Imagine the akwardness of the next person to present with a powerpoint

I have never been more inspired to make a PowerPoint

I lost my father to powerpoint last year and was so touched by your talk. Thank you for spreading awareness ❤

Key points from this video: 2:32 Examples of bad slides. 3:46 "90% of what you said was gone in 30 seconds" if your slides looked like these bad examples. 6:15 One message per slide! 7:20 "1 + 1 = 0" -> "Redundancy Effect" -> If what you're saying (verbal script) is also written on your slides, your audience will get 0 info. 8:05 Purpose of your slides: short, sweet bit of text and an image. 8:36 Your eyes focus on moving objects, signaling colours (red/orange/yellow), contrasting objects, and big objects. 9:32 Slide title is often the biggest object, but rarely the more important. 10:26 The biggest parts of your slides should be the most important part of your presentation. 10:40 U S E C O N T R A S T to control your audience's attention. 10:46 Don't use light backgrounds. Use dark backgrounds and light text! Light background steal too much attention (e.g., from the speaker). 14:12 Your brain needs to "count" if there are 7 or more objects, but not if there are only 6 or fewer. Your brain can simply "see" the 6 objects. 14:42 Counting takes 500% more cognitive resources than just seeing. 15:40 The magic number is 6. The max number of objects per slide should be 6. 18:28 The number of slides is rarely the problem. The problem is often the number of objects per slide. Dang! I wish I had come across this video YEARS ago. Poorly designed slides are everywhere! Super useful info. David is amazing!

The 6 Principles One message (per slide) No text Sentences SIZE Contrast - to steer focus SIX or less objects (per slide) Dark background your welcome

This should be mandatory training at EVERY company.

The massive problem with this approach, and I never saw it being addressed, is that in most companies powerpoint are not really used for presentations only, but really used to meet TWO objectives: 1) As a presentation method, as the was describing it, but also 2) As a self contained, self explanatory report, a repository of information, which can be read and understood on its own. And that is the problem!! These are two very different things which we try to accomplish with the same product. Most powerpoints are horrible because we build then as reports which can be sent beforehand by email to people and then understood by them just by reading it. There are clearly cases when a presentation is just a presentation, but 90% of the cases in big companies, if a powerpoint is built like he instructs in this video, it will be rejected by managers and coworkers simply because it cannot be read.

My teacher showed this to the class today since we are going to make presentations about strange organisms (Biology). After he showed us the video he removed the restriction of 5 slides to unlimited (now it's max 10 minutes instead). This video really did a lot for me and I will use this knowledge for all my presentations in the future! Thanks alot :)

I came in with low expectations but was pleasantly surprised. The presenter, David JP Phillips did a good job highlighting how we can get better with our PowerPoint skills. Overall I am glad I spent 20 minutes on this TEDx Talks. Thank you again for sharing on UKposts. One constructive criticism I must offer is that the message could have been delivered in a shorter duration.

Coincidentally, I had to give a power point with a slide limitation of three just days ago. I should really forward this video to my professor.

It feels like Iron Man giving a presentation because of his stance and confidence.

Very practical actionable tips indeed. Great job.

5 Principles (answers that were for my quiz) One message Working memory Size Contrast Objects

I came here to watch because Alex Hormozi mentioned "Death by PowerPoint TEDx Talk" in his video. This is a great video - very informative and entertaining. Thank you, David JP Phillips!

I was on your workshops some years back in Sweden. It was just great and much that you talked about just rubbed into my presentations for the coming years. With time everyone just develops their own style of presenting that they are comfortable with - sometimes the developed things work fine, and sometimes they do not. Just came by this now again and found out that a bit of a refresher is good for me too. Anyhow, my sincere thanks for helping me become a better presenter all those years back. That skill has brought good things with it during my career.

I'm working as an instructor for 18 years- this presentation is epic- completely changed my perspective, i have to change all my presentations.

This is one of the best video provided by ted on presentation. Thank you David!

He started slow but the finish is very strong. Thanks a lot for this, i learn a lot.

1- one message per one slide 2- simple pictures and small texts 3- The most important part is to be the biggest one 4- brightening and fading 5- A dark background is easier for your eyes 6- The magical number 6 7- don't disturb the audience with sentences if you want to speak

This is awesome!

And now he has a UKposts channel. Legend

The more I hear him speak the more I love him! Absolutely amazing David Phillips!

I use it in the university course I teach. The best guidance for preparing presentations. Delivered in a witty way that my students remember the rules forever! 🙂

Just came across David while watching his fabulous interview with Nathanial Bibby on Monday Night Live and have now watched all his Ted Talks which are fantastic - this one is the best - I never understood why anyone used Power Point at all as it always seemed to make presentations all the more boring - now I understand!

As a corporate trainer/instructor, I circle back around to this message a few times throughout the year....not only to serve as a reminder of how so many fall into these traps, but to make sure I don't get succumb to the dreaded "Death by PowerPoint". Thanks for this!

