The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint

Here you can find Guy Kawasaki's recommendations on the length (10 slides), duration (20 minutes) and font size (30 points) in a PowerPoint presentation.

Here you can find a stream of his pitch. ('Bozo' means 'fool'.)

Lists of three and the rule of 3s: two speeches

Here you can find the first part of Steve Jobs's iPhone product launch speech.

Here you can find Barack Obama's inauguration speech.

In both of them, please pay attention to the usage of the lists of three and the rule of 3.

Here is a stream where the rule of 3s is explained among other useful tips on making presentations.

Text

We will be using the following text for the course:

Presenting in English by Mark Powell.

You should be able to find it at the European Bookshop.


Please read Unit 1 for our next session.