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Articles: Delivery - 2 views

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  • Don’t hold back. Be confident. And let your passion for your topic come out for all to see
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      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      I wonder if it's possible to be vulnerable at the same time? I think the audience(in my case teachers), needs to know that I empathize with them and care about them, but yet I have high expectations for our students. I am often very vulnerable and I feel most appreciate it. 
  • The first 2-3 minutes of the presentation are the most important
    • aneppl
      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      This is typically where I try to include humor, tell a story, and try to set the stage for our time together. 
  • The true professional can always remain cool and in control
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      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      So important. Recently, a comment was made as teachers were sharing out and I made a very bad mistake. I actually rolled my eyes. Now I don't know if anyone seen me, but just as soon as I did it I was very self-concious. Not good.
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  • If you’re struggling to figure out what kinds of resistance you’ll face, share your ideas with others before you present and ask them to pressure-test the content
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      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      Pretty much everything thing that I present on or co-present is as a result of discussions and decisions made by our Instructional Leadership Team. But the reality is that I hope they are being honest with me and not just agreeing to my thoughts or ideas on how to improve our instruction for students. 
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      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      I value the input of the ILT so that hopefully what we are asking or presenting on is not seen as just the principal asking for one more thing. There are very few things that I would push forward with without the support of our leadership team. I might however continue to building the background of the leadership team in hopes that one day I feel that we are at a point to share with our entire staff. 
  • So keep the presentation to less than 20 minutes
    • aneppl
      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      Very good point. If I know our time is going to be longer I always like to build in opportunities for sharing, collaboration, reading, etc. so that it doesn't feel like I was talking at them for an hour. 
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      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      Obviously I responeded before I read further. :)
  • "When you prepare and rehearse the presentation—out loud, over many hours and many days—you'll come across as much more engaging as a speaker and effortless."
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      aneppl on 02 Mar 15
       
      This is definitely an area that I would need to improve in. Sometimes I get over confident, only to wake up in the middle of the night with all of these ideas that I think I can work into my presentation without practice...In other situations I have literally just completed the presentation an then it's time to present. This is something I need to contemplate, the planning phase, because if I'm not ready will I actually make the situation worse. 
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Articles: Design - 0 views

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  • you’re just reading the slides to your audience. Boring.
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      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      I'm learning slowly. This morning in a presentation, I still had one slide that was heavy in text. For a split second I almost starting reading, but then I paused and let staff read it to themselves. Then we went on. I survived.
  • In some cases, the bullet points may not be conducive to matching visuals
  • In some cases, the bullet points may not be conducive to matching visual
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  • In some cases, the bullet points may not be conducive to matching visuals
  • In some cases, the bullet points may not be conducive to matching visuals
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      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      Do you need the bulleted list at all in the below slide? The magazine cover would serve as the reminder to both the presenter and audience on the main topics. 
  • your logo
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      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      For several years our district required us to use "approved" powerpoint templates. At first I thought they were kind of cool, I was proud of the district for being so professional right! But as I developed more and more presentations, it was sometimes hard to fit all the text on the slides I wanted. Well...now I know better, both the templates and the extensive text are not appropriate. We pretty much use google presentations now so I need to learn more about using blank templates within google. 
  • If the photographic image is secondary in importance, then I decrease the opacity and add a Gaussian Blur or motion filter in Photoshop
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      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      It totally understand this and given my art and computer background I know I could do this. However, I am a long way from seeming to have time to do this when some of our presentations are literally being built leading right up to the presentation...Planning is key
  • You can give a good presentation without any images at all, but if you do use images in slides, try to keep these eleven tips in mind.
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      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      So if there are times where it might be ok to use clip art, would it be recommended to use clip art throughout the presentation rather than switching between photos/images and clipart?
    • aneppl
      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      Not that I want to use any clip art...
  • Similarly, your audience should focus intently on what you’re saying, looking only briefly at your slides when you display them.
  • Similarly, your audience should focus intently on what you’re saying, looking only briefly at your slides when you display them
  • Similarly, your audience should focus intently on what you’re saying, looking only briefly at your slides when you display them
  • Photos should be taken by the same photographer or look as if they are. Illustrations should be done in the same style.
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      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      This kind of answers my question from the end of the previous article...consistency is good. 
  • White space is the open space surrounding items of interest
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      aneppl on 27 Feb 15
       
      The white space was one of the things I liked about using Prezi.
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Articles: Preparation - 0 views

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  • (or from a scheduled one hour to 30 minutes)
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      aneppl on 22 Feb 15
       
      On Monday we had a professional development day. We had over planned for content, but when we scrambled (in front of our staff) on what to cut out so we could still send the teachers off to lunch when we promised we unintentionally cut out the section titled "the importance of a wrap-up or closure" within their literacy workshop model. In other words we actually practiced the opposite of what one of our most important points was to be for the presentation....ugh!
  • examples to support your major points
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      aneppl on 22 Feb 15
       
      I have often told stories, sometimes personal and sometimes passionate. What I often miss is making the link or connection to our focus. I need to be more purposeful with making that connection.
  • “and the key to their hearts is story.”
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      aneppl on 22 Feb 15
       
      This year this has been more challenging as I am with an entirely new staff that has come together in new building. In my previous position, my stories or sharing of personal challenges lead to a level of trust with staff. They were used to my personal approach, and I get the feeling the new staff I work with are not used to the principal showing emotion, sharing personal information or challenges.
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  • Allow graphic elements to fill the frame and bleed off the edges.
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      aneppl on 22 Feb 15
       
      I just did this on a slide for a presentation on Monday. Instead of the graphic/picture just being to the right of the text, I made the picture the entire background an ended up with just a few words.
  • What is the purpose of the event?
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      aneppl on 22 Feb 15
       
      So critical - I truly believe teachers need to know the purpose and how the learning or new information will impact them or their students. For me, the purpose is almost related to improved student learning - making the clear connection is the challenge...
  • legal pad and pen
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Articles: Presentation "Awakening" - 0 views

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  • Often, people come to a conclusion about your presentation by the time you’re on the second slide. After that, it’s often too late for your bullet points to do you much good
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      aneppl on 15 Feb 15
       
      This is so true. I think it's critical on how you set up the audience for what the purpose is, how this will help/impact them, and what they will/should walk away with.
  • Curse of Knowledge
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      aneppl on 15 Feb 15
       
      I too am guilty of this. I sometimes feel that what I have to say on a topic is so important that it can't wait or that I have to include it. As a principal, I've had to learn to be disciplined to sometimes save my thoughts when others are presenting and not interrupt their presentations for my own sake of speaking!
  • Emotions. People are emotional beings
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      aneppl on 15 Feb 15
       
      I do feel that I try to connect with teachers emotionally. I am very vulnerable in my communication with teachers. I don't want to be known as the expert and thus I engage a lot of teachers to be with me in presenting, sharing, modeling, etc. Acknowledge how busy we know they all are, but surround it with how important our new learning is for the benefit of students.
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