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Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
The document discusses methods for improving presentations and effective communication in organizational settings, emphasizing the importance of narrative and visual aid. Key recommendations include reducing procurement times, decreasing costs, and fostering interdepartmental partnerships. The author encourages the use of engaging storytelling techniques in training and presentations to enhance retention and understanding among audiences.
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Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
- 1. How Avoid Deathby PowerPoint© Creating Powerful Presentations By Karl M. Kapp Professor Bloomsburg University kkapp@bloomu.edu
- 3. And on slide67… I know you can’t read this so…let me read it to you. Bullet point one: Carefully investigate the vendor to ensure they are credit worthy. Bullet point two:……
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- 7. Purchasing Department Improvements • DecreaseTimefrom Requisition to PO-This means we must reduce the time from when someone enters a requisition until we are able to fill the requisition. • Decrease Overall Costs-The costs to the organization are too high so we want to reduce by aggregating organizational demand. • Foster Partnerships with Lines of Business- The better we work with the lines of business, the better we can meet their needs.
- 8. Purchasing Department Improvements • IncreaseTime from Requisition to PO-This means we must reduce the time from when someone enters a requisition until we are able to fill the requisition. • Decrease Overall Costs-The costs to the organization are too high so we want to reduce by aggregating organizational demand. • Foster Partnerships with Lines of Business- The better we work with the lines of business, the better we can meet their needs. Don’t want to forget… Want to have a document so our audience can follow along. We “copy and paste” from another document. We want the focus on the words and not what we are saying.
- 9. Purchasing Department Improvements • DecreaseTime from Requisition to PO • Decrease Overall Costs • Foster Partnerships with Lines of Business
- 10. Purchasing Department Improvements • DecreaseTime from Requisition to PO • Decrease Overall Costs • Foster Partnerships with Lines of Business 6 x 6 Rule
- 12. Purchasing Department Improvements • DecreaseTime from Requisition to PO • Decrease Overall Costs • Foster Partnerships with Lines of Business
- 13. Decrease Time Decrease OverallCosts Foster Partnerships Purchasing Department Improvements
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- 17. Gamer Generation • ProblemSolvers • Confident • Resilient • Social • Multi-Tasking • Informal Learners
- 18. Got Game: John Beckand Mitchell Wade (2004) Problem Solvers Confident Resilient Multi- tasking Informal Learners Social
- 19. Clarification of Terms Tips and Techniques Advicefrom Veteran Employees Competitive Intelligence Posting/Collection of of Valuable Resources Listing of Internal Experts
- 20. Females play 5hours a week of console games. They make up the majority of PC gamers at 63%. Almost 43% of the gamers are female and 26% of those females are over 18.
- 23. Great Change inLast 20 Years • Nuclear Age • Jet Age • Computer Age • Automated Manufacturing • Space Age/Put a Man on the Moon • Mass Media
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- 32. Stop reading slides Boring WeCan Read! Doesn’t Add Anything
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- 35. Product by Region 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 ProductA Product B Product C Product D Northeast Southeast Northwest
- 36. Sales by Quarter Sales 1stQtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
- 38. When you mustpresent a paragraph of text. The best way to do it is to highlight key words and then speak to those key words, the audience members will be reading the entire paragraph while you speak so just focus on the important words.
- 39. The mission ofour company is to provide high quality products that satisfy customer demand while maintaining a safe and profitable work environment.
- 40. High Quality Products I’m satisfied withthe company It’s a safe company It is a profitable company. Our Mission
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- 47. Why is our inventoryforecast so wrong?
- 48. Because your team misjudgedthe level of scrap.
- 49. And Sales over estimateddemand!
- 51. Researchers have foundthat the human brain has a natural affinity for narrative construction. Yep, People tend to remember facts more accurately if they encounter them in a story rather than in a list. And they rate legal arguments as more convincing when built into narrative tales rather than on legal precedent.
