Presentation Software

Essential Questions When should presentation software be used to communicate information? What content is appropriate for delivery through presentation software? What method of information disbursement is most effective?

Characteristics of Inappropriate Content Trivial or does not have a clear purpose Meaning is lost when taken from the source and placed on slides Presented in its original form as a/an Emotional speech Historical declaration Memoir Examples: Gettysburg Address, “I Have a Dream Speech”, Declaration of Independence

Characteristics of Appropriate Content To Educate Present a topic, explain procedures To Persuade Advertise, sell To Narrate, Broadcast Messages, or Entertain Display name of students, words of a song or speech for audience participation, list of location changes at a conference, etc

Presentation Decisions Activity Put into Practice Presentation Decisions Activity

What method of information disbursement is most effective?

Methods of Delivery and Distribution Group Delivery with Speaker Group Delivery without Speaker Continuous Loop Rolling Script Self-Serve As hardcopy

Group Delivery with Speaker Used as a supplement (visual) to the speaker Slide show should NOT contain so much information that is can substitute for the speaker Displays graphic items that enhance communication Example

Group Delivery without Speaker Played one time to an audience Does not require explanation or interpretation May be displayed to entertain prior to a speech or event May be used to inform an audience about procedures Example

Continuous Loop Played repeatedly until manually stopped May or may not have a logical beginning and end Often used at trade shows where people rotate through at different times May be used to broadcast general information Example

Rolling Script Played at a moderate pace to allow for user participation Usually stand-alone, such as a prop for posting the lyrics of a song or the lines of a poem Contemporary Church Services

Self-Serve Maybe delivered via a website (Microsoft training) Self-paced, user friendly and often interactive May be accompanied by a narration embedded within the presentation http://itdp.providence.edu/Training/PowerPoint_Resources.htm Example

As Hardcopy (printed on paper) To enable comprehension Effective when the content is foreign, has to be remembered, is procedural, or is presented in a large group Handout with 3 slides per page allows room for the audience to record notes beside slide Can be distributed in color, grayscale, or black and white

Hard copy (cont) To assist the speaker One slide per page and notes for the speaker Outline view without graphics Speaker has the notes or outline in front of her/him while presentation is displayed in the background

Delivery Decisions