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ThinkForward:
Presentation Literacy -
Building an Effective
Presentation


October 17, 2012
Erik Palmer
      pvlegs.com
erik_palmer@comcast.net
Information Literacy

       Visual Literacy


          Presentation Literacy

Television Literacy
                                       Computer Literacy


              Technological Literacy
What I will share with you today


     •   Strategies for designing powerful
         presentations using a range of
         tools and formats

     •   Tips for avoiding common
         presenting pitfalls
When we think of presentations,
 we think of situations such as these…
Digital Presentations
What presentations will you be
  doing in the next month?
The Basics
Two distinct parts

        • Building the
          presentation

        • Performing the
          presentation
BUILDING
  Audience
  Content
Organization
 Visual Aids
Appearance
Audience
   Who?

   What?
Content




Important information
Interesting information
Organization




 Basic speech plan
Visual Aids


  Relevant
  Accessible
  Important
  Designed, not decorated
Appearance




Dress appropriately
BUILDING
  Audience
  Content
Organization
 Visual Aids
Appearance
PERFORMING
    Poise
    Voice
     Life
 Eye Contact
  Gestures
    Speed
Poise



        Calm and confident

         Shuffling, rocking,
             and fidgeting?
Voice



Every word heard

Just right for the space

No mumbling or blurring
Life




  Feeling

  Emotion
Eye Contact
Gestures



   Hands

   Body

   Face
Speed


 Too fast?

 Fast & slow

 Pauses
PERFORMING
  Poise
  Voice
  Life
  Eye Contact
  Gestures
  Speed
Considering those basics,
rate yourself as a presenter.
Considering those basics,
rate your staff as presenters.
We can use this structure
    to understand…


      Common
    Presentation
      Mistakes
BUILDING
  Audience
  Content
Organization
 Visual Aids
Appearance
Audience
   Who?
   What?
Nancy, elementary principal


                        RTI…at 4 on Friday


Staff: What’s it gonna be this year?


                   Parents: Stop the jargon.
                        What about my kid?
Content




Important information
Interesting information
Time


 Connectors

                 Clarifiers



Ignoring the obvious




       What’s your point?


                              TMI   Verbal viruses
Organization




 Basic speech plan
Visual Aids


  Relevant
  Accessible
  Important
  Designed, not decorated
www.chrislandry.com




                      Focus
The Cool Farm Tool calculates emissions for:
      Crop   Sequestration      Livestock
    Manageme
       nt
      Field    Primary         Transport
     Energy   Processing
      Use

..and
presents
results
in tables
& graphs
Simplicity
The Consortium provides:

   • Resources & tools
   • Professional development
   • Digital library
The Consortium provides:
color
Respect Others


• Walk on right
• Follow directions
• Wear non-offensive,
  non-distracting clothing
Structure
World Hunger
• 825 million people are seriously underfed
• Every five seconds a child dies of hunger
• We are losing farmland:
  Denmark -37%
  Sweden -22%
  Spain -10%
  UK -5%
• In the last 60 years, land area equal to
  China and India has seen soil degradation
© Chris Landry | christopherlandry.com
PERFORMING
  Poise
  Voice
  Life
  Eye Contact
  Gestures
  Speed
Poise



        That one thing you do
Life




 Feeling

 Passion

 Unwanted inflection
Gestures


 What is your
 body saying?

 What is your
 face saying?
Going outside of PowerPoint

                      Video

    Links


              Audio
Prezi.com
Flip the faculty meeting



                   Or use
                your webcam
Voicethread.com
edu.glogster.com
Thank you for attending!
 Visit hmheducation.com/events/thinkforward to learn
 about upcoming events like this one!




                         Erik Palmer
                         erik_palmer@comcast.net
                         pvlegs.com

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