This workshop will show you how you can transform your ideas into convincing interactive presentations. The most important elements of successful presentations, training sessions and meetings are straightforward to name, but not always quite so easy to implement. It's essential for the presenter to capture and maintain the attention of the audience, to present effectively, create interest, encourage excitement and to captivate the participants. In this training session we will explore how you can increase understanding and retention in a presentation. You will receive background information based on scientific research, about improving communication techniques and about the workings of the brain. You will also see examples of best practices, effective communication, and presentation designs, all of which contribute to the creation of long-lasting impressions.
A non designeris guide to creating memorable visual slides.
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably created dozens of presentations in your lifetime, and many of these in just under a few hours. But ask yourself: Do you really know how to design a memorable presentation that will stick in your viewers’ minds for months, even years to come?
The answer is probably no. Most of us have never actually learned the design principles necessary to impact audiences through visual storytelling. Perhaps the closest we have ever come to crafting a visual message is a PowerPoint presentation full of bullet points, overused stock photos and bland color schemes.
But these kinds of presentations rarely inspire real change, especially in this new age of visual communication.
Boring presentations by whatzyourpoint incLMI Academy
What research tells us about the making of better business presentations.
Visit our website (www.whatzyourpoint.com) and Facebook page to learn more about this valuable skill.
A non designeris guide to creating memorable visual slides.
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably created dozens of presentations in your lifetime, and many of these in just under a few hours. But ask yourself: Do you really know how to design a memorable presentation that will stick in your viewers’ minds for months, even years to come?
The answer is probably no. Most of us have never actually learned the design principles necessary to impact audiences through visual storytelling. Perhaps the closest we have ever come to crafting a visual message is a PowerPoint presentation full of bullet points, overused stock photos and bland color schemes.
But these kinds of presentations rarely inspire real change, especially in this new age of visual communication.
Boring presentations by whatzyourpoint incLMI Academy
What research tells us about the making of better business presentations.
Visit our website (www.whatzyourpoint.com) and Facebook page to learn more about this valuable skill.
Scientists often find it hard to bridge the gap between themselves and non-technical audiences. This is, in part, because the communication practices which make a good scientist, result in communication that is hard for a general audience to comprehend. The first step to overcoming this challenge is understanding what parts of scientific communication are tough for non-scientists. This presentation offers both a better understanding of the differences, as well as practical tools to improve.
Introductory lecture on Design Thinking given by Mark Billinghurst as part of the HITD 201 course taught at the University of Canterbury. Taught on December 9th 2013
Introduction to Information ArchitectureAbby Covert
The first class of a 15 week course taught at Parsons, the New School for Design. Covers Information Architecture intents and beliefs as well as a comparison to the related studies of interaction design, content strategy and user research. Lastly, speaking to the role of User Experience in all of these roles.
Experience design through the lens of creativityltux-jhb
Experience design through creative techniques like customer journey maps and service blueprints, with a focus on Facilitated Ideation, How Might We and Role-Playing.
Delivering highly effective presentations is a skill that can be learned and developed. This deck highlights 10 tips that, when implemented correctly, can instantly make one a better presenter!
During the third stage of the Design Thinking process, designers are ready to start generating ideas. You’ve grown to understand your users and their needs in the Empathise stage, and you’ve analysed and synthesised your observations in the Define stage, and ended up with a human-centered problem statement. With this solid background, you and your team members can start to "think outside the box" to identify new solutions to the problem statement you’ve created, and you can start to look for alternative ways of viewing the problem.
Tips for grabbing and holding attention in online coursesDr Graeme Salter
Just because you put learning material online doesn't mean that students will engage with it (or even view it). This presentation looks at some tips for grabbing and holding attention in online courses.
Design Thinking is a design methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. The first stage of Design Thinking is to Empathise. During the empathise phase, the designer spends time getting to know the user and understanding their needs, wants, and objectives.
Scientists often find it hard to bridge the gap between themselves and non-technical audiences. This is, in part, because the communication practices which make a good scientist, result in communication that is hard for a general audience to comprehend. The first step to overcoming this challenge is understanding what parts of scientific communication are tough for non-scientists. This presentation offers both a better understanding of the differences, as well as practical tools to improve.
