There have been lots of good "what not to do in PowerPoint" tips over the years. I remember 10 years ago using some stuff from Steven Covey to introduce my business student to presentation skills. Nonetheless, we can all use reminders now and again on what too do (I cold have used this 2 weeks ago as I planned my ECOO presentation... my apologies to the audience!!!
Here is the latest from Alexei Kapterev (via LifeHacker.com)
Keywords: powerpoint, presentations
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Always good to be reminded of what makes an good presentation. Look what it did for Al Gore.
The "Memorable Opening...Memorable Closing" slide reads like an introductory lesson for an Elementary public speaking unit. And isn't that what presentations are? The cool thing is that the speaker can incorporate his/her prompts into visual cues for the audience.
Though I am not sure that everyone can read faster than one can speak. Depends on verbosity. Some receivers concentrate on the display, others on the speaker, some on the handouts, some may even.......multitask. Personally, I'd look at the cool lion.
I coached my students to keep it simple and consistent. Although they love doing the animations, they acknowledged this better after we peer reviewed a classful of Powerpoints.
Barb
Being an immersion teacher, PowerPoint, OO Impress and Corel Presentations have a critical role to play in student presentations. Most second language students want to read their notes because they do not think that they possess the skill or vocabulary to "talk" to the class. They are almost always wrong. The slide show forces the students to talk to colleagues, but only after they rehearse several times.
Although more acute in the second language, the same holds true with the Queen's English. PowerPoint forces students to talk to their colleagues instead of reading, and it gives them continual indicators of where they are in their "talk". Not nearly as boring as someone who reads from a script.
One last comment. I attended a ECOO session several years ago on PowerPoint. The speaker mentioned that some people even go so far as to match their attire to the colours chosen in their presentation... maybe I need some new ties. ;)
Nice post Tim! I think the business courses still teach this stuff. Too cute.Lesia
ECOO conference attendee.
Thanks Tim - always nice to find more on this topic. I am a confessed PPT-addict!
I have even given MANY presentations about how PPT (and the audience!) can be "killed" by the presenter. I have been doing electronic presentations since before it was even invented using a DOS program initially so I hate to think how many that is - hope I didn't kill too many people along the way.
I have come to the conclusion that people do not want to be told how to improve their presentations since how could anyone teach them more? It hits at the core of a teacher - their ability to teach - a touchy topic. There is a LOAD of research about it - here is an old web site I keep running but some links may be dead now. It may be of some use if you have to teach how to use it or you are just curious about research on the topic - there are some really neat uses that you don't often see too.
Geoff
funny how the powerpoint presentation proved its point using 61 slides?? is that right? :D
Just - a- jokin' very helpful and I will pass it on...
Ta,
V