[At-Large] Presentation Tips
Sarah Kiden
skiden at gmail.com
Sat Jun 20 15:39:04 UTC 2020
Thank you for the tips, Jonathan!
Looking forward to the class.
Regards,
Sarah
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 3:11 PM Jonathan Zuck <JZuck at innovatorsnetwork.org>
wrote:
> Folks,
>
> At the request of “management,” I’m working on a class on PowerPoint and
> how to use it for Presentations, Videos and Course development but it will
> be quite a while before it is finished. In the meantime, Maureen asked if
> I would simply share some presentation tips so, here are some, in rough
> format. I hope they are helpful. JZ
>
>
>
> *FACTS*
>
> 1. *People cannot listen and read at the same time.*
> Period. Both activities engage the language center of the brain. They
> will do only one and, more often than not, that's read. If they are reading
> the same slides you are, then why are you there?
>
> 2. *Slides should supplement the talk, not the other way around.*
> The big joke is that during EVERY Zoom meeting, people ask if the
> slides will be available. It's funny first because the answer is ALWAYS yes
> but, more importantly, your slides should not be able to stand on their own.
>
> 3. *People CAN absorb pictures and listen at the same time*
> Looking and listening engage different, complimentary, parts of the
> brain. The best analogy for a good presentation is a documentary film. They
> generally have narration and visuals. Imagine if Ken Burn's documentary
> about the American Civil War was a series of PowerPoints with titles and
> bullets!
>
>
>
> *ADVICE ON SLIDES*
>
> 1.
>
> *Only pictures and punchlines *
> 2.
>
> *6 words or LESS *
> 3. *Bring People Back*
> Ideally, people spend more time looking at you than your slides. This
> is harder in the virtual world, for sure, especially if there's no video,
> but consider a blank slide or a picture of yourself as you explain
> something. Tell people to close their eyes, even!
>
> 4. *Turn sentences into pictures and punchlines*
> In other words, edit down sentences to the bare minimum to be
> understood, make numbers Arabic instead of text and make them bigger and
> different colors than the text. A sentence like “Research shows that
> ninety-five percent of applications for community priority evaluation
> failed to gain approval,” could be represented on a slide as
> [image: A close up of a sign Description automatically generated]
> 5. *Notes in Notes Section*
> If you wish to include explanations in your slide deck, do it in the
> notes section. Then they are there for you to use and EVEN available to
> share by making a PDF of the Notes View, instead of the slide view! Another
> benefit of putting what you plan to say iin the Notes is that you can often
> share them with the interpreters in advance.
>
> 6.
> *Rehearse It’s the only way you’ll ever know how long your presentation is
> becoming or whether you’re going to stumble over a particular phrase or
> simply be at a loss for words. You can use the “Rehearse Timing,” feature
> under the Slide Show menu.*
>
>
>
>
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