Talking Points

Presentation Principles and Techniques

Andy Giesler

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Talking Points

1. Preparation2. Presentation3. Technique

1. Preparation

1. Preparation

1. PreparationA. Content A. Content B. PlaceC. Practice

Organizing Your Thoughts

I. ContentA. 3-4 pointsB. NotecardsC. Paper

II. PlaceA. The roomB. The people

III. PracticeA. StandingB. …

Organizing Your Thoughts

FreeMindfreemind.sourceforge.net

Simple is Beautiful

Three or Four Points

Simple is Beautiful

Three or Four Subpoints (maybe)

Where Are Your Notes?

“Is this something my audience needs to see?”

Where Are Your Notes?

Ideas, not sentences.Ideas, not sentences.

Where Are Your Notes?

Sheets of paper More detail is good More detail is bad How paper makes you nervous

1. PreparationA. ContentB. Place B. Place C. Practice

The Room

Visit itTry it

The People Who’ll Be There

Who they areWhat they know

1. PreparationA. ContentB. PlaceC. Practice C. Practice

How?

TalkingStandingTimingRepeating

1. PreparationA. ContentB. PlaceC. Practice

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2. PresentationA. Open A. Open B. EngageC. Close

SchmoozingSchmoozing

The Best Way to Open

The Best Way to Open

Introduce Yourself

Introduce Yourself

Introduce Your Audience

Introduce Your Audience

Reinforce

1. Tell them2. Tell them3. Tell them

2. PresentationA. OpenB. Engage B. Engage C. Close

How to Engage Them?

How to Engage Them?

How to Engage Them?

Why Engage Them?

How to Engage Them?

Why Not Engage Them?

Learning styles

Reinforce

1. Tell them2. Tell them3. Tell them

2. PresentationA. OpenB. EngageC. Close C. Close

Reinforce

1. Tell them2. Tell them3. Tell them

How to Engage Them?

Running out of time?

So, is that unclear to anyone?

“So, is that unclear to anyone?”

Feedback

2. PresentationA. OpenB. EngageC. Close

3. Technique

3. TechniqueA. Your Body A. Your Body B. PowerPointC. Beyond

PowerPoint

Action!

Gestures

Your ArmsYour HeadYour Face

Gestures

Your Voice

So, is that unclear to anyone?

Deception

3. TechniqueA. Your BodyB. PowerPoint B. PowerPoint C. Beyond

PowerPoint

“Death by PowerPoint”

http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint

What’s It Good For?

1. Visualizing ideas2. Making key points

Whats’ it Used For?

What’s It Used For?

A Handout

What’s it Used For?A Teleprompter

This is a great use for PowerPoint!You may be uncomfortable when presenting; having your whole

speech on the slide can help. Having your notes on the screen means you don’t need to

remember things, and that you don’t need to glance at notecards. Also, it helps your audience focus on what’s important: your words!

Bonus: no need for you to make eye contact with the audience!A Handout

Also a great use!Saves you time: no need to prepare a separate handoutReminds your audience of your exact words.

Mixed Feelings

More work

Mixed Feelings

Auto-notes

Images

flickrstormhttp://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/

Wikimedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org

Wikipediahttp://wikipedia.org

Faux Pas?

Faux PasToo much textOnly textToo much

everythingSmall textClip art (?)

Busy backgroundPoor contrastToo many fontsToo many colorsSpecial effects

3. TechniqueA. Your BodyB. PowerPointC. Beyond C. Beyond

PowerPoint PowerPoint

You Tell Me

You Tell Me

Talking Points1. Preparation

Content Practice Place

2. Presentation Open Engage Close

3. Technique Your Body PowerPoint Beyond PowerPoint

Creative Commons Attributions

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/48600091327@N01/2185534635 Andres Rueda, "CASIO 593 A163W wristwatch",

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23327787@N08/2969396972 billerickson, "Google Master Plan", http://www.flickr.com/photos/67471048@N00/2076751326 Bludgeoner86, "MeetingRoom", http://www.flickr.com/photos/48718829@N00/388854313 clspeace, "Jumping for joy on Moel Hiraddug",

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98802919@N00/2143292403 Corey Ann, "Schmoozing", http://www.flickr.com/photos/68574102@N00/1578668567 Ctd 2005, "motion, gesture of bravado", http://www.flickr.com/photos/49196923@N00/118558398 Damiao Santana, "Hands of Maria Amelia", http://www.flickr.com/photos/35182097@N00/6388208 Face It., "Elf Metamorphosis", http://www.flickr.com/photos/50417132@N00/1510714912 FredArmitage, "Listen", http://www.flickr.com/photos/58746120@N00/315336719 frischmilch, "Bodenseecamp 2005: Protokoll einer Leidenschaft",

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76769963@N00/165015391

Creative Commons Attributions

Gio JL, "Kick up! Receive!", http://www.flickr.com/photos/58862846@N00/361679973 Joe Geranio, "Prof. John Pollini working with the Augustan Ara Pacis",

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60274160@N00/2493453894 kretyen, "Pavarotti Owl", http://www.flickr.com/photos/10271343@N00/2424232432 martinroell, "Klaus Eck und erfolgreiche Weblogs",

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35237098033@N01/100439117 plindberg, "reboot8: Notes Day 1 vs. Day 2",

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35237094214@N01/162255843 Robert Scoble, "Teleprompter at Cisco", http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034363287@N01/2284907481 serendipity, "74/365, con un sorriso", http://www.flickr.com/photos/22547439@N03/2848538749 sneakymouser, "DSCF0958", http://www.flickr.com/photos/39311234@N00/2857630235 tvol, "Creative Commons Documentation in real life",

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13102974@N00/2475485229 Tywak, "Avoir que de la gueule !", http://www.flickr.com/photos/8913993@N04/2961162340 ~Dezz~, "Father of the Eye - HDR", http://www.flickr.com/photos/72182050@N00/386508456

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Talking Points

Presentation Principles and Techniques