Introductory lecture on Design Thinking given by Mark Billinghurst as part of the HITD 201 course taught at the University of Canterbury. Taught on December 9th 2013
Introduction to Information ArchitectureAbby Covert
The first class of a 15 week course taught at Parsons, the New School for Design. Covers Information Architecture intents and beliefs as well as a comparison to the related studies of interaction design, content strategy and user research. Lastly, speaking to the role of User Experience in all of these roles.
Experience design through the lens of creativityltux-jhb
Experience design through creative techniques like customer journey maps and service blueprints, with a focus on Facilitated Ideation, How Might We and Role-Playing.
Delivering highly effective presentations is a skill that can be learned and developed. This deck highlights 10 tips that, when implemented correctly, can instantly make one a better presenter!
During the third stage of the Design Thinking process, designers are ready to start generating ideas. You’ve grown to understand your users and their needs in the Empathise stage, and you’ve analysed and synthesised your observations in the Define stage, and ended up with a human-centered problem statement. With this solid background, you and your team members can start to "think outside the box" to identify new solutions to the problem statement you’ve created, and you can start to look for alternative ways of viewing the problem.
Tips for grabbing and holding attention in online coursesDr Graeme Salter
Just because you put learning material online doesn't mean that students will engage with it (or even view it). This presentation looks at some tips for grabbing and holding attention in online courses.
Design Thinking is a design methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. The first stage of Design Thinking is to Empathise. During the empathise phase, the designer spends time getting to know the user and understanding their needs, wants, and objectives.
This is an abbreviated version of a presentation given as part of a Residency program for graduate education students earning their Superintendent's letter.
There are three neurological factors in particular that can contribute to the ultimate success—or failure—of a presentation. The first is the important role that vision plays in our understanding of the world. Between 80 and 90% of the information that our brain processes comes in through our eyes, and almost incredibly, two-thirds of the brain’s electrical activity is dedicated to vision when the eyes are open. We are hardwired to consume visuals, and our brains have evolved
powerful storage capacity for visual information. The second factor is our biological predilection for stories. According to The Scientific American, personal stories make up 65% of our conversations—a fact that is rooted in the ways that stories engage our brains. Lastly, our brains respond powerfully to two-way conversations. When you have a conversation with somebody, your brain activity actually begins to mirror theirs—a process known as neural coupling.
We are proud to announce our 35th Innovation Excellence Weekly for Slideshare. Inside you'll find ten of the best innovation-related articles from the past week on Innovation Excellence - the world's most popular innovation web site and home to 5,500+ innovation-related articles.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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Handout for "Proven Presentation Techniques", an InfoComm approved workshop by Thomas Zangerle
1. Do you know the secrets
of a good presentation?
Hand-out for the workshop
Proven Presentation Techniques:
How to Create Interest, Enhance Retention, and Captivate Your Audience
by Thomas Zangerle / WolfVision
2. It’s all about the presentation –
How to grab audience’s attention and leave long lasting impressions
In the last few decades presentations have become the leading sort of communication in business
and science. Presentations have one purpose – to impart information and knowledge in a memorable
fashion so that the audience will be persuaded and take positive actions as a result. This is a common
aim, whatever the nature of the presentation is for corporate, financial, sales and marketing, training
courses, education or conferences.
It’s essential for the presenter to attract and
maintain the attention of the audience, to
effectively present, to generate interest to
encourage excitement and to captivate the
participants. But the omnipresent
PowerPoint and users which are just
benchmarking their own presentations to
previous experiences are the worst
combination somebody can imagine.
PowerPoint is the dominating presentation software. Estimations are indicating that between 250 -
300 million computers have installed a version of PowerPoint. About 40 million presentations are
done every day. On the day of your presentation, you can be one of the crowd.
According to a survey in German companies,
84% of all presentations are considered to be
drowsy and boring. 13% of the presentations
are considered okay, but that means 97% of
the presentations done today have room for
improvement, sometimes a lot. You can do the
same boring stuff or you can stand out from
the crowd by creating and delivering a
powerful, effective presentation, where the
audience remembers and understands your
key messages.
