I spend my summers preparing for professional development normally. This includes helping out with the Ed Camp Foundation PD movement. This movement changes the scripts on how PD is created and used.
Instead of sitting in a locked room with a Powerpoint Presentation teachers gather round and share what they want to know or already know and facilitate discussions. Imagine the difference right there! Not sit-and-get presentations, but dialogues on what works and what you want to know. Recently, I have been preparing and studying presentation design. I have seen people who are incredible presenters live multiple times and it wasn't until I saw this slideshare and hit No. 95. that it connected.
This is where that chart on audience engagement pops into view. I go back and think about the awesome presentations by @2guysshow, @GingerLewman and @kevinhoneycutt because they stop and connect. The pull in a relevant story, show a video or activity that gets the audience engaged!
This is my new goal at presentations is to relate more materials to personalities because let's face it you build bridges with relationships. So share those relationships in any presentation. Speaking of Dos and Don'ts in Presentations
If you do use a traditional Powerpoint presentation here is a quick note about what NOT to do:
Fonts to avoid (these I did not know and there were some fighting words on whether or not Tahoma, was an option between my wife and I. She is the TYPE to get in a debate on text types. Tahoma, Microsoft Sans Serif, Arial, Verdana, Courier New, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Lucida Console, Comic Sans. Do not give a million animations or facts on one slide. Do not use clipart when there is a ton of free source photos under creative commons you could use. Do not read from the slides! For more interesting fun check out this video about the Death of Powerpoint.
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Sadie Aronson
6/22/2017 10:31:24 pm
Love Slide 95! This is something I often forget about but *face palm* when I think about all the times I've done this. It's easy for me to sneak in a few videos here in there when presenting information to my Multimedia classes but when it comes to Personal Finance or Business Technology, it can be a real stretch to find an entertaining video that relates to our content. If only I could play The Office when we discuss job preparation and interview or employability skills! These ideas remind me of the back-to-school memes that I've seen. They are a fun way to get through the dreaded first day of classroom management plans and seating charts!
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David Hendershot
6/24/2017 08:08:37 pm
Agreed! It is harder on finance and business.
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Nicole Rogier
6/25/2017 11:53:37 am
As the presenter, it can be difficult to remember that even though you may be engaged during your whole presentation, your audience may not if you don't relate something back to them or grab their attention in some way. I also thought it was great that you discussed a few "don'ts" of presentations, but not any dos. There are some major things to avoid, but you also want to give the creator room for creativity, instead of just telling them exactly what to do.
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Jory Murry
7/4/2017 11:46:54 am
I appreciate that you mentioned pulling in a relevant story. That is something that I also tried to do in my final presentation for this project. I think it is a key factor in engaging your audience! All of the great presenters do a great job of that.
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