Want a Standing Ovation?
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It’s 9:02 p.m. and you’re about to start working on your presentation for your Civics class. You open up your laptop and find a tutorial is running…
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This presentation was originally designed for my husband, who is a social science high school teacher. He wanted his students to learn good presentation habits. I wanted to share what I've learned from from my career and experience as a learning and development professional. I owe a lot to my gurus including: Nancy Durate, Seth Godin and Garr Reynolds. Presentations that are a colossal waste of time and talent are a thing of the past...have fun, create meaning and get that standing ovation!
Transcript of Want a Standing Ovation?
It’s 9:02 p.m. and you’re about to start working on your presentation for your Civics class. You open up your laptop and find a tutorial is running…
Here is everything you need to need to know to create your presentation for Civics class
The Audience is here to see you!
What’s in it for them?
PowerPoint/Keynote
A tool to support YOU as the speaker
Presentations are about...
Communicating Meaning!
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Example of a bad slide! Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your
presentation– Ex: previous slide
Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the presentation
Only place main points on the outline slide Another bullet point And another bullet point Another bullet point if you can fit it on the slide Include everything you want to say on each slide
– Ex: Use the titles of each slide as main points– More bullet points
Distracting
Distracting
Irrelevant, bad clip art
Too much information
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AVOID Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your
presentation– Ex: previous slide
Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the presentation
Only place main points on the outline slide Another bullet point And another bullet point Another bullet point if you can fit it on the slide Include everything you want to say on each slide
– Ex: Use the titles of each slide as main points– More bullet pointsX
Start here
1 idea per slide
Plan your presentation away from your computer
Slide 1
Why am I talking about this subject?
Slide 2
Ask the class a question
Slide 3
Outline the 1st main point to cover
Remove backgrounds...
all they do is distract the audience from your message
Black text on white is easy to read
Use High Quality Graphics
Images is this presentation were purchased from a professional stock house
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Or take your own images…
Put details in a handout
Give it out AFTER your presentation
Tell Stories
TEDx Manhattan. August 2011. Flikr. Creative Commons License.
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People remember stories
TEDx Manhattan. August 2011. Flikr. Creative Commons License.
You don’t always need slides
Demonstrations
White Board
Case StudiesGame Shows
Ask questions
Group Brainstorm
SkitMind Maps
Poll the Audience
Create a video
to…
Have Fun!
Presentation Author: Natalie Currie
References (for those who yearn for more…)
Atkinson, Cliff. Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations that Inform, Motivate and Inspire. Redmond: Microsoft Press, 2011
Durate Nancy. Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations. Sebastopol: O’Reilly, 2008
Duarte Nancy. resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010
Godin Seth. Really Bad Presentations (e-book). http://www.sethgodin.com/freeprize/reallybad-1.pdf, Do you Zoom Inc. 2001
Reynolds Garr. Presentationzen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery.
Berkeley: New Riders, 2008
Reynolds Garr. Presentationzen DESIGN: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentation. Berkeley: New Riders, 2010
Schwertly Scott. How to be a Presentation God: Build, Design and Deliver Presentations that Dominate. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2011