Source: Survey by Wall Street Journal, 2004
3. Let’s have a look at some challenges which are underestimated right now –
We don't pay attention to boring things
What we pay attention to is profoundly influenced by our memory. Experiences we’ve had so far
predict when we should be paying attention. Culture matters too. Whether in business or in school,
these differences can greatly affect how an audience perceives a given presentation. We pay
attention to things like emotions, threats and sex. Regardless of who you are, the brain pays a great
deal of attention to these questions: Can I eat it? Will it eat me? Can I mate with it? Will it mate with
me? Have I seen it before?
If you surprise your audience you can be sure
that you will have their attention. After certain
amount of time, disappointing to teachers and
Powerpoint- or Keynote-presenters
everywhere, audience‘s attention drops
dramatically. You must come up with
something emotionally relevant at least every
ten minutes to regain their attention.
Source: Brain Rules by John Medina (www.brainrules.net)
Most of our communication is non-verbal
Why is text so inferior during a presentation? Primitive men didn’t have a written language – or did
they? Cave drawings, carvings, and hieroglyphs actually were a form of written language that
happened to consist of pictures. In fact, the
type in this document consists of dozens of
little pictures – letters, numbers, and
punctuation. That is why the brain takes longer
to process text – it has to recognize
characteristics of each individual letter before
it can decipher a word. Indeed, a picture really
is worth a thousand words.
Source: Study by Birthwhistle and Mehrabian, 1967
4. Different learning styles are a fact
Learning styles relate to how you process new information. Knowing your style and the style of
others can improve your communication skills and productivity! There are a lot of theories out there,
but like all things pertaining to the human
brain, it is complex and there is not only one
right answer. What we do know with relative
certainty is that all of us have different
preferred ways of learning, and that we like to
combine “styles.” So why not offering
different sorts of information to your
audience?
The human brain is incredible in remembering pictures
If information is presented orally, most people can recall about 10% of it three days later. If the
information is presented visually, most people can recall 35%. That is more than 3 times the
retention! The results of combining the two are even more impressive. When information is
simultaneously presented orally and visually, recall rate shoots up to nearly 65%. And the most
impressing fact is that you even get 63% accuracy a year later.
Source: A note on long-term recognition memory for pictorial material study by Nickerson, 1968
5. What’s more convincing: Reasons or emotions?
The left side of your brain deals with analytic thoughts and logic. Language, text, facts and figures are
targeting this side of your brain. The right side of your brain is responsible for emotions and creative
tasks. Visual impressions and images are attractive for this side of your brain. Although our brain is a
small part of the body its energy consumption is enormous (just 2% of body mass, but about 20% of
energy and oxygen consumption) and the left side is consuming the majority of that energy.
PowerPoint, facts displayed as bullet points and figures are permanently addressing the left side of
the brain. While the left side is running out of energy after a while, the right side still has some
resources left. Images and visual tools are addressing this area and beside that they will also create
emotions. In fact it‘s emotions convincing us, not the arguments. Emotions will lead to action and
reasons will justify the decisions.
“The essential difference
between emotion and reason
is that emotion leads to action
and reason leads to conclusions“
Donald B. Calne, Neurologist
Don’t overload the audience
Be really careful not to overload your audience. According to Professor Sweller's 'cognitive load
theory', it is simply not effective to speak the same words that are written. It's far better to show a
picture or chart illustrating your point. The other problem is that most of the time the majority of the
audience is not even listening to you. They're thinking about themselves, their problems, their
pleasures and whether or not what you are saying is of any value to them.
Sweller's research into how we recall things
from presentations suggests that it is far
more difficult to process information
confronting you from all sides at the same
time. Choose either the written or spoken
word and the human brain can process,
digest and retain far more information than if
it is bombarded with both.
Source: Cognitive Load Theory, New South Wales Research by Prof. Sweller
6. 4 steps for designing outstanding presentations
The vast majority of efforts needed for doing a good presentation are not noticed by the audience.
