Sizzle & Substance: Creating Brain Friendly Presentations
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1. Four brain –
friendly strategies
for effective
presentations.
2. Discuss steps to
identify critical
content to cover.
3. Summarize shift
from speaker-
centric to learner-
centric
presentations.
Presenting…
Not A Piece Of Cake
Teaches skills in critical thinkingproblem solvingcollaborationdecision makingevaluationanalysis
knowledge in long-term memorymeaning and connects with existingworking memory as the learner abstractsan active process that takes place in the
knowledge in long-term memorymeaning and connects with existingworking memory as the learner abstractsan active process that takes place in the
new info with knowledge in long-term memory
for making meaning & connectingmust be given time
Attendees’ brainsWe can’t pour info into
Attendees must be given time for
Brain Friendly Strategy #1
meaning-making &
connecting new info
to past knowledge
That requires peer discussion & reflection
Brain Friendly Strategy #1
Talking Head
Talking Head
Passive Listener
The brain does
Brain Friendly Strategy #2
not pay attention
to boring things
Requires storytelling
Brain Friendly Strategy #2
novelty, unusual
images
Attendees must be given time for
Brain Friendly Strategy #1
meaning-making &
connecting new info
to past knowledge
The brain does
Brain Friendly Strategy #2
not pay attention
to boring things
Visuals trump senses in retention & learning
Brain Friendly Strategy #3
Attendees must be given time for
Brain Friendly Strategy #1
meaning-making &
connecting new info
to past knowledge
The brain does
Brain Friendly Strategy #2
not pay attention
to boring things
Visuals trump senses in retention & learning
Brain Friendly Strategy #3
Content should be chunked in
Brain Friendly Strategy #4
10 minute segments
Anchor 10 min segments with
Brain Friendly Strategy #4
Stories
Relevancy
Problems content solves
Attendees must be given time for
Brain Friendly Strategy #1
meaning-making &
connecting new info
to past knowledge
The brain does
Brain Friendly Strategy #2
not pay attention
to boring things
Visuals trump senses in retention & learning
Brain Friendly Strategy #3
Content should be chunked in
Brain Friendly Strategy #4
10 minute segments
Visuals trump senses in retention & learning
Brain Friendly Strategy #3
your audienceAdjust to frequency of
your audienceTune your message to
Attendees will say, “That session
with me!”
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