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Paul Beaufait

Stellar Presentations - a book excerpt and guest post by Shel Israel | SlideShare Blog - 0 views

  • There are many ways to structure your presentation, but the two most common approaches center either on PowerPoint or storytelling. I heavily favor storytelling.
  • There are many ways to structure your presentation, but the two most common approaches center either on PowerPoint or storytelling. I heavily favor storytelling.
  • PowerPoint can be tedious. Some presenters pack slides with data, graphs and text, which are often hard to read. Some speakers actually turn their backsides toward the audience, to read aloud from their slides. I don’t advise it.
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  • Despite its flaws and frequent abuses, PowerPoint can add significant value to a talk when it is not misused.
  • One of my dirty little secrets is that without it, I am likely to lose my place while speaking.
  • But there’s another reason to include it. PowerPoint can be a great supplement to your talk. I use it to illustrate the stories I tell in the same way photos enhance the articles and blogs I publish.
  • I’m a minimalist on text. If I use bullet points, there are usually only one-to-five words per bullet and the font is large enough to read from the back of the room. When I click to a new slide, I pause and let people view it for a moment.
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    This excerpt (Israel, 2012, Ch. 5) mentions abuses and tedium of slide presentations, as well as advantages of, and strategies for supplementing talks with slide shows.
Paul Beaufait

Good PowerPoint Design - for business presenters - 0 views

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    "Modeling design principles for business presenters, Ostewalder showed and told it all in 135 slides, including step-by-step builds and appendices..." (pab, The Writing Studio Blog, 2011.08.09).
Paul Beaufait

28 Creative PowerPoint and Keynote Presentation Designs - 0 views

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    Screenshots of a slide or two from each example, followed by a list of other presentation resources.
Paul Beaufait

20x20 what is it? - PechaKucha 20x20 - 0 views

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    FAQ-ish explanation of presentations comprising twenty slides displayed for twenty seconds each, and a not-for-profit organization supporting such presentations
joe tomei

slideshow plus video - 0 views

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    Neat website for online presentations (combine video and powerpoint)
Paul Beaufait

Presenting Without a Net - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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    "If you want to get published, you have to write in a way that makes people want to read. And if you want anyone-students, peers, legislators, donors-to listen to you, you have to speak to them, not read to them." (Toor, 02 March 2015, ¶23)
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