Interaction can be challenging for both a presenter and an audience member. As a speaker, what do you do when someone gives you the incorrect answer to a question? There is a way to handle the situation effectively! Continue reading
Slide-Seduction (Tease… Never Please!)
It is important to limit the content on support visuals, as mentioned in the PowerPoint Slim-Slide Diet. But slide seduction is just as important as slide reduction. Just like with any other form of enticement, effective wording will change the perspective of your audience. Continue reading
The PowerPoint Slim-Slide Diet
Imagine that the slides in your presentation gain weight as you add more text or clutter. So, you just keep feeding these images your high-calorie content and, before you know it, your presentation has become a bloated blob of blubbering babble! Sound familiar? Well, SLIDE-REDUCTION is possible! There is a way to slim your slides into speaking-shape! Continue reading
Distractions and Distortions
Clip art images, if filled with many details, can actually become a distraction when the visual stays in view too long. Continue reading
Print vs. Screen
Reviewing electronic communication may be a function of fatigue on the eyes. Many people will briefly examine at a text-intensive document on a computer, but will opt for printing the document for complete reading. This is noticed in universities (such as NYU) where students are offered electronic books, course handouts, and other online references; yet, most students will PRINT these online items, before reading or studying. Why do this? Continue reading
Rate the Skills in Your Organization
If you could AVERAGE the presentation skills of everyone in your organization (department, group, etc.), based on those you have seen present information, what LETTER-grade would you give?
How would rate the AVERAGE PRESENTER in your organization?
- C - Fair, but not very effective (45%, 49 Votes)
- B - Good, and improving (30%, 32 Votes)
- D - Substandard and needing much improvement (17%, 18 Votes)
- F - Very poor, needs a LOT of help (6%, 7 Votes)
- A - Excellent! (2%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 108
Loading ...If you would like to PROFILE the needs of your organization, to see how your preferences compare to published research, read the Profiling Works! posting and follow the survey link.
Practice Makes Perfect?
What is the best way to practice a presentation? Some resort to memorizing a well-written speech; some rehearse pre-written notes in an outline format; while others keep repeating an “off-the-cuff” delivery over and over until comfortable. All of these approaches focus on the content. But there is another method. Continue reading
PowerPoint Slide Show HELP Menu
If you already maximized the efficiency of your slide show viewing options (see Slide-Viewing Options) you can still display a MENU of actions while running a PowerPoint presentation. A simple FUNCTION KEY does the trick! Continue reading
PowerPoint “List-Slides” Feature
Let’s say you are in a PowerPoint presentation and you decide that you want to quickly navigate to a different visual by choosing from a list of all the slides in your presentation. There is a simple shortcut to do this! Continue reading
PowerPoint ENTER-ENTER Trick
You are giving a PowerPoint presentation and you are currently on slide 20. An audience member asks a question. To help clarify your response you would like to bring back the supporting data that appeared as part of slide 14. What will you do to display that visual once again? Continue reading