One Hour PowerPoint: Ten Strategies for Improving Presentations

One Hour PowerPoint: Strategies for Improving Presentations David Jakes

1 “ Teach them biology”

Dual Processing: Visual and Auditory

2 “ Teach them to make it visual”

PowerPoint doesn’t kill presentations Bullet points do.

“ Why would you use words on the screen when they do just fine in your mouth” Seth Godin

Use images to communicate, not decorate…

Recall Dupuit, Flow to fixed heads with recharge: Note: Recharge is a fixed flux and head/gradient will be calculated to accommodate that recharge - e.g. High recharge >> High heads h1 and h2 are fixed heads and flux will be calculated to accommodate those heads - e.g. a high h1 will shift the divide to the left of the problem domain and produce large influx that joins the reachrge and discharges to the right, if h2 is very low, that influx will be even higher h 1 h 2 L x=0 w q x d h x

Cognitive Load: Intrinsic and Extraneous

3 “ Teach them how to find images ”

4 “ Teach them about intellectual property”

5 “ Teach them design”

iBrain The Brain: Past, Present , and Future

The Brain : Past, Present, and Future iBrain

Adolescent Brain
More gray matter than white matter
Prefrontal cortex growing and developing
Brain continues to grow and matures by the age of 25
Teenage brain has a well-developed accelerator but only a partly developed break
New proliferation of neurons at 11 for girls and 12 for boys

ff Adolescent Brain More gray matter than white matter Prefrontal Cortex Brain grows and matures by 25

ff ttt Adolescent Brain Teenage brain has a well-developed accelerator but only a partly developed break New proliferation of neurons at 11 for girls and 12 for boys

Synaptic changes in the brain
We create new synapses through learning
Changes in synaptic strength enhance learning
Neurons that fire together wire together
Experiences leave indelible imprints in the brain.( emotional experiences).

The Brain: Present Synaptic Changes in the Brain We create new synapses through learning | Changes in synaptic strength enhance learning |

The Brain: Present Synaptic Changes in the Brain Neurons that fire together wire together | Experiences leave indelible imprints in the brain

Negative plasticity
Examine the worry circuitry in the brain
Limbic system
Thoughts have an impact on the brain
Get rid of the ANTS-kill them
Think of bad thoughts as air pollution
Exterminate the ants – get rid of always negative thinking

Negative Plasticity Examine the worry circuitry Limbic System Thoughts have an impact on the brain Get rid of the ANTS-negative thinking Bad thoughts as air pollution

6 “ Teach them to Sell”

Communication is the transfer of emotion” Seth Godin

How many homeless?
Between 2.3 and 3.5 million are likely to experience being homeless in a year
1.35 million of them are children
200,000 veterans may be homeless on a given night.
50% African-American, 35% White, 12% Latino, 2% Native American, 1% Asian

How many experience being homeless? Between 2.3 and 3.5 million people… 1.35 million are children 200,000 are veterans

7 “ Color and font choice matters”

Of the 16 million colors…

This is a Serif Font This is a Sans Serif Font

8 “ Teach them to incorporate multimedia”

The Hard Way…

The Easy Way….Kind of

The No Brainer

The Story of a Sign

9 “ Teach them PowerPoint Secrets ”

10 “ Teach them to share”

“ Having the winning idea means nothing without being able to share it with someone else” Dan Roam, The Back of the Napkin

Thank You!

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