Hand drawn presenting, Sharpiepresents39
February 22th, 2019
⏰ 2 minute read
⏰ 2 minute read
Last week
Last week, we wrote about Murphy’s Law & what can go wrong with presentations. It so happened that today when i went to present to a group of investors, I realized I forgot my projector connector & I couldn’t show the slides. So what did I do? I drew the presentation by hand instead. Here’s how you can do it too.
Hand drawn slides
iPad
If you’ve read the 7 Steps To Givijg A Great Presentation, you’ll have found the story of when I used to hand draw the presentation slides & charts. In the story one of the audience members was so shocked he asked aloud if we (our company) couldn’t afford to buy excel to make the charts. That presentation was drawn on the iPad.
Hands
I love using the iPad because you use your fingers instead of a mouse or keyboard. To me, using hands to directly make the presentation helps because I can make it anywhere, even while standing & walking around. It makes it more creative & it’s just so much easier. When I try a laptop or computer now it’s so frustratingly slow.
Paper
There’s some great drawing apps for the iPad & the one I used them is called Paper. It’s super easy to use & I found it surprisingly easy to recreate the slides with all charts tables & the writing all hand drawn. It was also a lot of fun to make & the colors looked beautiful & bright. I did it for a few presentations then stopped.
Hand drawn presentation
Pen & paper
For some reason in recent months I’ve gone back to using paper & pen quite often especially when presenting one on one. There’s something magical about creating in front of someone & somehow writing numbers down makes them more real. When I get a new iPad I will use that together with the Apple Pencil. Can’t wait!
Last week, we wrote about Murphy’s Law & what can go wrong with presentations. It so happened that today when i went to present to a group of investors, I realized I forgot my projector connector & I couldn’t show the slides. So what did I do? I drew the presentation by hand instead. Here’s how you can do it too.
Hand drawn slides
iPad
If you’ve read the 7 Steps To Givijg A Great Presentation, you’ll have found the story of when I used to hand draw the presentation slides & charts. In the story one of the audience members was so shocked he asked aloud if we (our company) couldn’t afford to buy excel to make the charts. That presentation was drawn on the iPad.
Hands
I love using the iPad because you use your fingers instead of a mouse or keyboard. To me, using hands to directly make the presentation helps because I can make it anywhere, even while standing & walking around. It makes it more creative & it’s just so much easier. When I try a laptop or computer now it’s so frustratingly slow.
Paper
There’s some great drawing apps for the iPad & the one I used them is called Paper. It’s super easy to use & I found it surprisingly easy to recreate the slides with all charts tables & the writing all hand drawn. It was also a lot of fun to make & the colors looked beautiful & bright. I did it for a few presentations then stopped.
Hand drawn presentation
Pen & paper
For some reason in recent months I’ve gone back to using paper & pen quite often especially when presenting one on one. There’s something magical about creating in front of someone & somehow writing numbers down makes them more real. When I get a new iPad I will use that together with the Apple Pencil. Can’t wait!
White board
Today I had a larger group of 7 people & I forgot to bring the connector, so I couldn’t show the slides on the screen. So I decided to try using the whiteboard they had to draw ar least part of the presentation on. I didn’t know quite how it would work out but I decided to do it & once I started, it really flowed well.
Half half
As I already had a short simple presentation of only 7 slides on my iPhone, thanks to following the 7 Steps, & the audience was still quite small... I introduced the point first by talking, then I showed the slide on the iPhone & then I drew simple diagrams & charts about the point, onto the whiteboard.
Benefits
Standing
Here’s 3 benefits to drawing your presentation while you are presenting it. The first is standing up. One tip to talking to an audience is to always try to be physically higher than they are. It gives you more chance of attention. Standing also helps to give you more energy & helps to make your voice project. Stand to present.
Hands
Second, using your hands when you are talking to people makes you more attractive to watch rather than still & wooden. I always use my hands a lot when presenting, but drawing makes this much more natural. You use your hands to draw, then you can use them point at what you’ve just drawn to explain it.
Anticipate
The third benefit is anticipation. Just like a magician, the reveal when you are presenting will be much more attractive for your audience to watch & generates excitement & action. Just like adding movement in your slides so they reveal themselves, drawing reveals your idea & the audience can watch, hopefully fascinated.
7 Steps
This was my first drawing presenting & I really enjoyed it. It’s great to have a new tool to use but don’t forget the basics. No matter how interesting the tool or delivery of your presentation, the only thing which ultimately matters is the content. Drawing is great, but you first need to have followed the 7 Steps to get a great presentation to draw.
Be a great presenter!
Sebastian
Today I had a larger group of 7 people & I forgot to bring the connector, so I couldn’t show the slides on the screen. So I decided to try using the whiteboard they had to draw ar least part of the presentation on. I didn’t know quite how it would work out but I decided to do it & once I started, it really flowed well.
Half half
As I already had a short simple presentation of only 7 slides on my iPhone, thanks to following the 7 Steps, & the audience was still quite small... I introduced the point first by talking, then I showed the slide on the iPhone & then I drew simple diagrams & charts about the point, onto the whiteboard.
Benefits
Standing
Here’s 3 benefits to drawing your presentation while you are presenting it. The first is standing up. One tip to talking to an audience is to always try to be physically higher than they are. It gives you more chance of attention. Standing also helps to give you more energy & helps to make your voice project. Stand to present.
Hands
Second, using your hands when you are talking to people makes you more attractive to watch rather than still & wooden. I always use my hands a lot when presenting, but drawing makes this much more natural. You use your hands to draw, then you can use them point at what you’ve just drawn to explain it.
Anticipate
The third benefit is anticipation. Just like a magician, the reveal when you are presenting will be much more attractive for your audience to watch & generates excitement & action. Just like adding movement in your slides so they reveal themselves, drawing reveals your idea & the audience can watch, hopefully fascinated.
7 Steps
This was my first drawing presenting & I really enjoyed it. It’s great to have a new tool to use but don’t forget the basics. No matter how interesting the tool or delivery of your presentation, the only thing which ultimately matters is the content. Drawing is great, but you first need to have followed the 7 Steps to get a great presentation to draw.
Be a great presenter!
Sebastian
