Making Points BETTER

The Life of an Idea is in its SHARING

We make points to: Spread Seek Make Help SHARE We make points to: Spread Seek Make Help Listening game Spell to each other the next fun thing you’re going to do.

audience need to learn? learning goals? Post-point task? PREP audience need to learn? learning goals? Post-point task? Your goal in class may be for students to engage to learn, to expand on what they know, to express their own ideas or to decide on the next move, but not all at once. Your points will make an organized conversation, that has emotional appeal, provides clear, credible data to support your thesis and leads to a goal. Purposes…Ask: To learn…AHA! For ideas…what if? To agree…yes, and… To decide…Let’s do that.

GOAL Describe that goal Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely learning goal Describe that goal Problem, solution, benefit Or what, so what-Call to adventure, now what- call to action tune it Where can you spot and get over the barriers before they do? How can you surprise? Change your rhythm only to make a point. Present it Manage anxiety by greeting it. Anxiety tells you that this is important, you should reply that’s why I practiced it. Practice a lot and then hold off on judging yourself. If you encounter resistance: ask your audience to try to imagine what it would be like if we did this. If they see it as a problem, keep asking why. Ask them what advice they would give.

this goal matters to: You The learner Your context WHY this goal matters to: You The learner Your context Prepare Who are the audience? What do they want? What do they need? What goals will they have? Exchange imaginary gifts. Why it’s a… I knew you wanted… Because…

Collect the data What matters? Sort the order Show why it matters SET Collect the data What matters? Sort the order Show why it matters

BUILD Why’s it matter? Show big pic context? How can it be a visual? Novel and memorable contrast? Surprising unquestionable stat? Short phrase to fix in mind? Story with staying power? By collecting and organizing a text and images that support your thesis. The big idea should show what’s at stake from a specific unique view point in be a complete sentence.  How will you show the big picture context? What kind of advance organizer will help your audience see how everything fits together? Do you want to make this novel and memorable. How can you amplify the signal of your message to cut through the noise in your audience’s minds? How can it be a visual? Do you have the best, clearest, most exciting image? What is a shocking statistic is related to this? How can you contrast what we have now with what could be better? How might you fix a phrase so that it’s easily repeatable? What story can you tell that will stay in peoples’ minds? How can you bring the stakes, the why it matters now home to your audience in the most personal way?

FEEL Show! To match your purpose Explode, explain, exhort To match your purpose https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/So_happy_smiling_cat.jpg

Enough words Tell stories Show stats Use mixed case 3 to 5 lines JUST Enough words Tell stories Show stats Use mixed case 3 to 5 lines Where can you spot and get over the barriers before they do? How can you surprise?

K I S S Problem, solution, benefit

SHOW The point is… Google Images Size to fit (600px) Credit source Tools/Labeled for reuse Size to fit (600px) Credit source Pull from web, source, usage rights https://www.google.com/search?q=cat&hl=EN&tbm=isch&source=lnt&tbs=sur:fc&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK_u_zraLgAhV1LH0KHQB_B3YQpwUIIQ&biw=1244&bih=889&dpr=1 https://www.google.com/search?q=cat&hl

ImagesBW SnappyGoat Pixabay WikiMedia 8 Great PPTs MORE ImagesBW SnappyGoat Pixabay WikiMedia 8 Great PPTs a few more ways to find great images

PRACTICE Timing right? Barriers to belief? Keys Enough? Problem, solution, benefit? Amp signals? “What?, so what?, now what?” Best contrast? Surprises? If you encounter resistance: ask your audience to try to imagine what it would be like if we did this. Ask them what advice they would give. If they see it as a problem, keep asking why.

Edit down What matters? Say what you mean Show why it matters REWORK Edit down What matters? Say what you mean Show why it matters Say what you mean, mean what you show what?-so what?-now what?

MAKE the idea live

BE Clear Quick Gone

PRACTICE

Really.