I have more often than not felt the "death by powerpoint" in several classroom and orientation settings. A breath of fresh air to have someone address this topic.

Thank you so much for this presentation, David! Hugely helpful and very thought-provoking.

Best short talk about optimum PowerPoint presentations I have seen, and this too is my business!

I’ve only just been introduced to you following a presentation skills course that was put together by my employer - you’re delivery explains everything of what you say and I will be watching more of your videos as motivation and inspiration. Thank you !!

This talk changed not only how I teach undergraduates to use PowerPoint in our capstone history course but also how I use PowerPoint in my own teaching.

More people really need to see this video. Not only did you highlight what makes a good ppt presentation, you also showed that your rules work at the same time.

Thank you for that amazing talk. I've just been through my latest presentation and trashed all the bad parts which actually took time to put in. I hadn't realised how many bad habits I had acquired from other presentations which you think are essential. So much easier to see the information now because it is no longer cluttered with rubbish. How did I not see how bad it was? Doh! A thank you from my future audiences.

Who's here after watching this being mentioned on Alex Hormozi's video?

Lovely! I remebered to have used 112 slides in a conference to finish my talk in eight minutes flat - very lucid. I think I had followed all these principles just by intuition! Hmmm feel proud.

This Ted Talk should be in the curriculum of every school in the Universe.

Thank you for this effective presentation on effective presentations! I plan to use the video in training my students in speech and visual aid usage here at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan! (sister school to Chalmers in Sweden BTW) Great ideas get around!

I like this TED talk because it comes in handy for my public speaking class! It's important to make sure the audience is interested and that you keep their attention until the end of your speech.

mixing psychology with anything we do is always genius and i love it... i really enjoyed this and thank you for showing me how to implement these strategies.

Thank you, David. First time I looked at the headline and I reliazed that you are the really master on the show! I learnt a lots from you. Hope to see more lessons.

After I saw how long the video was I was going to move on, but he kept my attention the entire time and every word was of value! Can’t wait to apply these best practices.

I had just finished writing a Power Point before watching this. *hangs head in shame* All the more I have to say is that I hope the time I just spent re-doing the whole blasted thing is worth it.

One of the best business video I've see in my 40 year career.

I thought I had powerpoint presentations down pat - and we've been training people for years on the need for succinct slides etc. but we are now excited to use some of the pointers we've learnt today and pass them on to others. Thank you.

The best part is that he was completely true to his word: his powerpoint was amazing

Great advice but 95% of presenters are too lazy to even learn the content of their speech/talk so they'll never do this because they seem to think of PowerPoint as their cue cards.

So simple and yet it makes so much sense! Thank you for pointing that out

The dramatic title caught my eye but the contents are just magnificent! David explain it in an easily understand and in depth information needed for presentation way. It's so super helpful, thanks David!

The speaker ... David JP Phillips gave the finest presentation I've ever seen. It's worth the 20 mins. I'm not talking about the presentation he showed on the screen in this video. I'm talking about his presentation and speaking skills

If anyone's considering getting an MBA, don't. This guy provided more value in 20 minutes than almost any of my classes did in 6 weeks. Professor youtube knows all. Just gotta find content like this.

should be required viewing for every corp. marketing team... and every one else who needs to impart important information.... thank you David JP Phillips

This is a great talk on how to use powerpoint effectively. I have been looking for some advice to give my students and had them watch this. It not only tells, but it shows how it works for ineffective and effective slides.

I came here to learn how to protect myself against a sentient rogue power point presentation that's been after me for four months. This didn't help and I'm running low on ammo and places to run to.

Nice presentation! Ive already known some of these points and used them at school. My teachers really liked my presentations. Nevertheless they always taught us the wrong way to do presentations and did them wrong themselve... Strange

I use this presentation every year with my middle school classes. I'd be lost without it!

Still using this for my students when creating Powerpoints for Speaking and Listening Presentation. Makes complete and utter sense.

I have never been so intrigued by a presenter like David. The way to present and really get the combination of total facts and experience is unbeatable.

very good. everyone should watch this before they prepare a powerpoint slideshow.

Thank you, David - very helpful design and communication principles, and you taught us in a very entertaining emotionally engaging way. Great joy to watch you and listen to you!

Has changed my professional life! The book is great as well. A must have.

A great talk on the basic concepts on how to make powerpoint. It sure helped me a lot.

This is great, being in the military we're constantly bombarded with powerpoint presentations as well as producing our own, alot of the time there usually upto 100+ slides and the amount of infomation per slide is horrendous to say the least even though we have courses on presenting and using powerpoint as a visual aid which is similar to your TED talk, people still end up losing the audience within the first few minutes. From now on I shall be using your method and hopefully bring others to the fold. Thank you P.S it was nice not finding myself drifting off to sleep during this.

I suggest every single teacher in the world to watch this ted talk.

