dodging bullets
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Using PowerPoint to get your message acrossTRANSCRIPT
Dodging Bullets: Using PowerPoint to get your
message across
PowerPoint has become a universal language we use... in business and education
You need to give presentations that reach your audience...
The current text and bullet point approach is boring and ineffective.
You want your
presentation to be as
“sticky”
as possible.
“Sticky” is another way
to say that your idea or
message is understood
and memorable.
To make your ideas stick, you need to:
(1) Simplify your slides.(2) Make them visual.
(3) Tell a story.
Simplify
Why?
Long Term Memory
Working memory: Research shows we can process a MAXIMUM of 7 things ‘actively’ in our working memory at any time
CAPACITY PROBLEM
Why?
Long Term Memory
Avoid overload...
To simplify, find the core of each slide
Keep your core simple…compact
Give each slide its own core by…
…placing a sentence at the top and supporting it with an image
Properties of Sound• Sound waves travel like the ripples in a
pond after a stone is thrown in• Sound is caused by vibrating objects
– More vibrations means a higher sound; less vibrations means a lower sound
Move the text to the speaker notes
Sound waves travel like the ripples in a pond after a stone is thrown in
More vibrations means a higher sound; less vibrations means a lower sound
Remove everything that is not
necessary to get your
point across
Sound waves travel like the ripples in a pond after a stone is thrown in
VisualMake them
Vision surpasses all other senses
65%
10%
Cognitive scientists say we process information through two
channels
visual
auditory
The mind pays attention to only a few pieces of information in each
channel
visual
auditory
Narration
Text
If you’re reading this you’re not listening to me
The mind pays attention to only a few pieces of information in each
channel
visual
auditory
Narration
TextImage
Narration
We can use the power of the metaphor to appeal to logic and emotion
StoryTell a
Write a script to focus your ideas
Act 1: Set Up the Story
Setting Educators give presentations for different purposes.
Role You have a presentation to give.
Point A (problem)
You want to make your presentation as sticky as possible
Point B (goal)
Sticky presentations are memorable and understood.
CALL TO ACTION
Follow three steps to make your presentation more sticky.
The first five slides
Act 2: Develop the Action5 minute column 15-minute column 45-minute column
Make your slides simple
Make them visual
Tell a story
Support your ideas
1 2 3,4,5
6
Use the storyboard template to help distil and structure your story
Sketch out your story to decide how best to illustrate it
Act 3: Frame the ResolutionCrisis
Solution
Climax
Resolution
Recap
A sticky presentation is memorable and understood
To make your presentation sticky, remember three things:
Thank you