Comments on: Engaged OR Enraged? How Can We Do Presentations Better? http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:25:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Brandie http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-2814 Brandie Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:52:47 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-2814 Greeting. The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure. I am from Namibia and now study English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: "There are tons of ways to get cheap airline tickets to anywhere in the world." Best regards :P, Brandie. Greeting. The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
I am from Namibia and now study English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: “There are tons of ways to get cheap airline tickets to anywhere in the world.”

Best regards :P , Brandie.

]]> By: dswaters http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-885 dswaters Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:24:35 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-885 Thanks everyone for your comments.I decided that there was so many great tips so I turned it into a post. http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/what-works-what-doesnt-tips-from-readers-on-presentations/ That way more people can gain from the tips you provided. Thanks everyone for your comments.I decided that there was so many great tips so I turned it into a post. http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/what-works-what-doesnt-tips-from-readers-on-presentations/

That way more people can gain from the tips you provided.

]]> By: » Presentations with punch! (or, Avoiding death by powerpoint…) Let’s talk eLearning http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-873 » Presentations with punch! (or, Avoiding death by powerpoint…) Let’s talk eLearning Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:47:18 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-873 [...] I discovered a few new blogs to read through twitter, and last week Sue Waters was discussing successful PowerPoint presentations - Engaged or Enraged?  [...] [...] I discovered a few new blogs to read through twitter, and last week Sue Waters was discussing successful PowerPoint presentations – Engaged or Enraged?  [...]

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]]> By: Suzanne http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Suzanne Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:44:40 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-854 I will continue to watch this post with interest, and will probably blog about this topic myself this week, when I’ve had a chance to follow all the suggested links. I am somewhat confused by this whole topic. I have presented extensively over the last couple of years, and I always seem to get good feedback after my sessions. But I struggle to follow several of these new 'PowerPoint rules'. I never read my slides, and I always feel I am comfortable just discussing the topic, adding anecdotes etc. I do however, find myself having bullet points in my slides. And, as much as I have reworked and reworked my presentations with the idea of replacing majority of text with images, in most cases I cannot think of an appropriate image to insert. (Its funny - I remember a couple of years ago reading research that said the only images in presentations should be specifically relevant to the topic...). So, I find myself in a quandary - I feel like I present well, but that my PowerPoint’s would not come up to scratch under scrutiny. Maybe they work because I generally run hands on workshops, and give the participants a copy of the presentation on CD or online, so they can follow all the links and engage with the activities. When I use bullets its just a brief word, to jog a readers memory when they are looking back on the resource, trying to remember what I said. And I feel concerned at the moment - I have one or two of those inspirational videos in a presentation I am preparing for next week... and while I agree you could watch it in your own time...many teachers who attend my sessions would say they would not have time. I will continue to watch this post with interest, and will probably blog about this topic myself this week, when I’ve had a chance to follow all the suggested links. I am somewhat confused by this whole topic. I have presented extensively over the last couple of years, and I always seem to get good feedback after my sessions. But I struggle to follow several of these new ‘PowerPoint rules’. I never read my slides, and I always feel I am comfortable just discussing the topic, adding anecdotes etc. I do however, find myself having bullet points in my slides. And, as much as I have reworked and reworked my presentations with the idea of replacing majority of text with images, in most cases I cannot think of an appropriate image to insert. (Its funny – I remember a couple of years ago reading research that said the only images in presentations should be specifically relevant to the topic…). So, I find myself in a quandary – I feel like I present well, but that my PowerPoint’s would not come up to scratch under scrutiny. Maybe they work because I generally run hands on workshops, and give the participants a copy of the presentation on CD or online, so they can follow all the links and engage with the activities. When I use bullets its just a brief word, to jog a readers memory when they are looking back on the resource, trying to remember what I said.

And I feel concerned at the moment – I have one or two of those inspirational videos in a presentation I am preparing for next week… and while I agree you could watch it in your own time…many teachers who attend my sessions would say they would not have time.

]]> By: Mobile Technology in TAFE » Blog Archive » What Works! What Doesn’t! Tips From Readers On Presentations! http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Mobile Technology in TAFE » Blog Archive » What Works! What Doesn’t! Tips From Readers On Presentations! Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:33:55 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-852 [...] to everyone who took the time to post their comments on Engaged OR Enraged? How Can We Do Presentations Better? which I used to when organising my own presentations last week. Apologies — I did respond [...] [...] to everyone who took the time to post their comments on Engaged OR Enraged? How Can We Do Presentations Better? which I used to when organising my own presentations last week. Apologies — I did respond [...]

]]> By: Sally http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Sally Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:04:06 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-847 I'm fully agreeing with the whole story telling thing but am thinking that shock value is of real value. Shock! - It arcks up everyone to think - just when they feel like snoozing. What about stories of a real stuff ups an then images that are equally shocking/confusing/hilarious - enuff to make people's heads start working (= engaged) and then work it in with the heated/passionate discusssion that will soon follow, either through questions or comments, depending on the size of the audience (= collaboration and networking). In summary, bounce off the walls and let it get messy - it lends for some real cool learning. You know.....on reflection...the feeling I'm left with after these types of presentations is the same as when I leave an 'art house' type film... you start off kinda confused and end up thinking about it for weeks on end. I’m fully agreeing with the whole story telling thing but am thinking that shock value is of real value. Shock! – It arcks up everyone to think – just when they feel like snoozing. What about stories of a real stuff ups an then images that are equally shocking/confusing/hilarious – enuff to make people’s heads start working (= engaged) and then work it in with the heated/passionate discusssion that will soon follow, either through questions or comments, depending on the size of the audience (= collaboration and networking). In summary, bounce off the walls and let it get messy – it lends for some real cool learning. You know…..on reflection…the feeling I’m left with after these types of presentations is the same as when I leave an ‘art house’ type film… you start off kinda confused and end up thinking about it for weeks on end.

