6. from 9 ways to Edit Your Presentation
Worst way to deliver lots of information
“The more points you
make, the less points
they’ll get”
“Just because you say it
doesn’t mean they will
get it”
“Stop seeing your
presentation as a one-
off event”
7. Original Source: Carmine Gallo, author of Talk Like Ted via Prezi
for 5 Scientific Reasons
TED Talks Are Wildly Addictive
22. • Presenting
– Save it multiple ways
– Know the slides including page #s
– All important B key
– Never “break the wall”
– F5 key
– Presenter View
Hinweis der Redaktion
Not a how to use PowerPoint workshop but a how best to use PowerPoint workshop
Visual Aids do NOT have to be slides!
VISUAL (how we look), VOCAL (how we sound), and VERBAL (what we say)
Many presentation coaches quote the landmark studies by Albert Mehrabian, PhD, that identify communication as 55% Visual, 38% Vocal, and 7% Verbal.
That’s Great <positive>
That’s Great <sarcastic>
The best presentations include practiced hand gestures, polished verbal delivery, and some form of crowd interaction.
Eric Stoller – Inside Higher Ed
No set rule but consider audience and information being conveyed
Some slides serve more as a graphical introduction to a point. In this case, there is almost no way that they can "work" without the speaker.
Slides can be used to convey data but then they should be used to start conversation, not be the focus
You are the focus when you’re presenting, no matter how interesting your slides are.
1. A presentation is the worst possible way to deliver lots of information to another person. The person on the receiving end has no control. They can’t adjust the pace of delivery. They can’t pause to process and think.
2. Just because you say it doesn’t mean they will get it
3. The more points you make, the less points they’ll get
4. Stop seeing your presentation as a one-off event
Develop a website (or part of your existing website) to support your presentations with lots of additional resources
Keep people up-to-date with your thinking with a blog or email newsletter
Give people lots of different ways to contact you (email, Twitter, Facebook).
Researchers studying “mood contagion” have found that if you meet someone who is genuinely and authentically passionate about his or her topic, it can significantly alter the way you perceive that person. In my 25 years of studying communication I have yet to meet an inspiring leader who is not abundantly passionate about the topic on which they’re presenting. Passion is, indeed, contagious.
When you’re passionate about your topic—obsessively so—your energy and enthusiasm will rub off on your audience.
Stories inform, illuminate, and inspire. Stories start movements. Tell more of them.
Stories inform, illuminate, and inspire. Stories start movements. Tell more of them.
Make a connection – when talking to parents – relate as parents if you can
Bill Gates gave a TED talk on the topic of reducing childhood deaths in Africa. “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,” Gates told the audience as he picked up a glass jar sitting on a table in front him. He opened the jar and said, “I brought some here. I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.” The audience sat in stunned silence for a moment, then laughed, applauded, and cheered. They weren’t happy about the topic, of course, but they knew that Gates had given them a novel way to consider the subject at hand.
Gates had created what neuroscientists called an “emotionally charged event.”
It’s a shocking, impressive, or surprising moment that is so moving and memorable, it grabs the listener’s attention and is remembered long after the presentation is over. When your brain detects something new or unexpected, the amygdala releases the neurotransmitter dopamine, which acts as your brain’s natural “save button.” Dopamine creates a heightened state of emotion that makes it more likely your audience will remember your message and act on it.
Create a jaw-dropping moment that your audience will be talking about long after your presentation is over.
Works if you need to use humor to make a connection
Real photos – not stock photos and definitely not Clip Art - There are exceptions, of course, and not all PowerPoint art is dreadful, but use carefully and judiciously.
Make them interesting – no need for margins
If combined with lots of text, put them in the lower right corner to draw the eye through the text
Use high-quality graphics including photographs. Never simply stretch a small, low-resolution photo to make it fit your layout – doing so will degrade the resolution even
No TED speaker is allowed to speak for more than 18 minutes. It doesn’t matter if your name is Bono, Gates, or Sandberg. Eighteen minutes is all you get.
When you give people too much information it results in what scientists call “cognitive backlog:” the more information you ask someone to retain, the more likely they are to forget everything!
This does not mean that you cannot speak for more than 18 minutes but that you should re-engage the audience every 10 to 18 minutes with soft breaks: videos, stories, pictures, or demonstrations.
Spend time in the slide sorter - By getting out of the Slide View and into the Slide Sorter view, you can see how the logical flow of your presentation is progressing. In this view you may decide to break up one slide into, say, two-three slides so that your presentation has a more natural and logical flow or process. In this view you will be able to capture more of the gestalt of your entire presentation from the point of view of your audience. You will be able to notice more extraneous pieces of visual data that can be removed to increase visual clarity and improve communication.
Use color well - Color is emotional. Blue and Green are Cool while Orange and Red are Warm. Cool colors work best for backgrounds as they appear to recede away from us into the background. Warm colors generally work best for objects in the foreground (such as text) because they appear to be coming at us. But, pair wisely!!
Use standard fonts – sans serif for body text
Embed exterior content when possible – put on flash drive just in case
When using more than just one sentence, text should be aligned left to right. Centered is harder to follow.
Remove articles from bullets when appropriate
Run spell check
Limit transitions & builds (animation)
Use object builds and slide transitions judiciously. Some animation is a good thing, but stick to the most subtle and professional (similar to what you might see on the evening TV news broadcast). Listeners will get bored very quickly if they are asked to endure slide after slide of animation. For transitions between slides, use no more than two-three different types of transition effects and do not place transition effects between all slides.
Limit sound effects
ELISE
Don’t advance and go oh, I thought or… moving back and forth
B key – use it to focus back on you (also available on most remotes and in presenter’s view)
Never “break the wall” – show should be on before people arrive and stay on throughout – use links to put multiple presentations together
Practice over and over in your office
AND
Practice it in the room where you will be presenting
font issues
Resolution issues
Wiring
Slideshare – don’t need PowerPoint to view - searchable