"The term “bullet-point” comes from people firing guns at annoying presenters." - Don McMillan Bullet points can kill great content. If your presentations fall into the bullet point trap, use this tutorial to transform your current work into something amazing. It's easier than you think.

2. Presents

3. How “bullet points” can kill your presentation…

4. …and what to do about it.

5. People are like sheep

6. They will blindly follow the rest of the herd until someone shows them a new way.

7. I just follow the template. Is there another way? Stop acting like a human, Mom!

8. If you want to differentiate yourself

9. Stop using the default template.

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17. Can lead to a room full of this.

18. If you want to inform, educate and entertain…

19. Break the Rules

20. Break the Rules Use some common sense.

21. No one wants to sit through slide after slide of text.

22. The solution?

23. One thought per slide

24. Not one CONCEPT per slide.

25. One thought per slide

26. Slides are

27. Slides are Use them!

28. Restrain Yourself!

29. Restrain Yourself! Edit your content

30. Only use points that are important to your message.

31. Put everything else in your handout.

32. Here is a mental checklist of questions that help you simplify your message.

33. What’s my point?

34. So What? Does the audience care about this point?

35. Now take your key points and make a slide for each one.

36. Here are a few

38. 70% of online readers are between the ages of 18 – 54

39. 62% are women

40. 70% earn more than $50,000/ year

41. 64% attended college

42. 78% employed

43. 1 out of 3 are “executive/ professional/ managerial” level

44. 77% own their home

46. Income: $53,700

48. 70% of online readers are between the ages of 18 – 54

49. 62% are women

50. 70% earn more than $50,000/ year

51. 64% attended college

52. 78% employed

53. 1 out of 3 are “executive/ professional/ managerial” level

54. 77% own their home

56. Income: $53,700

58. 70% of online readers are between the ages of 18 – 54

59. 62% are women

60. 70% earn more than $50,000/ year

61. 64% attended college

62. 78% employed

63. 1 out of 3 are “executive/ professional/ managerial” level

64. 77% own their home

66. Income: $53,700

68. 70% of online readers are between the ages of 18 – 54

69. 62% are women

70. 70% earn more than $50,000/ year

71. 64% attended college

72. 78% employed

73. 1 out of 3 are “executive/ professional/ managerial” level

74. 77% own their home

76. Income: $53,700

78. 70% of online readers are between the ages of 18 – 54

79. 62% are women

80. 70% earn more than $50,000/ year

81. 64% attended college

82. 78% employed

83. 1 out of 3 are “executive/ professional/ managerial” level

84. 77% own their home

86. Income: $53,700

88. Add narrative to each slide. You’re the expert. Provide the audience with relevant details and then move to the next slide.

89. We reach consumers with money to spend.

90. 70% earn $50,000+ per year.

91. 77%Own their own home

92. 48%are NEW readers, those not reading a newspaper.

93. Here’s another way to keep your audience focused on your message.

94. Why should you care about… Millennials?

95. The Good Stuff…

96. They’re conforming

101. Internet Users and News 46% go to a national TV news website 39% go to web portals like Yahoo or Google 32% go to local daily newspaper web sites 4% frequently use blogs as a source for news 7% use cell phone as a source for news Here’s an example of multiple bullet points with no visuals.

102. Convert your “sea of type” into compelling and interesting slides just by adding visuals.

103. Why women? 46% go to National TV news websites Americans over 50 say they watch TV news on a regular basis (67%) or read a newspaper yesterday (58%).

104. 39% go to web portals

105. Why women? 32% go to local daily newspaper web sites

106. 12% use their cell phones

107. 57 8% use blog sites

108. A different approach to typical classroom slides.

109. Information and Facts about Snails The largest land snail recorded weighed only 2 pounds and was 15 inches long. All snails are classified as mollusks because of the hard shell that protects their bodies. The Giant African Land Snail is known to eat more than 500 different types of plants. Snails are very strong and can lift up to 10 times their own body weight in a vertical position. It is believed that there are at least 200,000 species of mollusks out there including snails. Many of them haven’t been found and classified yet. Many people confuse slugs as snails but they aren’t in the same category due to the fact that they don’t have shells. You will find that there aren’t any shortages of snails around the world. In fact they range number two behind insects when it comes to their numbers. Instead of fact filled, text heavy slides like this, introduce some visuals and imagination.

110. Snails are considered to be one of the slowest creatures on earth.

111. Garden snails are the fastest. They can move about 55 yards per hour.

112. Snails are not SLUGS.

113. They can lift up to 10 times their own body weight.

114. Look out pizza delivery drivers!

115. The Giant African Land Snail is the largest of any species, but only weighs 16 ounces.

116. Thanks for listening!

117. The next time you feel the urge to start typing in the default template, take a little more time…

118. Breakaway from the flock!

119. …and start using your never-ending supply of

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