How to make your Presentation Awesome? View more presentations from Vivek Singh . Here are the slides which I presented at the inaugural Ignite event in Hyderabad on April 17, 2011. Since you are going to only see the slides and not listen to me, they will not make much sense. Hence I have added 2/3 sentences on every slide (in a black rectangular box). Enjoy!

The world of presentations is changing. This change is being caused by our need for instant gratification, paucity of time and reducing attention span. In Cricket we are moving from One Day Matches to T20 (shorter version of the game). Why should the world of presentation not follow the same trend? This trend is being seen in the form of two awesome events; Ignite & Pecha Kucha . These formats give their speakers very less time and ask them to give a meaningful presentation. Its popularity makes us realise that presentations can be fun and that meaningful stuff can be communicated in less time. What is Ignite? Ignite is an event where normal people talk about what they are passionate about. They talk about an idea and inspire other people. Every presenter is given just 5 minutes to talk. They have to present 20 slides and every slide automatically advances after 15 seconds. The format has become extremely popular as it gives normal people a chance to talk to a large gathering in t...

Ignite is happening in Hyderabad for the first time. Ignite, an event which happens all over the world, is a forum where people from different fields come and share their work and ideas; whatever they are passionate about. Every speaker gets just 5 minutes. He has to make 20 slides which automatically advance every 15 seconds. Extremely interesting as well as challenging. If you are in Hyderabad, do come and check it out. You will have interesting people from all walks of life talking about what they are passionate about. You can also catch up with me, as I am one the 10 speakers that night. Venue: Lamakaan, Off Road No. 1 Banjara Hills, Opposite GVK One Mall Time: 7pm to 930pm Date: April 17, Sunday See you there! Read more: Ignite Website , Ignite (Wikipedia)