedia Learning book

* Slideument reference

* Feedback form (see slides)

* Brief Feedback form (see slides)

* Using space information

* Nancy Duarte Reference and this one

* Presentation Zen

* Scriptwriting: Story by McKee

* Ed Tufte on Data Presentation

* Posture Reference

* Up resolution to PPT link

* Screencast on how to save as jpg (pending)

* Iskysoft Imedia Converter for Mac or Windows

* Share your checklist (pending)

* Good remote

* Test slide

* 20 Minute Rule

Books to Read