Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Cemetery Dedication Abraham Lincoln 11/19/1863
Agenda Met on battlefield (great) Dedicate portion of field - fitting! Unfinished work (great tasks) 11/19/1863
Not on Agenda! Dedicate Consecrate Hallow (in narrow sense) Add or detract Note or remember what we say 11/19/1863
Review of Key Objectives & Critical Success Factors What makes nation unique Conceived in Liberty Men are equal Shared vision New birth of freedom Gov’t of/for/by the people 11/19/1863
Organizational Overview 11/19/1863
Summary New nation Civil war Dedicate field Dedicated to unfinished work New birth of freedom Government not perish 11/19/1863
PowerPoint Run Amok
Battling Bullets
What is your reaction to this format?
The standard format is mentally exhausting!
Visuals, with limited text, are easier to process
Limit use of bullets to actual lists Your agenda items A summary A short list of important details
What could we use instead of bullets?
The Assertion – Evidence Model What could we use instead of bullets? The Assertion – Evidence Model
How could we fix this slide?
What do the slides highlight as important?
Presentation Zen
change the world The only reason to give a speech is to —John F Kennedy
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. —Albert Einstein
Presentation Zen Examples Seth Godin on Making a Difference Garr Reynolds on Being Like Bamboo
Graphical “Outlining”
Source: Garr Reynolds
Lessig Style
Lawrence Lessig Fast transitions, many slides Lessig's Talk on Free Culture and Copright Lawrence Lessig Fast transitions, many slides Single word or short phrase Text can: Mirror Augment Contradict
Non-PowerPoint Options
There are more options than PowerPoint 1. Prezi Kinetic, Topological Presentations Storytelling Techniques Explained Ron Gutman Explores Little-Known Benefits of Smiling 2. PowToon 3. Make your own charts/images and save as JPG files www.infogr.am www.easel.ly
Sources Gettysburg Address Spoof from norvig.com Afghanistan Stability from New York Times Assertion-Evidence examples from Michael Alley at engr.psu.edu Lessig image from fastcompany.com All other images from presentationzen.com Laurence Lessig talk available at http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html