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Articles: Delivery - 0 views

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  • personal/professional history, etc.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 20 Apr 15
       
      This is interesting because when I am asked to share about myself (for example when I got a teacher leader position), I tend to keep it short and simple.  I don't know what they actually want to know about me.  That's the information they tend to forget anyway.
  • It is better to have the audience wanting more (of you) than to feel that they have had more than enough.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 20 Apr 15
       
      This also allows time for questions and discussion before hurrying off to another presentation or class.
  • Remember the “B” key
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 20 Apr 15
       
      This is something new that I did not know about it.  I'm sure it will be very useful knowledge in the future.
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  • take on a conversational tone
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      rabraham on 20 Apr 15
       
      Including the audience with interactions throughout the presentation will also help it come across as a conversation.  People usually feel less threatened when they feel like they are being talked with rather than talked at.
  • If your presentation has to be long, break it into 10-minute chunks. "At every 10 minutes or so, try to reengage the audience with something different—don't just keep showing slides," he says. Try inserting a short video clip, introduce a quick demonstration, or have another speaker get up and briefly present. "Try to find some way to break up the presentation into manageable chunks of time," he says, "so people don't get too bored."
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 20 Apr 15
       
      This is a great idea to keep everyone engaged and mix up the way the information is presented.
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Articles: Design - 0 views

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  • The less clutter you have on your slide, the more powerful your visual message will become.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 16 Apr 15
       
      This is something that will help transform presentations.  Keeping it simple will ensure the audience stays engaged.
  • Instead of a copy of your PowerPoint slides, it is far better to prepare a written document which highlights your content from the presentation and expands on that content.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 16 Apr 15
       
      This is a great way to keep the talking points limited.  I think it will be great to use with students who are absent for the lessons too.
  • You will be able to notice more extraneous pieces of visual data that can be removed to increase visual clarity and improve communication.
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      rabraham on 16 Apr 15
       
      Slide Sorter view helps you to see the big picture of the entire presentation put together.
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  • But including a healthy amount of white space sharpens viewers’ focus by isolating elements.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 16 Apr 15
       
      This is a key element to remember.
  • Highlight the key phrases that you will help you rehearse for your presentation
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 16 Apr 15
       
      This is a good step to simplify what the audiences sees and may keep them interested because they can't simply read the rest of the information.
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Articles: Preparation - 3 views

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  • Simplicity takes more forethought and planning on your part because you have to think very hard about what to include and what can be left out. What is the essence of your message?
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 14 Apr 15
       
      Keep it simple! By really thinking about and getting right down to the essence of your message, it may save a presentation and not have as many people tune out what is being shared.  These are the things that I take notes on at other presentations, why not just cut to the chase.
  • Cliff Atkinson in his 2005 book, “Beyond Bullet Points,” smartly states that starting to create your presentation in PowerPoint before you have your key points and logical flow first worked out (on paper or a white board in my case) is like a movie director hiring actors and starting to film before there is a script in hand.
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      rabraham on 14 Apr 15
       
      I need to keep this in mind while creating PPts.  In the past, I started at the computer, but I think it would be more effective to write out the flow.
  • Humans have been sharing information aurally and visually far longer than we have been getting information by reading lists. A 2003
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 14 Apr 15
       
      This supports the elimination of bullet points.
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  • “In a story, you not only weave a lot of information into the telling but you also arouse your listener’s emotion and energy,” he says.
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      rabraham on 14 Apr 15
       
      I like this idea and need to keep it in mind while putting together presentations.  The information is included, but it is also hooked to an emotion that helps it stay with the audience.
  • “But as a storyteller, you want to position the problems in the foreground and then show how you’ve overcome them,” says McKee. If you tell the story of how you struggled with antagonists, the audience is engaged with you and your material.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 14 Apr 15
       
      This is essential, especially to educators.  Many people are afraid to do something new because they may fail or have difficulties.  If you share how this happened to you, it helps the audience think of you as a real person rather than someone who got it right the first time...which is not reality most of the time.
  • Twenty minutes
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      rabraham on 14 Apr 15
       
      I usually teach 30 minute classes, so my goal for a longer PPt is usually 15-20 minutes.  If I want to have more discussion, I usually aim for 10-15 minutes.
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Articles: Presentation "Awakening" - 11 views

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  • 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?
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      rabraham on 10 Apr 15
       
      I think this is a great summary of the information in this article.  It is also easy to remember.  The PowerPoint should be used as a tool, not the entire message.
  • Some stick, and others fade away. Why? What the authors found—and explain simply and brilliantly in their book—is that “sticky” ideas have six key principles in common: simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotions, and stories. And yes, these six compress nicely into the acronym SUCCESs.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 10 Apr 15
       
      This message is better remembered as SUCCESs.  I don't think I would remember the principles as easily otherwise.  Each of them is broken down and explained well in the rest of this article.
  • Second, make slides that reinforce your words, not repeat them. Create slides that demonstrate, with emotional proof, that what you’re saying is true not just accurate.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 10 Apr 15
       
      I think this is something that needs to be remembered in many presentations.  Why would I listen to a presenter if they are telling me the same thing that is on the screen. I like the idea of making an emotional connection to go along with the message.
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  • The reason you give a presentation is to make a sale. So make it. Don’t leave without a “yes,” or at the very least, a commitment to a date or to future deliverables.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 10 Apr 15
       
      I like thinking about a presentation as making a sale.  It gives me the extra challenge that the competitive (one of my top 5 strengths) part of me will take on and want to be successful.
  • What makes some presentations absolutely brilliant and others forgettable? If your goal is to create a presentation that is memorable, then you need to consider how you can craft messages that stick.
    • rabraham
      rabraham on 10 Apr 15
       
      This needs to be in the forefront of my mind when presenting to any crowd.  How can I craft messages that stick?
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