A presentation should be a continuous story with seamless transitions and a smooth flow. What we often get is corresponding slides that have no connection to the previous or following slide and a presentation that is difficult to follow.
To remedy this there is a little trick you can use with a pen and paper. Draw a line horizontally across the paper and create a timeline. Then add the points you want to put into your presentation at the various points along the line. This way you will create some continuity. Another way to do this is to write out your points on to small post-it’s and place them along the timeline. This way it will be easier to move points around.
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What you are doing is creating a smooth storyline. One where the flow of your presentation runs logically. This method also helps you to prepare better. One problem presenters face is trying to memorise their ‘script’. For presentations that last more than five or ten minutes this is extremely difficult to do. When you create a logically flowing presentation the process of preparing and getting your words assembled in your head become much easier.
So next time you are preparing a presentation, do not think each individual slide represents one point, think about your whole slide deck as one continuous story and prepare your ‘story’ with a pen and piece of paper. a
