What is presentation design? Should you use powerpoint over keynote as a tool? How are professional approaching presentation decks differently? How much does a professional charge to design an investor deck?

Ashley Smithers is a professional presentation designer and shares her "7 Deadly Sins of Presentation Design". What should you avoid when designing a powerpoint presentation? Presentation Designer, Ashley Smithers, shares her top 7 tips on things to avoid in creating an investor deck. Don't underestimate the power of having a killer deck.

Ashley Smithers owns 1821, a presentation design studio located in Toronto, Canada. Since 2003 she has worked with Fortune 500s, startups, NGOs and public companies around the world to tell their stories, influence and empower audiences, and raise money.

http://1821.ca/
@1821studio (IG/Twitter/Behance)

3:20 Start here ("Minimum Daily Value Provided")
8:50 Application of presentation (When/where to show it)
11:55 The process of a presentation
13:32 Mantra of presenting

15:30 #1 Gluttony | 20:12 Cure to Gluttony
23:40 #2/3 Envy / Lust | 27:00 Cure to Envy & Lust
27:55 #4 Sloth & its Cure
31:25 #5 Wrath & its Cure
33:10 #6 Greed
36:45 #7 Pride

38:45 Potential of value received & determining pricing
44:25 Potential approach to design
53:55 Best practices (Fonts) | 57:05 (Research) | 58:48 (Meetings) | 1:01:30 (Review)
1:04:17 Getting started with this career | 1:12:55 Career path
1:17:00 "Secret Sauce" Formatting your PowerPoints and Keynotes
1:18:38 5 Things to include in a presentation
1:20:10 Tools of the trade
1:21:25 The show notes

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