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Hello, I'm Hope,
I'm a product designer at Treehouse.

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In this workshop, I'll show you
how to present a design idea.

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This skill will come in handy as
you collaborate with others and

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share your work for feedback.

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In a bit,
I'll show you a project I worked on and

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a Google Slides presentation
to go along with it.

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But to start,
I'll show you how to prepare.

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A well designed presentation
starts with knowing your audience.

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Depending on the audience, you want to
structure the presentation differently.

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Let's look at four factors you
should consider the next time

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you're preparing to present,
audience roles and backgrounds,

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their goals and challenges, internal or
external, formal or casual?

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First up, what are their roles and
backgrounds?

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Will you be presenting to fellow
designers, product managers, developers,

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leaders, marketers or
a mix of people in various roles?

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If you'll be speaking to those
with a non-design background,

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take care with using design lingo.

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Communicate in layman's terms
that are easily understood and

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ask questions along the way to see if
your audience needs more explanation.

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Secondly, what are their goals and
challenges?

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What do they care to know about?

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Will the project affect their role
in any way, how can you help them?

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Speak to those aspects and
you'll have a more engaged audience.

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Try to anticipate their needs,
concerns and questions.

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Is there anything you can clarify
up front or be prepared to answer?

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Thirdly, consider if the audience
includes people outside of your company.

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Perhaps they aren't privy to the inner
workings of your company and

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the product you're working on.

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You'll want to speak to
them where they're at and

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include any relevant
backstory as necessary.

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Now, for the final consideration,
is the audience expecting a formal or

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casual presentation?

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Design teams often have critiques where
work in progress is presented casually.

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Those types of meetings don't
require a formal presentation,

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you can simply share your
work from the design program.

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A more formal presentation would be if
you're presenting a new feature idea

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to a room of decision makers.

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Perhaps a project is at a major milestone,

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and you're ready to present your
solution for feedback and approval.

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For that, you'll want to prepare
a more formal presentation

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in the style of what I'll be
talking about in this workshop.

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That covers understanding the audience,

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the next step is to start
creating the presentation.

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Stick around for the next video,
where I'll get into preparing the slides.