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It’s Time for a Presentation Wake Up Call. Ivan Taylor Instructional Technology Director San Gabriel Christian School San Gabriel, CA. 26 March 2007 l Ontario, CA. Brought to you by. Ivan Taylor. 25 years in higher ed and secondary education last 15 focusing on technology training
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It’s Time for a Presentation Wake Up Call Ivan Taylor Instructional Technology Director San Gabriel Christian School San Gabriel, CA 26 March 2007lOntario, CA
Ivan Taylor • 25 years in higher ed and secondary education • last 15 focusing on technology training • Professional Development workshops for educators • Have presented at international conferences and specifically at TechEd each of the last 5 years • Video and audio editor
Problem • Presentations that are Boring • Repetitive • Information overload
Solution • Wake them Up • Tell a Story • Use visual cues • Less information per slide • More slides
Title each slide Use pictures and words Use sound sparingly Don’t use too many words Don’t overuse clip art Complimentary pictures and words Reveal one bullet point at a time Limit continuous animations Don’t read the slide to the audience No more than 10 slides in 20 minutes No more than 4-7 bullets per slide Show all of the bullets at the beginning of the slide Pick a format and stay with it Control how and when text is displayed No small text Concise bullets
Welcome to TechEd 2007
Disposition, optimal outlook. Oooh, I have to check my email Who’s to blame for information overload?
Richard E. Mayer Cliff Atkinson My Thanks to Dr. Lawrence Lessig Stanford University Tom Peters Tom Peters Co.
Tip #5 Take control, the software is under your command