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Don’t Kill us with your PowerPoint!
Strategies for Improving SGP Presentations
ADAPTED FROM PRESENTATIONS BY
David Jakes &
Ken Rodoff
It seemed that every time a student stood up to present he would read everything that was being projected. He added nothing more than what was on the slide. At times, he would pause, awkwardly so, as he waited for the next slide to appear. It made me feel uncomfortable. And the audience felt the same way. The clock would never move fast enough. We were trapped, and the presenter just kept reading. --Ken Rodoff
“Traditional” PowerPoint is your storyboard
Make it visual…
PowerPoint doesn’t kill presentationsPowerPoint doesn’t kill presentations
Bullet Points could!
Let’s talk about what’s happening in HERE?
This is my Brain by killermonkeys
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35%
65%
From Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina | See Multimodal Learning
Use images to communicate, not decorate…
Adolescent BrainMore gray matter than white matterPrefrontal cortex growing and
developingBrain continues to grow and matures
by the age of 25Teenage brain has a well-developed
accelerator but only a partly developed break
New proliferation of neurons at 11 for girls and 12 for boys
bannednot
banned
Adolescent Brain
• More gray matter than white matter• Prefrontal cortex growing and developing• Brain continues to grow and matures by the
age of 25• Teenage brain has a well-developed
accelerator but only a partly developed break• New proliferation of neurons at 11 for girls
and 12 for boys
Adolescent Brain
More gray matter than white matter
Prefrontal Cortex
Brain grows and matures by 25
Adolescent Brain
Teenage brain has a well-developed accelerator but only a partly developed break
New proliferation of neurons at 11 for girls and 12 for boys
“Communication is the transfer of emotion…”
Seth Godin
Think aboutmessage & design
Survival in Lord of the Flies
• Piggy wants to start a fire• Jack organizes hunters to get food• Ralph and kids build shelters
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
survival takes skill
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
survival takes skillSAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
teach a boy to fish…
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
Learn to sell…
How many homeless?
• Between 2.3 and 3.5 million are likely to experience being homeless in a year
• 1.35 million of them are children• 200,000 veterans may be homeless on a given
night.• 50% African-American, 35% White, 12%
Latino, 2% Native American, 1% Asian
How many experience being homeless?• Between 2.3 and
3.5 million
• 1.35 million of them are children
• 200,000 veterans may be homeless on a given night.
Image by wvs
How many experience being homeless?• Between 2.3 and
3.5 million
Image by wvs
How many experience being homeless?• Between 2.3 and
3.5 million
• 1.35 million of them are children
Image used from Flickr user altuwa
How many experience being homeless?• Between 2.3 and
3.5 million
• 1.35 million of them are children
• 200,000 veterans may be homeless on a given night.
Image used from Flickr user Shrued
Colors have MEANING
Efforts to Save Puppies from Puppy Mill Abuse
•In 2001, 527 Puppies were rescued from puppy mills
•This was a huge increase.
•Because of Awareness Efforts
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
Efforts to save puppies
In 2001, 527 Puppies were saved
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
527 puppies saved
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
527 saved
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM KEN RODOFF
Learn how to find the visuals…
ANDabout intellectual property…
Use the Library: FIND IMAGES
Flickr Storm
Advanced Google Search
Stock photography25 Free sites
SAMPLE
Slide
Revisions….
SAMPLE SLIDE SERIES FROM DAVID JAKES
Hey Mom! I’m Going to College…Can You Iron My Pants?
Hey Mom I’m Going to College…Can you Iron My Pants?
• Potato chips do not constitute a food group
Some Things Experts Can’t Tell You…
• Potato chips do not constitute a food group• Textbooks are expensive
Some Things Experts Can’t Tell You…
• Potato chips do not constitute a food group• Textbooks are expensive• Roommate may be obnoxious
Some Things Experts Can’t Tell You…
• Potato chips do not constitute a food group• Textbooks are expensive• Roommate may be obnoxious • College isn’t about classes, grades and gossip…
it’s about finding yourself
Some Things Experts Can’t Tell You…
