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Talking Points. Presentation Principles and Techniques. Andy Giesler. ?. Challenges. Notes at www.blazingmoon.org. Talking Points. Preparation Presentation Technique. 1. Preparation. 1. Preparation. 1. Preparation A. Content B. Place C. Practice. Organizing Your Thoughts.
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Talking Points Presentation Principles and Techniques Andy Giesler
Talking Points • Preparation • Presentation • Technique
1. Preparation 1. Preparation
Organizing Your Thoughts • Content • 3-4 points • Notecards • Paper • Place • The room • The people • Practice • Standing • …
Organizing Your Thoughts FreeMind freemind.sourceforge.net
Simple is Beautiful Three or Four Points
Simple is Beautiful Three or Four Subpoints (maybe)
Where Are Your Notes? “Is this something my audience needs to see?”
Where Are Your Notes? Ideas, not sentences.
Where Are Your Notes? Sheets of paper • More detail is good • More detail is bad • How paper makes you nervous
The Room Visit it Try it
The People Who’ll Be There Who they are What they know
How? Talking Standing Timing Repeating
The Best Way to Open The Best Way to Open
Introduce Yourself Introduce Yourself
Introduce Your Audience Introduce Your Audience
Reinforce • Tell them • Tell them • Tell them
How to Engage Them? How to Engage Them?
How to Engage Them? Why Engage Them?
How to Engage Them? Why Not Engage Them?
Reinforce • Tell them • Tell them • Tell them
Reinforce • Tell them • Tell them • Tell them
How to Engage Them? Running out of time?
So, is that unclear to anyone? “So, is that unclear to anyone?”
3. TechniqueA. Your Body B. PowerPoint C. Beyond PowerPoint
Gestures Gestures Your Arms Your Head Your Face
So, is that unclear to anyone? Deception
3. Technique A. Your BodyB. PowerPoint C. Beyond PowerPoint
“Death by PowerPoint” http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint
What’s It Good For? 1. Visualizing ideas 2. Making key points
What’s It Used For? • A Handout