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- 1. Developing, Designing, Delivering: The Case for Powerful and Productive Presentations
- 2. For thousands of years we have communicated visually
- 5. In today’s world we communicate visually more than any other means
- 7. Our brains are wired for visual images
- 8. Not only do we process visuals significantly faster than text
- 10. The process is even more significant when compared to sound
- 12. Similarly we process color differently
- 16. Together images and color can also invoke a variety of emotions
- 22. So the question is why are so many presentations designed with…
- 23. Text Only
- 24. Water Water is made up of 2 parts hydrogen and one part oxygen Water can be found in three forms Liquid Gas Solid The human body is made up of about 55-65% water
- 25. Low Quality Images or Clip Art
- 27. Image Relevance
- 28. The human body consists of about 60% water
- 29. Or all of the above
- 31. Why are so many presentations delivered like…
- 32. The Message During the time in which I am reading this to you Your brain is attempting to process my voice Your eyes are interpreting this text Your brain is converting the textual graphics into letters and words Which makes processing this information much more difficult
- 33. It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at you both visually and in written form, simultaneously- John Sweller
- 34. So the questions we have to ask as presenters and as an audience
- 35. If you’re going to read from the slides why are you here?
- 36. Are we so used to “Death By Powerpoint” that we see it as normal?
- 37. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication-Leonardo Da Vinci
- 38. Water
- 39. What is it made of?
- 40. It can be found in 3 forms
- 45. You have the power to take a different path
- 46. Key things to remember
- 47. Effective presentations are also good stories
- 48. Put yourself in the position of your audience
- 50. Develop around a central message or point
- 51. Simplicity can lead to greater clarity
- 52. Where can you find great images?
- 53. Or my personal favorite
- 55. Questions
- 57. References
- 58. Images Obtained From http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons http://commons.wikimedia.org/ http://www.sxc.hu/ http://www.istockphoto.com/ All other images are from my personal library
Editor's Notes
- Get picture of cave paintings and smoke signals
- Get photos of TV, computer screen, magazine, movie
- Insert jet plane vs. prop plane
- Insert picture of walking vs. flying a jet plane
- Show series of similar images in different colors and in black and white
- Emphasize that
- Shows images of beauty and despair. Sunsets, hurricane damage, a baby, food, and a cemetary
- Needs simplification
- Go through a series of images that of poor quality
- Get images that have nothing to do with the subject
- Get images that are low res, poor quality, design bad slides with bad color schemes, text too small, too much text,
- Cognitive Load Theory
- Find picture of presenter looking at slides
- Present three different short scenarios in which slides are well designed with appropriate amount of text, even use color. Talk about direct and indirect Emphasize that without the presenter the slides will have much less meaning
- Get photos of powerpoint rules such as 1-7-7 (one main idea per slide, 7 lines of text, 7 words per line or 6 lines per slide and 6 words per line)
- Picture of hitting a bullseye
- Image should be a clean clear glass of water.Simplicity means careful reduction of the non-essentials and not being too simple
- Add image of person with camera since they can take their own photos
- Getting the message out/disseminating the information