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Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Cemetery Dedication Abraham Lincoln 11/19/1863 home back next
Agenda n n n Met on battlefield (great) Dedicate portion of field - fitting! Unfinished work (great tasks) 11/19/1863 home back next
Not on Agenda! n n n Dedicate Consecrate Hallow (in narrow sense) Add or detract Note or remember what we say 11/19/1863 home back next
Review of Key Objectives & Critical Success Factors n What makes nation unique – Conceived in Liberty – Men are equal n Shared vision – New birth of freedom – Gov’t of/for/by the people 11/19/1863 home back next
Organizational Overview 11/19/1863 home back next
Summary n n n 11/19/1863 n New nation Civil war Dedicate field Dedicated to unfinished work New birth of freedom Government not perish home back next
Power. Point Run Amok
Battling Bullets
What is your reaction to this format?
The standard format is mentally exhausting!
Visuals, with limited text, are easier to process
Limit use of bullets to actual lists • Your agenda items • A summary • A short list of important details
What should we use instead of bullets?
What should we use instead of bullets? The Assertion – Evidence Model
The assertion-evidence model leads to increased recall
How could we fix this slide?
What do the slides highlight as important?
Presentation Zen
The only reason to give a speech is to change the world —John F Kennedy
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. —Albert Einstein
Presentation Zen Examples Seth Godin on Making a Difference Garr Reynolds on Being Like Bamboo
Graphical “Outlining”
Source: Garr Reynolds
Lessig Style
Lawrence Lessig • Fast transitions, many slides • Single word or short phrase • Text can: • Mirror • Augment • Contradict Lessig's Talk on Free Culture and Copright
Non-Power. Point Options
There are more options than Power. Point Prezi Kinetic, Topological Presentations – Storytelling Techniques Explained – Ron Gutman Explores Little-Known Benefits of Smiling Consider using a screen-capture utility to make a video of non-local software Hans Rosling Makes Stats Interesting
Sources • Gettysburg Address Spoof from norvig. com • Afghanistan Stability from New York Times • Assertion-Evidence examples from Michael Alley at engr. psu. edu • Lessig image from fastcompany. com • All other images from presentationzen. com • Laurence Lessig talk available at http: //randomfoo. net/oscon/2002/lessig/free. html
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