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Alright, now the prep work is done and

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it's time to start
creating the slide deck.

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I'll show you a Google Slide deck that I
created as a walk through each section.

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For this presentation, I'll be talking
about a project I worked on at Treehouse.

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I was tasked with improving
the recruitment experience for

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the apprenticeship program.

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In a nutshell, Treehouse forms
a partnership with an employer,

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who is interested in hiring apprentices.

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Then we partner with
an organization in that city,

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and they connect us with local
talent who want to work in tech.

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Those who are interested in participating
are directed to a landing page, and

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they submit an interest form to
be considered for the program.

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I'll get into the details later, but

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that's all the back story
you need to know for now.

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All right, let's jump into Google Slides.

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First up is setting the expectations for
the meeting.

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I like to add an agenda that outlines
the structure of the meeting.

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This gives everyone a sense of
what the meeting will cover and

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helps the meeting stay on track.

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Be mindful of time constraints,

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as that will affect how
detailed your deck will be.

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It's okay if you don't know
how your outline will end up,

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I usually tweak it as I
build out the slide deck.

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My design presentations generally
follow this flow, the problem,

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goals, researching the problem, solving
the problem, project plan and feedback.

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Next step is defining
the goal of the meeting,

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what are you hoping to get
out of the presentation?

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In this case, I was getting feedback
from a cross-functional team.

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I wanted to hear ideas and concerns about
my design idea from my coworkers in

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engineering, product and customer support.

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At this point, I recommend letting the
audience know you'd like to hear feedback

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at the end of the meeting, although they
can feel free to ask questions throughout.

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That's it for setting up
the expectations for the meeting.

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In the next video,
I'll get into the project.