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Articles: Delivery - 2 views

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shared by Karen Stern on 25 May 15 - No Cached
  • It is better to have the audience wanting more (of you) than to feel that they have had more than enough.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 28 May 15
       
      This ties well to the 80% rule in the Mindfulness lesson. I should always leave an audience wanting more of the information I am sharing, not looking at their watches hoping to be done soon.
  • Removing physical barriers between you and the audience will help you build rapport and make a connection
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 29 May 15
       
      I agree with this idea! The last time that I presented at a Teacher Quality workshop, my partner and I were in the high school auditorium. We were on the stage, and the audience was spread out all over the room. It was hard to draw a response from them!
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  • share your ideas with others before you present
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 29 May 15
       
      Sharing the presentation ideas with others (especially those who work in different fields than I do) will be a good way to gauge the receptiveness of an audience.
  • Practicing in front of another person or a video camera will help even more
  • he says
  • out loud, over many hours and many days
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 29 May 15
       
      Ouch. This is something I HATE to do! Especially in front of others or a video camera. It would be worth it, however, to know that I'm doing more than winging it.
  • When you read from your notes or from slides," he says, "that completely breaks the connection you have with audience."
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 29 May 15
       
      I've never thought about reading from the slides in this way: that it breaks the connection to the audience. I have always tried to avoid reading from the slides just because it seems unprofessional and condescending to my audience, but I'd never thougth about the connection that gets lost.
Karen Stern

Articles: Design - 1 views

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  • Remember, the slides are meant to support the narration of the speaker, not make the speaker superfluous.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 25 May 15
       
      I need to remember this! The slides in my presentation should only support what I say, not compete for the attention of the audience. Reading about the Cognitive Load Theory helped me understand this.
  • to be passed out after your talk
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 25 May 15
       
      I don't want my handouts competing with the presentation for the attention of the audience. This is a good reminder to give them out after the presentation is over.
  • what's your intention?
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 25 May 15
       
      I like this reminder. What is the purpose of an image that I am adding? Is is serving this purpose? Does it need to be cropped or otherwise edited? Will there be any text with it? Now these will be questions that I will ask with every picture.
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  • But including a healthy amount of white space sharpens viewers’ focus by isolating elements.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 25 May 15
       
      This is a good reminder. Just like silence should not always be filled, white space on slides should not always be filled.
  • Remove all extraneous copy from bullet points
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 25 May 15
       
      I like the reminder of this step: remove any excess words! I can see how this will make me focus on the main point of each bullet, and possibly separate each point into a distinct slide.
  • It’s also important to stick to a consistent visual style in your slide deck.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 28 May 15
       
      I can see how the continuity of slides really creates a cohesive presentation. I know that it drives me nuts when I see a presentation with multiple font styles or a frequent switch of background colors.
Karen Stern

Articles: Preparation - 1 views

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shared by Karen Stern on 17 May 15 - No Cached
  • 50-minute presentation
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 22 May 15
       
      Even though this is not Reynolds' main thought here, I appreciate the fact that he mentions that a part of preparation is knowing how much time is available to communicate with the audience. To avoid the information attack, it is wise to limit the amount of information being shared in a manageable amount in the time alloted.
  • How much background information about your topic
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 22 May 15
       
      Just like with any teaching, I have found that audiences vary greatly in their prior knowledge. It is a challenge to share background information without boring those who already know it.
  • really helps solidify and simplify my message in my own head
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 22 May 15
       
      I really like this idea of planning on a white board or on paper. Like Reynolds, I can see that I would feel freer to think outside the box since it is "just" a planning step.
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  • you also arouse your listener’s emotion and energy
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 22 May 15
       
      In the professional development that I am asked to lead, teachers need to hear the stories of students. I can see that without the stories to back up the information, I will not be able to tap into the energy and emotions of the audience members.
  • down-to-earth language that was conversational yet passionate
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 22 May 15
       
      This is so descriptive of the language to which an audience can relate: conversational yet passionate. When speakers are "pie in the sky" rather than down to earth, the audience thinks, "They don't understand what I do every day." I've thought this myself during a presentation!
  • find out the age of the oldest person in your audience and divide it by two. That’s your optimal font size.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 22 May 15
       
      What a great idea. Average age divided by two equals the minimum font size allowed. As I think this through, I find that as a visual learner, I DO tune out the speaker if they have all their information on the slides.
Karen Stern

Articles: Presentation "Awakening" - 1 views

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  • putting the same information on a slide that is coming out of our mouths usually does not help
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 17 May 15
       
      This is a challenging thought for me. I have studied quite a bit about Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory and student learning styles. How do we (as presenters) address the issue of audience members who have differing learning styles? For example, I KNOW that I am a visual learner. It helps me to read something in print rather than just hear someone else read it aloud.
  • if your presentation visuals taken in the aggregate (e.g., your “PowerPoint deck”) can be perfectly and completely understood without your narration, then it begs the question: why are you there?
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 17 May 15
       
      Ouch! That hits home! So what should be done when an administrator wants to see a presentation that can be shared later with any peers who could not attend the presentation? This article is leading me to think that I may need two presentations: one for those who are present and one for those who are not.
  • No dissolves, spins or other transitions.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 17 May 15
       
      I am glad that this is being addressed! Those transitions always seem like time-wasters to me.
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  • “Curse of Knowledge.”
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 18 May 15
       
      This is so true. It is often tempting to give too much information during a presentation. What has taken me months or years to study, I feel the need to throw out to the audience all at once.
  • Stories.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 18 May 15
       
      Stories will be a good way to share professional development ideas for classroom strategies.
  • Put them in your hand.
    • Karen Stern
      Karen Stern on 18 May 15
       
      This is a great idea. What is on the slides should not dictate what I am saying as a presenter. Having cue cards in hand will keep the speaking on track.
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