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By: Sharing Conference Information on Social Media — hr bartender

Sharing Conference Information on Social Media — hr bartender — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:51:19 +0000

[...] live tweeting during their sessions. This only benefits them and the event. And if they use PowerPoint, they could present information in a way that can be quickly converted to sound bites. This [...]

By: hr bartender

hr bartender — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:06:24 +0000

Thanks for the comment Jessica. It’s funny that I’m reading your comment after spending the afternoon in a workshop. 3 hours – and the presenter had 224 slides in his deck. I agree that he might not have been able to limit it to 10…but crazy to think he could get through that many. Of course, he didn’t and the audience is left wondering if they were cheated somehow.

I think the point here is that most presenters go overboard with their decks. Maybe it’s a crutch or compensation for marginal speaking ability. People need to remember that they are the ones who are giving the presentation . . not their deck.

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:25:31 +0000

Great closing statement – akin to ‘if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly’.

I don’t, however, agree with all the points you cite entirely. Sometimes (in fact, a lot of the time!) it is necessary to include more than 10 slides in a presentation; and number of slides actually bears no resemblance to length of presentation. It is better to include a few more slides in your deck than to attempt to put too much information on one slide.

Also, I’d like to argue that diagrams and graphs work better than photos – photos may look nicer than bullet points, but in terms of explaining a message, they are no more effective. A diagram can help to demonstrate an idea in a visual way.

But yes – more presenters should place themselves in the audience’s shoes!

By: Message and Medium | Everyone Read It!

Message and Medium | Everyone Read It! — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:24:33 +0000

[...] is the communication tool you use to get that point across. It might be PowerPoint, video, lecture, [...]

By: Message and Medium — hr bartender

Message and Medium — hr bartender — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:26:34 +0000

[...] is the communication tool you use to get that point across. It might be PowerPoint, video, lecture, [...]

By: And Now for Something Completely Different — hr bartender

And Now for Something Completely Different — hr bartender — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:19:04 +0000

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By: hr bartender

hr bartender — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:31:51 +0000

Thanks for the link to the Identity 2.0 presentation. It’s a great example of ‘less is more’ when it comes to PowerPoint.