Literally one of the most useful videos I have encountered on improving a presentation.

I am so glad I watched this video before making my first PowerPoint presentation. I was about to start jamming information in every slide. Thank you,

Thank you! In Catholic theology, there are the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy which guide a person to doing the good for others. This presentation should be added as one of the corporate works of mercy! I am sharing this talk as a good-will gesture to the world....or at least my facebook readers.

Very helpful thanks David. I went immediately to a powerpoint I've been working on and changed the lot!

After watching this video now I feel that I can do more creativity with my PowerPoint slides and present it like a boss. thank you

Dear David, Excellent !! You have analysed audience brain and come up with a Solution !! I am going to use your tips !! Thank you,

Thank you for these tips 💕. I’m gonna be delivering a presentation in class that composes 50% of our midterm grade and this talk is a lifesaver 😄

Perfect of the perfect! I'm so gapd that you did it and so glad that I watched it. Thank you!

My first time making a PowerPoint presentation in high school, and my teacher told us not to have sentences but only have pictures and a few words per slide. His teaching has never failed me yet :)

This was required viewing in my nurse practitioner doctorate program. I never knew there was a correct way of designing a PowerPoint. After listening to your talk, it all makes sense. Why allow the PowerPoint presentation to upstage the presenter? I have learned a lot in your 20 minutes TEDx Talk. Thank you.

I have never created a PowerPoint presentation in my life. Yet, I just watched this entire video, and absorbed the information. Well done, sir.

Jeez I always suspected what David says clearly, THANKS!!! AWESOME!!

Great talk. In my experience, Powerpoint is no longer used just as a tool for creating presentations. It's also useful for brainstorming and collaboration since it lets you get ideas down quickly and refine them later. The danger comes when the two are mixed and work that was never intended to be presented ends up on screen.

David Phillips moves us because he attacks his subject with joy and wisdom. Great energy and comic timing. Thank you.

A beautiful man and beautifully delivered. Thank you David.

My teachers show us this tedx in class 5 years ago and I am using it since then for all my presentations with immediate congrats, thanks a lot ✨

@David I always hated the white background and always persisted with it thinking "what would people think otherwise?". I mean if we have blackboard with white chalk the best way to convey message, why should the powerpoint be different? After seeing your video, I have put all doubts to rest. Changed the color of my slides to black background. I am going for a major pitching of my product. Thanks for this video. I changed my slides from good to WOW.

Not sure how he counts "objects" from 16:33 and onwards. I see only 12 instead of 16 objects...

I show this to my ESL classes every year. A few awkward digressions aside, this has some excellent selections on how to make decent PPTs.

This is one of the moss useful videos that ive ever seen on youtube(if not the most). THANK YOU

And here I was expecting this to be a powerpoint about immortality

Finally, someone said something about the Powerpoint presentations that is of a use!!! Thank you so much David Phillips, I''ll definitely use these tips from now on.

Thanks David, really nice speech. Everybody envolved with presentations MUST see this video.

I love this video and I've already practiced it in my recent presentation. It really worked. Thanks!!

I can't thank you enough for this video. It came just at the right time for me. I was hired to do a presentation and wrote it. After watching your video I re-did it and it was much better, of course, and was extremely successful. Thank you.

I love love loveeeeeee the way you talk! And super useful! Thanks for saving my death by PowerPoint! ❤

Came in because of hormozi, legend

I have a presentation tom that ive been working on and ima use every single one of these principles.

This is what i love about TED! I keep learning something applicable vs normal school setting. Please keep maling these videos

Thanks for sharing with us for free your research and the knowledge that took you 4 years to gather! I always wondered why professors always talked to us about the number of slides, but never really the content. I guess it was somewhat an instinctive thing, as no research has ever been done on the subject before you did.

Also, "Don't expand the topic to fill the time you have the conference room booked for"

i wish there were no bulbs on the background its distracting for me..but great contents!! :)

Thank you for sharing this information, It's well worth knowing, I plan to implement it for my upcoming PPT Project. Great job!

I started watching this as a pessimist but ended up enjoying myself like a child. Loved it!!

Cause of death: Power Point

So David, your gem for me was at the 12.50 mark when you paused and stamped out one the major, major point.....You are the presenter, the communicator, and the screen (PowerPoint ) is just a prop. This was done quietly but has huge resonance with me. We deliver communication skills to a wide variety of candidates from Corporations to students....we hone them.... not Powerpoint...don't abrogate to it.. Enjoyed all your points but usually try to use the Power of 3 not 6!!!

This is one of the best and most insightful videos on visualization I've seen. Your presentation did not only exhibit mastery of PowerPoint Presentation, it made it difficult for anyone not to understand and focus on the presentation even if the person deliberately decided not to. Many thanks for enhancing my PowerPoint skills.

David JP Phillips Thanks, just saved my presentation. I tried my best to follow the advises and they loved.