Presentation Design for Smart People

Hi! My goal for this course is to teach you, with as little BS as possible, how to create and deliver a compelling, effective, and attractive presentation. 

Presentation skills are incredibly important, especially in the business world. If you've ever worried that your presentations might be aimless, rambling, ineffective, unattractive, or boring, take the chance to learn what it takes to craft a really great presentation.

You'll learn how to:

• Plan the narrative arc of your presentation so it makes complete sense
• Use a storyboard to intelligently plan your slides
• Create attractive slides by learning design strategies for color, font, images, layout, and visual hierarchy.
• Prepare your script and deliver your talk confidently

After you finish this course, you'll have everything you need to build your next big presentation.

Let's get started!

• Hello!
• Course Structure
• What is a Narrative Arc?
• Why do you need a Narrative Arc?
• Three types of presentation
• Persuasive Presentations
• Narrative Presentations
• Explanatory Presentations
• What is a Storyboard?
• Why you need a storyboard
• Creating your Storyboard
• Outlining a Persuasive Presentation
• Outlining a Narrative Presentation
• Outlining an Explanatory Presentation
• From Outline to Storyboard
• Planning your Script
• Tips for Delivery
• PART TWO: Designing your Presentation
• Templates
• Visual Hierarchy
• Visual Hierarchy - Different types of Slides
• Visual Hierarchy - Common Problems
• Why fuss over slide design?
• Color
• Color - Do's and Don'ts
• Color - Finding Color Inspiration
• Color - Demo
• Color - Nitty Gritty Tips
• Fonts
• Fonts - Do's and Don'ts
• Fonts - Finding Nice Fonts
• Fonts - Font Pairing Demo
• Fonts - Nitty Gritty Tips
• Visuals
• Visuals - Do's and Don'ts
• Visuals - Finding Nice Visuals
• Visuals - Image Placement Demo
• Visuals - Nitty Gritty Tips
• Slide Layouts
• Layouts - Do's and Don'ts
• Layouts - Finding Layout Inspiration
• Layouts - Demo
• Layouts - Nitty Gritty Tips
• Presentation Design Checklist
• THANK YOU!
• Course Toolkit PDF