430 likes | 645 Views
Presentations with Impact: Pecha Kucha. Karen Burns, SWILSA Kim Kietzman, SLS Katie Dunneback, SLS. Today:. What and Why? Examples, and Uses in Libraries How-to Design Considerations Content and Delivery Considerations Resources and Tools “Play Time” Next time: Pecha Kucha Reunion.
E N D
Presentations with Impact:Pecha Kucha Karen Burns, SWILSA Kim Kietzman, SLS Katie Dunneback, SLS
Today: • What and Why? • Examples, and Uses in Libraries • How-to • Design Considerations • Content and Delivery Considerations • Resources and Tools • “Play Time” • Next time: Pecha Kucha Reunion
Why? To keep audience interest level high!! • Power of images • Human brain's abilities in processing information--how much at once? • Focus on your presentation • Succinct! Most important points
Examples Get to the PowerPoint in 20 seconds Your Library 24/7 Virtual Reference at Princeton PL(Julie Strange) Part 3 of night on bliptv
What about libraries? • Budget presentation • Kiosk presentation in library • “Slide Show" on website • Presentation of project or service to community groups • Pecha Kucha nights at the library
How To: Basic Steps • Define audience • Choose message /theme • Outline your message • Choose images • Draft narrative • Practice • Put together slide presentation • Prepare accompanying material, if appropriate
Content & Delivery Considerations • Choose a theme--be consistent • Tell a story • Provide context • Talk, don't read • Practice! Find your own voice
Slide Design Considerations • Animations to a minimum (or non-existence...) • Make the photo/graphic really count! • Rule of thirds; Alignment • Design Priorities • Signal vs. Noise ratio • Full screen slides ("full bleed") • Limited words; (quotes good) text and images together!
Teens love the Library: • We offer: • Books for the teen audience • Book discussion • Programs • Game Nights
Alignment Your Library 24/7 Marian Lib Any Public Library Your Library 24/7 Marian Lib Any Public Library
Design Priorities Your Library 24/7 Marian Lib Any Public Library Your Library 24/7 Marian Lib Any Public Library
Usage Funding %12 2% FY05 FY09 FY05 FY09
Words…. To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. --Edmund Burke
Tools MS Powerpoint, Open Office, or Google Docs Image Sources • flickr (Creative Commons; with attribution) • Clip art; MS has photos • Pay services PhotoStory 3 Pecha Kucha worksheets
Resources • "Presentation Zen,” by Garr Reynolds • "Present Like Steve Jobs" (YouTube) • "Visualizing Information for Advocacy" (pdf) • "How not to use PowerPoint" (YouTube) • Death by Powerpoint (and how to fight it) (YouTube) • Pecha Kucha Nights: guide to better presentation skills(webpage) • “Try these tips for great-looking charts,” Rapid E-Learning blog (blog post)
For next time: • Select theme • Outline story • Select images • Create slides • Be prepared to share with cohorts!
Photo Credits Rock Garden Stone http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffk/712748970/ Confused traffic signal http://www.flickr.com/photos/29707865@N05/2780508266/ All other: Microsoft Clip Art
Questions? • kburns@swilsa.lib.ia.us • kkietzman@sls.lib.ia.us • kdunneback@sls.lib.ia.us Class Resource Page: sites.google.com/site/lsauiowa/resources