Intelligent.ly - Making Presentations That Change Minds
When: Mon February 25, 2013 6:00 pm
Organization: Intelligent.ly
Location: Intelligent.ly Campus, 500 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Website: http://www.intelligent.ly/learn
Making Presentations That Change Minds Instructor: Adam Sigel Everyone
knows what boring PowerPoint slides look like, since 99% of all slides
are boring. But like many things, creating amazing presentations is a
skill that can be taught. Whether you're completely new to
presentation design or you find yourself continually assembling medicore
presentations, you can learn just a few pro tips to start creating
mind-blowing presentations in no time. At
the end of the course, students will have a new appreciation for
PowerPoint, the value of communications, and the art of great
presentation, and will also walk away with a take home PowerPoint "cheat
sheet" with all the best PowerPoint hacks. Students should bring a
laptop with PowerPoint pre-installed. What You'll Learn: About the Instructor Adam Sigel is a Program Manager at MyEnergy.
Before that, he made a living marrying content and delivery as a
corporate communications consultant. At one point Adam had 3 versions of
PowerPoint installed on his computer and Keynote on his Mac, iPad, and
iPhone: no sane person would do this unless they cared desperately about
presentation design. He wants to help you tell your story so you can
win business, gain customers, attract capital, solicit sponsors, bring
awareness, and generate buzz. If you hang around him long enough, he
will inevitably bring up how smart his dog is. In his spare time, Adam
enjoys drumming, baking, and relating things back to The Wire.
Instructor
Adam Sigel will provide an overview of lessons from presentation greats
including Jobs, Kawasaki, and Godin, and discuss visual elements
including white space, charts, photos, fonts, and color. In the
interactive portion of the course, you'll have some fun with AutoShapes,
movie quotes, and explore some charting techniques.