presentation zen
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This is a meta-presentation on how to use slideware to communicate with an audience.TRANSCRIPT
presentation zen
Good afternoon and welcome to “Presentation Zen”.I am Phil TolandI work in IT on Customer PortalI will be giving today’s Lunch and Learn presentation
meta presentation
This is a presentation about presentationsA “meta presentation” I will talk about using slideware as a communication toolI will not talk about how to create a presentation in powerpoint
Bad presentation anecdote: Vendor presentation Presenter did not know the subject matter, was reading slides“I don’t know what this slide is trying to say”, “I think this slide is trying to say...”Typical of bad presentations, we left the room annoyed with the vendor
presentation styles
We will start out by looking at some new and different presentation stylesDifferent ways to approach the problemMine for inspiration and ideas
Masayoshi Takahashi
Takahashi is a developer who was asked to give a five minute presentationHe didn’t have powerpoint or graphics software, yet he wanted to make a good impressionHe decided to put a few carefully chosen characters on the screen for each slide
The Takahashi Method
This style is known as the Takahashi MethodThe characters on the screen are carefully chosen to have the most impactOverlap of written language and art
huge characters
Uses very large fontsA few characters take up the whole screenAudience doesn’t have to spend a long time looking at the screen to understand
easy to see
The large characters are easy to see from all points in the roomThe simplicity of the slide does not distract from the speaker
Larry Lessig
Larry Lessig, attorney and law professor at StanfordInvolved with the EFF and created the Creative CommonsAdvocate for “free culture” and copyright reforms
Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki, venture capitalistGives a lot of presentationsListens to a lot of business pitches
top 10 format
Tired of boring presentationsTop 10 format gives some idea of progressKawasaki uses top 10 for all of his presentations
10/20/30 rule
Kawasaki’s advice to people pitching business ideas to himthe 10/20/30 ruleExtension of top 10 format
20 minutes
Gives time for question and answerPadding for, eg projector failurePeople show up late and leave early
a contrast in styles
Look at two very different presentation stylesConsider the styles, not the individual presenting or the company they represent
Steve Jobs
Very dynamic and open styleKnown for his ability to hold an audienceEvery “Stevenote” is sold out
Takes attention away from BillToo much...doesn’t support a single point wellIs it raining on the iMac?
Steve is comfortable with himself on stageComes out close to the audienceUses blank screen to focus attention on himself
Bullet points as a crutchBill is not as comfortable...nervous gesture of bringing hands togetherStays back from the audienceAt least move each bullet point to a different slide
http://davidrodgers.us/blog/?p=21
apologies are bad
Edward Tufte“Never apologize. If youʼre worried the presentation wonʼt go well, keep it to yourself and give it your best shot. Besides, people are usually too preoccupied with their own problems to notice yours.“
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