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
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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
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
The Note Giveth and the Note Taketh
There are two ways to offer an audience an opportunity to have “notes” on your presentation. You can create note-GIVING handouts that already contain key information; or, you can design handouts that leave some area or space for note-TAKING by the audience. Continue reading
Fear of Speaking?
Do you get nervous before a presentation? Share your thoughts on what you think might be causing those nerves?
Is it a fear of being judged by others; or, is it a fear of forgetting what to say; or, a fear of looking foolish?
What is YOUR biggest fear?
What’s in a Handout?
If you decide to give handouts, the content becomes an important issue. The handouts should always be “different” from the presentation.
Don’t fall into the trap of printing out a hard copy of your visuals for the audience to take away with them. This presents a problem, especially when the presentation is designed conceptually. Continue reading
Give ’em a Hand on Broadway
You can learn a lot about the power of hand gestures by watching Ben Vereen and the entire cast from the Broadway musical PIPPIN. Continue reading
Coldplay Reaches Out
The Coldplay hit Viva la Vida is loosely translated as “Long Live Life” but lead-singer Chris Martin creates a unique connection to his audience with a series of rhythmic “reaching out” gestures. Continue reading
Seek Simplicity in Templates
The templates you find in most graphic software programs offer a variety of graphic elements, geometric shapes, and other interesting components to carry a design theme throughout the presentation.
When you work with templates, check to see if the design is generic or specific. Continue reading
Stories
This category features comments about your best or worst presentation experiences — or someone else’s!