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Articles: Delivery - 0 views

  • If you’ve made a sincere effort to look at the world through their eyes
  • less than 20 minutes
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      I always aim for short times in front of the class and can always tell when I've gone too long. The class gets restless.
  • bullet points are the worst way to learn and impart information
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      I can't believe that I had never heard this before! This might be difficult at times. Sometimes I just want to quickly bullet the most important items. 
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  • Practice 10 hours for every one hour of the presentation
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      WOW! This is a lot of time to practice! I'm wondering where I am going to find the time!
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Articles: Design - 0 views

  • The best slides may have no text at all
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      It is interesting to go to presentations while I'm taking this class. I took the ISEA's mandatory reporter training last week and it was an RN on a video with powerpoint slides for 3 hours. Lots of text, the crayon template and a graph that she kept going back to that you couldn't even read due to tiny font. Death by PowerPoint!
  • Presenters are usually guilty of including too much data in their on-screen charts
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      This can be tricky when you really need to get all of the data in the hands of your audience. What to leave out?
  • though your own sketches & drawings can be a refreshing change if used consistently throughout the visuals)
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      I had not thought about the use of your own sketches and drawings. I would be afraid that it would look corny, like the clip art, but I'm also intrigued to try this!
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  • The trick becomes finding just the right image(s)
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      This is where I feel that I could take hours second guessing my choice of image, or trying to edit it to work.
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Articles: Preparation - 3 views

  • 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
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      This is an interesting point to ponder. I'm finding myself thinking about what I enjoy in a presenter an then thinking about how I present to the students. Am I using the same strategies to get my point across to the students? Sadly, I don't think I am.
  • Do not fall into the trap of thinking that in order for your audience to understand anything, you must tell them everything.
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      Oh how I want to tell the students everything! I'm learning (through this and inquiry learning) that I should leave them curious for more.
  • The brain cares about story.
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      While I know this to be true in my own experience sitting through presentations, it also scares me. How am I to come up with a relevant story for every presentation I make? I don't have that many stories, and I'm really not the greatest storyteller. I get it, but this can be stressful in itself!
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  • The majority of the presentations that I see have text in a ten point font
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      I just went to the ISEA's training for Mandatory Reporter. It was a video of an RN taking nonstop for 3 hours and going back and forth to a Powerpoint. It was horrible - her slides were the crayon template - what does that have to do with child abuse - and she crammed lots of words on a slide. One slide that she kept going back to, you couldn't even read it was such tiny print. Death by Powerpoint!
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Articles: Presentation "Awakening" - 11 views

  • but for all of us to use the same format
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      I'm imagining going to a conference and seeing the same type of Powerpoint over and over again! I don't think I would want to continue going to presentations because the boring factor would be too much for me.
  • Often, people come to a conclusion about your presentation by the time you’re on the second slide.
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      This is a scary thought. You really don't have much time to catch your audience's attention. I would assume, in students this could be even faster!
  • make yourself cue cards
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      Seems like going back to the basics. This is what we used to do before powerpoint.
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  • Don’t hand out print-outs of your slides
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      I had always thought this was a good idea. I remember times that I wanted print-outs of a presentation so that I could make notes on them. But, that must be because there are too many words on the slides!
  • mirror the spoken word of the presenter
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      This seems to be the problem, presenters who just read what is on the screen. I had a teacher who, before Powerpoint existed, would have his entire lesson written on overheads and would stand and read them. So very boring!
  • people can not read and listen well at the same time
    • bdoudwaukee
       
      I had not thought about this, but I do find that if I am reading the powerpoint, I am missing what the presenter is saying. At our last meeting I asked one of our teachers if he could repeat his question because I was reading something and had heard the answers but completely missed what the question was
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