Comments on: Give amazing presentations even with Powerpoint.

By: Adam Lawrence

Adam Lawrence — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:04:16 +0000

Thanks Saad!

I found your site after Jon tweeted about it…

Best,

Adam

By: saad a. hasan

saad a. hasan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:27:37 +0000

Adam,

You have a great point. What I enjoy about giving speeches in toastmasters is that you don’t get visual aids except for one or two speeches. You become acutely aware that you are the one carrying the show. That practice has helped me think about how to break down the data so it doesn’t overwhelm the audience (similar to what Jon mentioned above).

When it comes to science articles, a lot of people will tell you that they read the conclusion and then flip through to look at the pictures, presenter/writer be damned

saad

ps- i enjoyed your post http://workplayexperience.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-10-reasons-why-powerpoint-is-like.html
pps- how did you find my site?

By: Adam Lawrence

Adam Lawrence — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:06:42 +0000

And there’s always the (often forgotten) option with Powerpoint:

leave it at home and talk to the people.

You’d be amazed how effective that is!

Adam

By: Jon Thomas

Jon Thomas — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:27:38 +0000

Saad,

I truly appreciate the link (and comment) about my blog.

Science, math, and the like are often riddled with statistics, data, and charts. Not that they aren’t appropriate or necessary, but they don’t have that great of a relationship with slide design. My best advice is to make sure you only include the most necessary data, and separate the information into as many slides as you need. Restraint is one of the greatest skills of a presentation designer.

Cheers,
Jon