Giving Effective Presentations

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Giving Effective Presentations

• Patrick R. Lowenthal
• patrick.lowenthal_at_ucdenver.edu

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• Why are we here?
• Does this matter to me?

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Agenda

• Limitations of PowerPoint
• Design strategies
• Presentation strategies
• Distribution strategies
• Good, the bad, and the ugly activity

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• Limitations of PowerPoint

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• Articles about PowerPoint misuse
• Death by PowerPoint
• Official PowerPoint is bad for Brains
• Bad PowerPoint When is enough enough?
• PowerPoint Shot with its own bullets
• PowerPoint is evil
• Does PowerPoint make us Stupid?
• PowerPoint Can software edit our thoughts?

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• Peter Norvig

http//norvig.com/Gettysburg/sld001.htm
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Edward Tufte
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• Limitations of PowerPoint Tufte
• Low resolution
• Bullet outlines dilute thought
• Deeply hierarchical and linear structure
• Fragments narrative and data
• Preoccupation with format, not content
• Decoration and phluff

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http//www.youtube.com/watch?vcagxPlVqrtM
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• Design Strategies

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• Design Strategies
• According to Tufte

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• Use more useful visuals or give handouts
• Use clear headings, numbered lists or very few
  bulleted outlines
• Design and leverage PowerPoints non-linear and
  non-hierarchical capabilities
• Use plain, non-distracting backgrounds use
  information rich and relevant images

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• Use more useful visuals or give handouts
• Use clear headings, numbered lists or very few
  bulleted outlines
• Design and leverage PowerPoints non-linear and
  non-hierarchical capabilities
• Use plain, non-distracting backgrounds use
  information rich and relevant images

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• Use more useful visuals or give handouts
• Use clear headings, numbered lists or very few
  bulleted outlines
• Design and leverage PowerPoints non-linear and
  non-hierarchical capabilities
• Use plain, non-distracting backgrounds use
  information rich and relevant images

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• Use more useful visuals or give handouts
• Use clear headings, numbered lists or very few
  bulleted outlines
• Design and leverage PowerPoints non-linear and
  non-hierarchical capabilities
• Use plain, non-distracting backgrounds use
  information rich and relevant images

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• Design Strategies
• According to Williams

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Robin Williams
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ContrastAlignmentRepetitionProximity
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Contrast
Bad
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Alignment
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Repetition and Proximity
Bad Introduction xkdkdkdkdkd Body kdkdkdkd
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• Design Strategies
• According to Patrick (me!)

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• PowerPoint should support objectives
• Avoid PowerPoint templates
• Avoid using more than one level of bullets
• Less is better less words less slides
• Avoid distracting clip art/unrelated images
• Avoid distracting slide transitions
• Use CARP to improve design
• Avoid using all CAPS
• Leverage multimedia visual audio when
  appropriate
• Dont let PowerPoint control your presentation

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Move Beyond Static Text

• Interactivity
• MS Producer for PPT
• Articulate Presenter
• Impatica for PowerPoint
• Games
• Digital Stories

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• Design Strategies
• According to
• Pecha Kucha et al.

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• Pecha Kucha 20 slides timed for 20 seconds each
  (total time6 minutes 40 seconds)
  www.pecha-kucha.org (e.g., http//www.youtube.com
  /watch?v9NZOt6BkhUg)
• Ignite 20 slides timed for 15 seconds each
  (total time5 minutes) http//ignite.oreilly.com/
  
• Guy Kawasaki 10/20/30 rule 10 slides, no more
  than 20 minutes, no font smaller than 30

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• Design Strategies
• According to
• the experts

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• Presentation Strategies

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• Practice your Presentation
• Test your PowerPoint before giving it
• Learn how to move from slide to slide
• Use the B key (or the W)
• Dont be locked to your PPT or the podium
• Use numbers to navigate your slides
• Have a plan B if the technology fails

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• Practice your Presentation
• Test your PowerPoint before giving it
• Learn how to move from slide to slide
• Use the B key (or the W)
• Dont be locked to your PPT or the podium
• Use numbers to navigate your slides
• Have a plan B if the technology fails

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• Practice your Presentation
• Test your PowerPoint before giving it
• Learn how to move from slide to slide
• Use the B key (or the W)
• Dont be locked to your PPT or the podium
• Use numbers to navigate your slides
• Have a plan B if the technology fails

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• Practice your Presentation
• Test your PowerPoint before giving it
• Learn how to move from slide to slide
• Use the B key (or the W)
• Dont be locked to your PPT or the podium
• Use numbers to navigate your slides
• Have a plan B if the technology fails

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• Practice your Presentation
• Test your PowerPoint before giving it
• Learn how to move from slide to slide
• Use the B key (or the W)
• Dont be locked to your PPT or the podium
• Use numbers to navigate your slides
• Have a plan B if the technology fails

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• Practice your Presentation
• Test your PowerPoint before giving it
• Learn how to move from slide to slide
• Use the B key (or the W)
• Dont be locked to your PPT or the podium
• Use numbers to navigate your slides
• Have a plan B if the technology fails

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• Practice your Presentation
• Test your PowerPoint before giving it
• Learn how to move from slide to slide
• Use the B key (or the W)
• Dont be locked to your PPT or the podium
• Use numbers to navigate your slides
• Have a plan B if the technology fails

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• Distribution Strategies

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• Activity

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• http//www.socialstartups.com/2007/06/26/microsoft
  -and-horrible-powerpoint-slides/
• http//christyluther.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/poor
  -presentation-slides/
• http//sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/04/wo
  rst_powerpoin.html
• http//elmhurst.edu/jacobh/WorstPresentationEverS
  tandAlone.ppt
• http//www.slideshare.net/jdornberg/worlds-worst-p
  owerpoint

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• Questions ?

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Resources
PowerPoint Viewer - http//tinyurl.com/3buwr5
PowerPoint Producer - http//tinyurl.com/4mcn69
Articulate - http//www.articulate.com Impatica
- http//www.impatica.com Games -
http//it.coe.uga.edu/wwild/index.html Digital
Stories - http//www.storycenter.org Ovation -
http//www.adobe.com/products/ovation
OpenOffice Impress - http//www.openoffice.org
SlideShare - http//www.slideshare.net
Inspiration - http//www.slideshare.net/contests
/ Patrick R. Lowenthal patrick.lowenthal_at_ucdenv
er.edu