Nick Strange 1

dissatisfaction 1

presentations 1

new approach 1

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1 reduces the price

1 interactivity group dynamics

apart from bad charts 2

technical limitations 2

presentation hardware 2

inefficient 2 presentations

hardware limitations 2

only one remote control 2

the presenter rules, OK 2 speed & sequence

audience can‘t: >><< ll  2

presentations are 2 s l o w

180 spoken words per minute 2

reading 3-4 times faster than speech 2

1. inflexible & slow 3

Academy Format wide :3 :1 high

3 beamer limited by optical resolution?

24pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you 23pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you re 22pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read 21pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it 20pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it co 19pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comf 18pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortab 17pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 16pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 15pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 14pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 13pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 12pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 11pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 10pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 3 Can you see at the back?

one slide at a time 4

odsaaodsaa one damned slide after another 4 one damned slide after another

2. Separation of charts and text 4

Books keep charts & text close together 4

5 if we want to persuade potentially catastrophic

heavy demands on memory 5 heavy demands on memory + lost place in argument heavy demands on memory + lost place in argument = disorientation

Why are we here now? 5

Forget it! 5

Improving presentations 1. Characteristics today 1.1. Slow & inflexible 1.2. Chart/text separation 2. Disorientation 2.1. Demands on memory 2.2. Lost place in argument 3. Avoiding disorientation 3.1. Structural slides Improving 3. Avoiding disorientation presentations 3.1. Structural slides 6

Announce it 6 Say it Repeat it

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7 Resolution has quad- rupled since 1990 mega- pixels 1990 SVGA(800×600)= p(1920×1080)= 2.1

7 doubling resolution before after

Archi- tectural 7

7 Reading a book 20cm = 40 lines 50cm 0.5cm

7 Viewing a screen 2m = 20 lines 20x = 10m 20x = 10cm ≈3.20m

In presentations + use 19C. invention + write telegraphese + avoiding speaker:slide interference ++ 8 telegraphese red blue green purple black pink yellow grey orange azur gold

not area but height 8

Widescreen TV 1.8:1 Widescreen PC 1.6:1 Academy format 1.4:1 Presentation format 1.95:1 + 40% %

width space freedom liberty clarity logic power persuasion 10 to put text & charts together again

New wide screen approach to presentations 1. Typical modern presentation Slow & inflexible Text & charts separate 2. Risks disorientating audiences Heavy demands on memory Lost place in argument 3. Worsened by traditional fixes „Structural“ slides & cues Repetition 4. Architecture limits height 11 24pt Times New Roman looks like this. Ca 23pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can 22pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can yo 21pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you r 20pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you rea 19pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it 18pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it c 17pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comf 16pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comforta 15pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 14pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 13pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 12pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 11pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? 10pt Times New Roman looks like this. Can you read it comfortably? Academy Format wide :3 :1 high Reading a book 20cm = 40 lines 50cm 0.5cm

New wide screen approach to presentations 1. Typical modern presentation Slow & inflexible Text & charts separate 2. Risks disorientating audiences Heavy demands on memory Lost place in argument 3. Worsened by traditional fixes „Structural“ slides & cues Repetition 4. Architecture limits height 5. Change format to use width The new wide screen format 11 Viewing a screen 2m = 20 lines 20x = 10m 20x = 10cm ≈3.20m Text +chart = slide ≡ handout Text +chart = slide ≡ handout Text +chart = slide ≡ handout Text +chart = slide ≡ handout Text +chart = slide ≡ handout Text +chart = slide ≡ handout Text +chart = slide ≡ handout

New wide screen approach to presentations 1. Typical modern presentation Slow & inflexible Text & charts separate 2. Risks disorientating audiences Heavy demands on memory Lost place in argument 3. Worsened by traditional fixes „Structural“ slides & cues Repetition 4. Architecture limits height 5. Change format to use width The new wide screen format Advantages & disadvantages 11 „Nowadays, to be intelligible is to be found out“

New wide screen approach to presentations 1. Typical modern presentation Slow & inflexible Text & charts separate 2. Risks disorientating audiences Heavy demands on memory Lost place in argument 3. Worsened by traditional fixes „Structural“ slides & cues Repetition 4. Architecture limits height 5. Change format to use width The new wide screen format Advantages & disadvantages 11 wide screen empowers audiences

New wide screen approach to presentations 1. Typical modern presentation Slow & inflexible Text & charts separate 2. Risks disorientating audiences Heavy demands on memory Lost place in argument 3. Worsened by traditional fixes „Structural“ slides & cues Repetition 4. Architecture limits height 5. Change format to use width The new wide screen format Advantages & disadvantages 11 encourages questions provokes discussion

New wide screen approach to presentations 1. Typical modern presentation Slow & inflexible Text & charts separate 2. Risks disorientating audiences Heavy demands on memory Lost place in argument 3. Worsened by traditional fixes „Structural“ slides & cues Repetition 4. Architecture limits height 5. Change format to use width The new wide screen format Advantages & disadvantages 11 interactivity group dynamics

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