Make sure that you consider the 4S before you are doing a presentation and plan enough time for
the preparation of content, design of the presentation and rehearsal before you actually do the
presentation.
Significance
Why do you present? What’s the subject and why it matters to you?
Make sure that your topic (also known as the key message) is significant for
your audience and adapt the presentation to their needs. Significance
creates passion, passion will attract attention and attention leads to action.
Of course we can‘t always choose the topic of our presentation, but always
ask yourself what is the benefit for the people paying their attention to me
(WIIFM?... translates to „What’s in it for me?“). Try to find the benefit from
their point of view and build your presentation around that.
Structure
Structure is how you place the building blocks of your story. A story gives the big picture and helps to
digest and retain the information transmitted during the presentation. It also helps yourself thinking
about the presentation – what is your story and why does it matter?
It is important to support your audience with a well-structured presentation. This structure will help
to make the presentation memorable and convincing and it also helps to make it scalable. Use only 3
to 4 reasons to support your point (the key message) as they will not remember more anyway.
Choices for a structure can be:
1) Problem – Pathway – Solution
2) Problem – Solution – Reasoning
7. Simplicity
Try to create your own style of presentation. Forget about common rules to
design slides (remember the “7 lines per slide or less and 7 words per line or
less” rule?). It’s far better to reduce and minimize written information
wherever possible. Use big fonts, making it easy to read even for those sitting
in the back. And support that point with a high resolution photo (not a clipart).
There is a lot of advice about designing outstanding presentations, so if you‘re interested it‘s worth
checking out books like Slideology from Nancy Duarte or presentationzen by Garr Reynolds.
Shakedown
A shake down is done by pilots, captains or as a preparation for a rally. They train and practice to get
better and better because it‘s crucial for their job. How crucial is the next presentation for you?
Be yourself and be authentic. Rehearse until you feel confident delivering the content of your
presentation. If you don’t have a test audience present it to the furniture, but aloud. Try to find a
memorable entry and exit, because these are the most important parts of your presentation.
The last part of your preparation is shortly before you do the presentation. Arrive early and make
sure you have enough time to check out the room and the equipment. Always have a back-up plan
just in case something is not like you have expected.
Presentation checklist
9. Significance
Why do you present? Make sure that your topic (i.e. the key message) is significant for your audience
and adapt the presentation to their needs. Significance creates passion and passion will attract
attention.
Structure your presentation
It is important to support your audience with a well-structured presentation. This structure will help
to make the presentation memorable and convincing. Use only 3 to 4 reasons to support your point
(the key message) as they will not remember more anyway.
Don’t overload the audience
Be careful not to overload your audience. It is simply not effective to speak the same words that are
written on the slides. It's far better to show a picture or chart illustrating your point.
Keep it silly simple
Try to create your own style of presentation. Forget about common rules to design slides (remember
the “7 lines per slide or less and 7 words per line or less” rule). It’s more effective to reduce and
minimize written information wherever possible. Use big fonts, making it easy to read even for those
sitting in the back. Support that point with a high resolution photo (not a clipart) to create emotions.
Interact and you will engage
Creating content spontaneously and live will be a highlight of any presentation. Ideas and comments
contributed by the audience can be integrated easily by the use of a Visualizer (with its annotation
surface for instance). Interaction will lead to engagement resulting in action.
Tell a story and they will listen
A story gives the big picture and helps to digest and retain the information transmitted during the
presentation. It also helps yourself thinking about the presentation – what is your story and why
does it matter?
Don’t forget the almighty attention span
We don’t pay attention to boring things. You must come up with something emotionally relevant at
least every ten minutes to regain audience’s attention. Changing media for instance will help
achieving that aim.
Seeing is believing
Props are powerful because they hit people between the eyes. With a Visualizer you can integrate
these objects easily without compromising the quality of your presentation. Try to deliver a
presentation rich in visuals. By the way, text displayed through presentation software is no visual
aid…
Keep it real
Be yourself and be authentic. Rehearse until you feel confident delivering the content of your
presentation. Try to find a memorable start and end, because these are the most important parts of
your presentation.
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