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Articles: Delivery - 2 views

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shared by Wendy Arch on 25 May 15 - No Cached
  • The first 2-3 minutes of the presentation are the most important. The audience wants to like you and they will give you a few minutes at the beginning to engage them — don’t miss the opportunity.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      Important to remember the hook.  I wonder what the time frame is if the entire presentation is less than 10 minutes?  I'm thinking of myself here with web videos in the flipped environment.  10 seconds?  30?
  • To advance your slides and builds, use a small, handheld remote. A handheld remote will allow you to move away from the podium. This is an absolute must.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      My students always get nervous and accidentally change slides when they use my Keyspan remote.  Just goes to show, you have to practice.
  • But go for a compromise between a bright screen image and ambient room lighting.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      A problem we also have is if it is too dark (no windows in most of our classrooms), students or attendees can't take notes.  I also  know from personal experience - it's darn hard on my eyes when everything else is dark, but there's a bright white screen in front of me.
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  • Anticipating resistance forces you to really think about the people you’re presenting to, and that makes it easier to influence them.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      These basic concepts of logos, ethos, and pathos are the core concepts I expect my sophomores to understand and apply in their writing and speeches, so it's only reasonable that I be able to apply them as well.
  • Nobody is as interested in you as you think they are,
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      Ouch.  Sad, but true.  I think this ties in heavily with the Curse of Knowledge.  As much as I think something is cool, and therefore am deeply excited and engaged by it, they don't.  And the longer I talk to try to change that, the worse it becomes.  
  • "Most of the great presenters actually rehearse much more extensively than anyone else," he says. "They don't just wing it."
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      I wish I could get my high schoolers to believe this.  They think practice makes them boring, so their awkward mistakes that get awkward laughter is "good" for them.  Ugh.  So wrong...
  • how you talk, sound, look and what you're wearing," Gallo says. "Only about 7 percent of the actual words or content is important."
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      I remember telling students this when I taught speech.  93% of any message isn't dependent on the specific words, but rather how those words are communicated.
  • Grab your digital video recorder, deliver your presentation and watch yourself,
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 25 May 15
       
      I make my sophomores do this before their first speech!  They have to use their school iPads and record themselves giving their speech, then watch and evaluate themselves.  Those who do it invariably get better!
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Articles: Design - 1 views

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shared by Wendy Arch on 18 May 15 - No Cached
  • it is far better to prepare a written document which highlights your content from the presentation and expands on that content. Audiences are much better served receiving a detailed, written handout as a takeaway from the presentation, rather than a mere copy of your PowerPoint slides
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      I see how this is a better way to format information.  Any suggestions on adapting this for the instructional format?  Specifically I'm thinking about online courses and flipped instruction.  If I also post the written notes in addition to the presentation, what prompts students to bother with the presentation?  Or do I just need to let it go and be okay with students getting the information in anyway that works fro them?
  • If the photographic image is secondary in importance, then I decrease the opacity and add a Gaussian Blur or motion filter in Photoshop.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      Anyone know if there is a way to do this without Photoshop?
  • You can then save the PowerPoint file as a Design Template (.pot) and the new template will appear among your standard Microsoft templates for your future use. You can also purchase professional templates on-line (for example: www.powerpointtemplatespro.com).
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      Good reminder!  I want to improve my presentation abilities - not reinvent the wheel.
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  • Learn more: PresentationPro.com has some great Flash tutorials including one on color. Go to the CreativePro.com to learn more about color. Dummies.com has a good short article on how to create a Color Scheme in PowerPoint.
  • Serif fonts were designed to be used in documents filled with lots of text. Serif fonts are said to be easier to read at small point sizes, but for on screen presentations the serifs tend to get lost due to the relatively low resolution of projectors. San-serif fonts are generally best for PowerPoint presentations,
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      Dangit!  Serif fonts are much more visually appealing to me.  I use them for everything.  I guess not anymore... :-(
  • Your slides should have plenty of “white space” or “negative space.” Do not feel compelled to fill empty areas on your slide with your logo or other unnecessary graphics or text boxes that do not contribute to better understanding. The less clutter you have on your slide, the more powerful your visual message will become.
  • (and save teleprompter text for the “notes” field, which the audience can’t see).
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 22 May 15
       