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- 53. meet Mary O’Winn… (She is the Heroine)
- 54. an accomplished Professional Team Player Memberof the Organization Member of the Operation’s Team Slated for Promotion
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- 61. an accomplished Professional Team Player Memberof the Organization Member of Learning and Development Organization Won Training AWARDS Numerous
- 62. They both workfor… Big Corp
- 63. Ann’s Job isto create training E-learning Training Manuals Classroom instruction
- 64. Ann created agreat library of courses …
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- 66. Mary O’ Winn…won’t take any classes Ann Develops
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- 75. Clarification of Terms Tips and Techniques Advicefrom Veteran Employees Competitive Intelligence Posting/Collection of of Valuable Resources Listing of Internal Experts
- 76. Mary Learns Whenand how she wants and gets Promoted…
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- 80. 1.Characters Stories Need 5. Conclusion 2.Plot (something has to happen). 3. Tension 4. Resolution
- 82. Solution #3: Step Three:Lower Machine
- 83. Capability Block IIApollo Guidance Computer AGC PlayStation Portable PSP Memory 36,864 words of ROM Storage 2,048 words of RAM Clock Speed 2.048 MHz 32 MB 4 MB DRAM Increasing Power of Gadgets
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- 86. Sequencing Type of Information to belearned Analysis Identification of Learning Goals Bills of Learning Employee Learning Styles Gross-to-net logic Diagnosis Implementation Master Learning Schedule Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Evaluation Training Delivery Continuation Updates and Maintenance Design Sequencing Type of Information to be learned Employee Learning Styles Gross-to-net logic Diagnosis Design Analysis Identification of Learning Goals Bills of Learning
- 87. Sequencing Type of Information to belearned Analysis Identification of Learning Goals Bills of Learning Employee Learning Styles Gross-to-net logic Diagnosis Implementation Master Learning Schedule Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Evaluation Training Delivery Continuation Updates and Maintenance Design Sequencing Type of Information to be learned Employee Learning Styles Gross-to-net logic Diagnosis Design Diagnosis Employee Learning Styles Gross-to-net logic
- 88. Employees will demonstratetheir knowledge of the integration of an ERP system throughout the company’s business processes by describing the sequence of events that occur when completing a customer order with 100% accuracy Employees will select the advantages for using an ERP system by a company from a list of both advantages and disadvantages within five minutes. Employees will be able to match the departments with their responsibility in processing a Request for Quotation from the customer with no mistakes Employees will identify one reason for using an ERP system by a company as helping to maintain a high standard of quality in production within two minutes. Employees will identify one reason for using an ERP system by a company as helping to provide service as demanded by customer within two minutes. Top Learning Objective Enabling Objectives Enabling Objectives Bill of Learning
- 89. Employees will demonstratetheir knowledge of the integration of an ERP system throughout the company’s business processes by describing the sequence of events that occur when completing a customer order with 100% accuracy Employees will select the advantages for using an ERP system by a company from a list of both advantages and disadvantages within five minutes. Employees will be able to match the departments with their responsibility in processing a Request for Quotation from the customer with no mistakes Employees will identify one reason for using an ERP system by a company as helping to maintain a high standard of quality in production within two minutes. Employees will identify one reason for using an ERP system by a company as helping to provide service as demanded by customer within two minutes. Top Learning Objective Enabling Objectives Enabling Objectives Bill of Learning Employees will demonstrate their knowledge of the integration of an ERP system throughout the company’s business processes by describing the sequence of events that occur when completing a customer order with 100% accuracy
- 90. Employees will demonstratetheir knowledge of the integration of an ERP system throughout the company’s business processes by describing the sequence of events that occur when completing a customer order with 100% accuracy Employees will select the advantages for using an ERP system by a company from a list of both advantages and disadvantages within five minutes. Employees will be able to match the departments with their responsibility in processing a Request for Quotation from the customer with no mistakes Employees will identify one reason for using an ERP system by a company as helping to maintain a high standard of quality in production within two minutes. Employees will identify one reason for using an ERP system by a company as helping to provide service as demanded by customer within two minutes. Top Learning Objective Enabling Objectives Enabling Objectives Bill of Learning
- 91. Resources… Where did youget that Artwork? http://www.istockphoto.com http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
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- 96. Thank You! Read &subscribe to my blogs: Kapp Notes The Tech Dimension Thank You! For more information Please visit my web site www.karlkapp.com If you liked this presentation, you may also like: These books by Karl: Learning in 3D Contact Karl at: karlkapp@gmail.com Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning
Editor's Notes
- #53 Pretend—for a moment—that I am a sales person discussing with you how online learning can be enhanced and extended through the use of Social media tools like Twitter and Blogging. You are a bit skeptical about the power of these tools. First, I want to point out the frustrations you are having with current techniques and then provide you with a solution. I could give a features and benefits presentation but instead I’ll tell this story…
- #71 The packaging problem has two core issues: The format of a “course” is not aligned with the needs of today’s time-starved workforce and courses tend to be organized around topics as opposed to tasks.
- #72 Studies suggest that lack of skill or knowledge typically accounts for only 10% of enterprise performance issues.
- #87 Explain each element of the LRP Model (5-8 minutes) Just as MRP provides discipline and formality to inventory control, LRP provides discipline, formality and consistency to organizational training issues.
- #88 Explain each element of the LRP Model (5-8 minutes) Just as MRP provides discipline and formality to inventory control, LRP provides discipline, formality and consistency to organizational training issues.