]]> By: Leonard Low http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Leonard Low Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:36:37 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-827 I agree with Joel - a great presentation is about delivery, not technology. Great presentations can be done completely without the use of visual aids (and, indeed, the greatest speeches in history, almost without exception, were). By way of ilustration: the whole *princple* of "Technology 2.0" is to put the power of creation in the hands of users. No PowerPoint slide, with however many pictures, will accomplish that. If anything, the reverse is true: by removing the informational content from slides and turning them into a photographic slide show, the listener becomes even more reliant on the presentation and delivery skills of the presenter. A *TRUE* "Presentation 2.0" should involve the audience - if not in the creation of the content itself, then certainly in its delivery. Also, I should add that just as the modern principles of adult learning puts the onus (and power) to learn in the hands of the learner; so too, the onus is as much on the audience to extract and interact with a presentation, in whatever form, as it is on the presenter to deliver it! While everyone appreciates a great presenter, the days of "spoon-fed" teaching have surely been replaced by a paradigm in which the learner (or audience member) is equally (if not more) responsible for extracting meaning and constructing their own understanding! A great presentation aid (e.g. PowerPoint) will aid that task for audience members, but can never (and probably *should* never) be a substitute for either the presenter's duty to deliver well, nor an audience member's duty to listen actively and extract their own meaning. I agree with Joel – a great presentation is about delivery, not technology. Great presentations can be done completely without the use of visual aids (and, indeed, the greatest speeches in history, almost without exception, were).

By way of ilustration: the whole *princple* of “Technology 2.0″ is to put the power of creation in the hands of users. No PowerPoint slide, with however many pictures, will accomplish that. If anything, the reverse is true: by removing the informational content from slides and turning them into
a photographic slide show, the listener becomes even more reliant on the presentation and delivery skills of the presenter.

A *TRUE* “Presentation 2.0″ should involve the audience – if not in the creation of the content itself, then certainly in its delivery.

Also, I should add that just as the modern principles of adult learning puts the onus (and power) to learn in the hands of the learner; so too, the onus is as much on the audience to extract and interact with a presentation, in whatever form, as it is on the presenter to deliver it! While everyone appreciates a great presenter, the days of “spoon-fed” teaching have surely been replaced by a paradigm in which the learner (or audience member) is equally (if not more) responsible for extracting meaning and constructing their own understanding!

A great presentation aid (e.g. PowerPoint) will aid that task for audience members, but can never (and probably *should* never) be a substitute for either the presenter’s duty to deliver well, nor an audience member’s duty to listen actively and extract their own meaning.

]]> By: Gary Barber http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Gary Barber Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:08:12 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-826 On the Back of Web Directions South and OZ-IA (information architecture) conferences we have all discussed this at length. But Miles Burke sums it up best http://www.milesburke.com.au/blog/2007/10/09/presentation-tips/ On the Back of Web Directions South and OZ-IA (information architecture) conferences we have all discussed this at length. But Miles Burke sums it up best

http://www.milesburke.com.au/blog/2007/10/09/presentation-tips/

]]> By: Joel McDonald http://suewaters.com/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Joel McDonald Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:04:23 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/10/19/engaged-or-enraged-how-can-we-do-presentations-better/#comment-824 An engaging presentation has little to do with technology and everything to do with the person giving the presentation. Great presents will be affective with or without slides, which is also an argument for minimalist slides if slides are used. Many might be tempted to create the slides and then build the presentation. I think a more effective way to approach presentation preparation is akin to the waterfall model for program development. PLAN what you want to say to exact specifications. This allows you to organize without be confined to slides. After you know what you want to say, then think about how slides can enhance your presentation. Enhance is the keyword. Slides shouldn't be the focus of your presentation...your presentation should be the focus! I think slides should be simple and relevant. Images on slides should be selected because they are effective at burning your message into their visual memory. Anyway, those are my thoughts. Great slides don't make great presentations. Great presenters make great presentations. An engaging presentation has little to do with technology and everything to do with the person giving the presentation. Great presents will be affective with or without slides, which is also an argument for minimalist slides if slides are used.

Many might be tempted to create the slides and then build the presentation. I think a more effective way to approach presentation preparation is akin to the waterfall model for program development. PLAN what you want to say to exact specifications. This allows you to organize without be confined to slides. After you know what you want to say, then think about how slides can enhance your presentation. Enhance is the keyword. Slides shouldn’t be the focus of your presentation…your presentation should be the focus!

I think slides should be simple and relevant. Images on slides should be selected because they are effective at burning your message into their visual memory.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Great slides don’t make great presentations. Great presenters make great presentations.

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