      This is an important thing for me to remember.  I don't have to eliminate my content -- I just don't put it on the slide.  That's what my verbal presentation is for.
  • Flow. You can direct people’s eyes to certain areas of a slide to emphasize important points.
  • If they fall below 24 pt then you might be on to something. Also, look at the number of lines you use for your bullet points. If you use more than two lines anywhere, then they’re definitely leaning text heavy. Depending on the type of presentation, two lines might even be too much.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 22 May 15
       
      Not less than 24 pt font and not more than two lines (and even that is suspect).  Got it!
  • Depending on your content, you may be able to convert each bullet point into a separate image on one slide or over several slides. This approach isn’t always feasible, but it is far more visually appealing than yet another slide filled with bullet points.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 22 May 15
       
      This is an interesting idea!  I like it.  I think it will also help reinforce the main ideas instead of (potentially) leaving viewers guessing at what you said.
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Articles: Preparation - 1 views

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  • Remember, even if you’ve been asked to share information, rarely is the mere transfer of information a satisfactory objective from the point of view of the audience.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      I'm think about this when I create web videos for flipping my instruction over literary theory with AP English seniors.  Yes, I have information I need to transmit to them, but what is the essential idea(s) I need them to know to be able to do Marxist or Psychoanalytic literary theory.
  • What time of the day? If there are other presenters, what is the order (always volunteer to go first or last, by the way). What day of the week? All of this matters.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      This is something of which I also have to be more cognizant.  Realistically, my students aren't going to be listening to my lectures at home at 4 p.m.  They are going to pull up my presentation at 11 p.m. (or even more realistically 1 a.m.) after 8 hours of being talked at at school, 2-4 hours of being talked at at practice or work, and another 1-2 hours of reading and (hopefully) thinking about other course's homework.  They are going to be fried.
  • A data dump also occurs when data and information do not seem to build on the information that came earlier in the presentation.
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  • Do not fall into the trap of thinking that in order for your audience to understand anything, you must tell them everything.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      This is my biggest problem, but also my biggest fear -- they won't get enough content to understand how to apply the idea(s) in class the next day.
  • the core idea for every successful play he produced could be written as a simple sentence on the back of a business card. Try it. Can you crystallize the essence of your presentation content and write it on the back of a business card?
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      I can see this being a benefit to helping students learn literary theory.  The theory they felt the most comfortable with at the end of the year was New Criticism, which has a formulaic "tag-line" - form + function = meaning.
  • McKee says rhetoric is problematic because while we are making our case others are arguing with us in their heads using their own statistics and sources. Even if you do persuade through argument, says McKee, this is not good enough because “people are not inspired to act on reason alone.” The key, then, is to aim to unite an idea with an emotion, which is best done through story.
  • Story is about an imbalance and opposing forces or a problem that must be worked out.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      This really resonants and works well with how I plan to use my (hopefully) better presentation skills.  If I can present literary theory as a "problem that must be worked out," then I can hopefully interest students in it more.
  • Identify the problem. (This could be a problem, for example, that your product solves.) Identify causes of the problem. (Give actual examples of the conflict surrounding the problem.) Show how and why you solved the problem. (This is where you provide resolution to the conflict.)
  • t’s quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.
  • Problem Your solution Business model Underlying magic/technology Marketing and sales Competition Team Projections and milestones Status and timeline Summary and call to action
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      I wonder if there's a corollary for education?  I'm thinking about my own needs here, but does this make sense: Problem - Issue in literature that needs analyzed Solution - specific literary theory Business model - structure of theory? Tech - tenets of theory? Marketing/sales - why they should use it? Competition - different branches of theory Team - historical background of theory Milestones - good theorists do "blank" Timeline - restated steps of theory? Summary - ?
Wendy Arch

Articles: Presentation "Awakening" - 1 views

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shared by Wendy Arch on 16 May 15 - No Cached
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 16 May 15
       
      Wendy here -   This will probably be my biggest hurdle.  We always feel like our content is the most important, so limiting it to just 6 words will be tough.
  • Put it in terms people can visualize
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 16 May 15
       
      This makes sense.  It's one of the Active reading strategies for a reason.
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  • The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster. It should be ditched."
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 16 May 15
       
      My AP English seniors do a presentation before community members every spring.  One of the things that several community members emphasized this year was the students' horrible use of PowerPoint.  Even worse was their use of Prezi.  So this makes a lot of sense given that earlier live feedback.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 18 May 15
       
      One specific panel member was adamant that PPT was too "old fashioned" and clunky and interrupted the communication between two individual.  His biggest argument was essentially what the Presentation Zen philosophy is advocating -- tell a story and be real.  He felt that PPT encouraged reading - not communicating.
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