1. If Your Session Title Is Really Long and Stretches to Four Lines, Use This Title Slide for Your PowerPoint Presentation
Your Name, Your Title/Position
Your Company Name

2. If Your Session Title Is About Three Lines Long, Use This Title Slide for Your Presentation
Your Name, Your Title/Position
Your Company Name

3. Presentation Requirements
The aspect ratio for your slide deck is 16:9
Keep your presentation under 50 slides
Use standard fonts — preferably Arial
Avoid using any fancy animations

4. Presentation Requirements
The title of your session should match the title that appears in the Forum 2019 agenda
Breakout sessions must have at least 40 minutes of content
You can allow for roughly 5 minutes of optional Q&A
Check the description in the agenda to make sure your presentation covers everything outlined

5. ACTION ITEM #1
You must finish your presentation with at least three action items.

6. ACTION ITEM #2
Tell attendees exactly what they need to do, not do, or do differently.

7. ACTION ITEM #3
Please don’t put more than 40 words on a slide, and make the type large.

8. Tips and Pointers
Rehearse your presentation to make sure it runs 40 to 45 minutes
If you run long or end early, attendees will complain and rate your session poorly.

9. Tips and Pointers
Please don’t spend a lot of time telling the audience why your topic is important
Assume they know your topic is important —  that’s why they came to hear you speak
Use your time to impart new ideas, insights and actionable advice
Teach attendees how to do something

10. Tips and Pointers
Banks don’t want to hear the words “credit union” or “member,” and credit unions don’t have “customers”
Use inclusive language like “financial institutions” or “banking providers” or “banks and credit unions”
Use “consumers” or “people” instead of “customers” or “members”
Keep your material relevant to institutions of all asset sizes — both big and small

11. Don’t cram too much text onto one slide.

12. Emphasize a single point on its own slide.

13. A TYPICAL PRESENTATION LOOKS LIKE THIS
Typical slide design
First point
Second point
Third point
Fourth point
Fifth point

14. THIS IS BETTER First point. Second point. Third point. Fourth point.
Fifth point.

15. You do not need a slide for every point you make.

16. Draw attention to key thoughts only.
Chop out slides.
First point.
Second point.
Third point.
Fourth point.
Fifth point.
Draw attention to key thoughts only.

17. Attendees struggle with small type.
( Especially in the back of the room. )

18. Avoid fonts below 24pt

19. USE IMAGES

20. Make it visually
DELICIOUS

21. DON’T THINK SMALL

22. THINK BIG

23. QUESTIONS?
#fbforum

24. THANK YOU! YOUR Name speaker.email@company.com @Twitter 800-555-1212
#fbforum

25. Text Animation Tips
If you put all your bullet points up at once, people will stop listening to you and read your slides instead
This slide has animated bullet points
It reveals only one bullet point at a time

26. Slide Title Goes Here This slide has animated bullet points
The second bullet point goes here
Best to have no more than five bullet points
And you can add a fourth bullet point
Last bullet point

27. Slide Title Goes Here This slide has animated bullet points
The second bullet point goes here
Best to have no more than five bullet points
And you can add a fourth bullet point
Last bullet point

28. Slide Title Goes Here This slide has animated bullet points
The second bullet point goes here
Best to have no more than five bullet points
And you can add a fourth bullet point
Last bullet point

29. Slide Title Goes Here This slide has animated bullet points
The second bullet point goes here
Best to have no more than five bullet points
And you can add a fourth bullet point
Last bullet point