Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

Chapter 2. Creativity, Limitations, and Constraints

In Chapter 3, we’ll look at the first steps in the preparation stage, but first let’s take a step back and look at something we usually do not think about when preparing a presentation: creativity. You may not think of yourself as being creative, let alone one of the creative professionals such as designers, writers, artists, and so on. But developing presentation content—especially content to be delivered with the aid of multimedia—is a creative act.

Recently, I gave a talk to college students where I encouraged them—begged them—to remember that they were, in fact, creative beings (they’re human ...