1. Communicating Your Ideas
Designing and Delivering Technology Enhanced Presentations
Rob Schadt, Ed.D. Boston University School of Public Health
May 29, 2009

2. Content is the most important part of your presentation.
The quality of the research.
The topic should be thoroughly researched, with a number of different sources.
If you are using visual images make sure they are appropriate to the point(s) you wish to make,
Be certain that you know the specifics on each image (that is - who? what? when? where? how?).
Organization and transition are vital.
There should be a logical flow from beginning to end, like in a written work.
Avoid jumping from one point to another,
Be careful about adding information that is not directly related to the main theme.

3. Content is the most important part of your presentation.
So how do you like it when I
read word for word off the screen
don’t pay attention to you whatsoever…
And disappear behind the lectern (and my slides)
Blah, blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah Blah, blah, blah, blah

4. Content is the most important part of your presentation.
So how do you like it when I
read word for word off the screen
don’t pay attention to you whatsoever…
And disappear behind the lectern (and my slides)
Blah, blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah Blah, blah, blah, blah

6. Content is the most important part of your presentation.
So how do you like it when I “hide behind my slides”
Read word for word off the slides and
I don’t pay attention to you whatsoever…
Blah, blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah Blah, blah, blah, blah

7. Healthy Start Logic Model
“..it seems like I'm not connecting with the audience..”

8. Maria Montoya “I was scared…”

9. Maria and Miguel Montoya

10. Maria and Miguel Montoya

11. Elements of Communication
Presentation Technology
Speaker
Message
Audience

12. Engage the Audience Eye contact Share your interest and enthusiasm
Project your voice
Include purposeful pauses
Avoid over dependence on notes

13. Know Your Audience

14. Know Your Audience
Know audience's background as well as your major purpose for speaking
Adapt talk to time allowed and the situation
Prepare for and encourage participation
Adapt talk to the needs of the audience
Repeat key ideas for clarity/understanding

15. Learning Theory Applied to Multimedia Presentation
Your Audience:
uses dual channels
Include both verbal and visual
has limited capacity
Exclude extraneous visual materials
uses active processing
Provide a mental structure that can be integrated into prior knowledge
Multimedia Learning - Mayer, 2001

16. Structuring an Effective Message
Capture the audience's attention with an interesting opening
Choose an appropriate organizational structure
Keep your purpose in mind
An informative talk should focus on clarity of information
A persuasive talk should focus on the acceptance of ideas
End with a strong, memorable conclusion

17. Introducing an Effective Message
Statement of the central idea
Rhetorical question
Summary of main points
Familiar example
Striking facts
Current events
Short story

18. Organizing an Effective Message
Space
Time
Cause/Effect
Problem/solution
Comparative
Procedural

19. Providing a Structure for Ideas in Effective Message

20. Providing a Structure for Ideas in Effective Message

21. Providing a Structure for Ideas in Effective Message

22. Providing a Structure for Ideas in Effective Message

23. It has to be seen to be read.
It has to be clear to be understood.
It needs to be understood to be remembered.

24. Engage Your Audience with Visual Aids
Look at the audience, not at the slides
Limit the number of slides
Use charts, diagrams, and images
Use few words or phrases
Phrase is a visual “cue” for concept/idea
But, make them interesting AND readable!