This document discusses improving presentation skills through better use of technology. It outlines some key issues with traditional PowerPoint presentations and introduces newer tools like Prezi for creating presentations and Doceri for presenting without being tied to the podium. It also discusses sharing presentations through Slideshare and other emerging technologies that can enhance audience engagement like response systems. The goal is to move beyond "Death by PowerPoint" through simpler, more visual presentations and leveraging new technologies.

1. Delivering Better Presentations:
Making Technology your Friend
Michael E. Morrison Tom Downes Brooke
Winckelmann
Online Learning Services
Syracuse University

2. Overview
• Presentations: why are they important
• Be a better presenter
• New technologies for presenting - Prezi
• Freeing yourself from the podium - Doceri
• Share your presentations - Slideshare
• Future of presentations - new tools and
approaches

3. Communication is a critical
skill for an academic
professional

4. Communication is writing,
listening and speaking

5. Academic Presentations
• Conference paper
• Thesis defense
• Class lecture
• Administrative presentation

6. History of Academic
Presentations

11. History of PowerPoint

12. PowerPoint
• Released in 1987 for Macintosh
• Windows 3.0 version in 1990
• Updates have removed linear approach and
added clipboard to easily add non-textual
elements
• 2012 - Microsoft claims 95% of presentation
market

13. “Death by PowerPoint”

14. “Life after Death by
PowerPoint” - Don McMillan

15. Serious Nature - “PowerPoint
Hell”
• PowerPoint overload in business and military
• Real cost in dollars and cents
• Damage to Space Shuttle Columbia -
Edmund Tufte analysis
• PowerPoint presentation by Boeing
oversimplified the damage and led to false
assurance that the damage was minimal

16. Better Presentations with
PowerPoint

17. Simple is Better

18. Simple is Better

19. Images are your Friends

20. Images are your Friends

21. Controlling your Presentation
- Keyboard Shortcuts
B - black screenB - black screen
W - White ScreenW - White Screen
Enter, Space Bar, Right arrow - nextEnter, Space Bar, Right arrow - next
slideslide
Left arrow, Back space - previous slideLeft arrow, Back space - previous slide

22. New Technologies for Presenting
Prezi
(http://www.prezi.com)
(http://www.prezi.com)
(http://www.prezi.com)
(http://www.prezi.com)

23. Freeing Yourself from the Podium
Doceri
(http://www.doceri.com)
(http://www.doceri.com)
(http://www.doceri.com)
(http://www.doceri.com)

24. Sharing your Presentations
Slideshare
(http://www.slideshare.net)
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26. Slideshare
• Upload and convert your presentation
• Tag your presentation
• Add audio and transcription
• Set your sharing options
• Embed your presentation in Blackboard or
other web site

27. Other Tools and Techniques
• Slideshark, SlideKlowd, Zoho Show,
SlideStaxx, HelloSlide, Animoto,
VoiceThread
• Combine presentation with audience
feedback - response systems (clickers,
PollEverywhere)
• Student created presentations - shared with
the class

28. Questions and Discussion