Comments on: I have a Philosophy of PowerPoint ? Oh My! http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/06/06/i-have-a-philosophy-of-powerpoint-oh-my/ It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:33:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: snail http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/06/06/i-have-a-philosophy-of-powerpoint-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-55636 snail Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:13:57 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=931#comment-55636 Yay...I like the way you present and that general sense of what's going on that you manage to convey. I think I abide by most of that myself though I'm very much at the minimalist end of the pool averaging a single slide per 5 minutes :-) The spiel is the key...followed (as you covered so well) by rehearse, rehearse and rehearse...and then rehearse some more. Humour works for me but it's not for everyone and you can usually work out early on if the audience are into it. It is a performance and is about establishing a connection with your audience. Yay…I like the way you present and that general sense of what’s going on that you manage to convey. I think I abide by most of that myself though I’m very much at the minimalist end of the pool averaging a single slide per 5 minutes :-) The spiel is the key…followed (as you covered so well) by rehearse, rehearse and rehearse…and then rehearse some more. Humour works for me but it’s not for everyone and you can usually work out early on if the audience are into it. It is a performance and is about establishing a connection with your audience.

]]> By: Mylee http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/06/06/i-have-a-philosophy-of-powerpoint-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-55033 Mylee Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:26:19 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=931#comment-55033 Thanks for sharing your PPT philosophy and the techie tips. I saw Garr Reynolds of Presentation Zen fame present in Sydney a while back and he would definitely agree with you http://www.presentationzen.com/ Thanks for sharing your PPT philosophy and the techie tips. I saw Garr Reynolds of Presentation Zen fame present in Sydney a while back and he would definitely agree with you http://www.presentationzen.com/

]]> By: Sue Hickton http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/06/06/i-have-a-philosophy-of-powerpoint-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-54990 Sue Hickton Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:23:19 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=931#comment-54990 brilliant - u have summarised a lot of what i do. its not ppt that is the issue its what people do with it ie cars don't kill people, its the people driving the cars that kill people same same. If I do use it - it is minimalist & visually stimulating with imagery. I think @NancyWhite and @HeyJude have got someposts or done some good work somewhere on powerpoint 2.0 or bulletless? bulletpointless? ppt? that I really enjoyed and learnt a few things from as well! and i CANNOT say enough for preparaation - particularly technical! brilliant – u have summarised a lot of what i do.

its not ppt that is the issue its what people do with it ie cars don’t kill people, its the people driving the cars that kill people same same.

If I do use it – it is minimalist & visually stimulating with imagery.

I think @NancyWhite and @HeyJude have got someposts or done some good work somewhere on powerpoint 2.0 or bulletless? bulletpointless? ppt? that I really enjoyed and learnt a few things from as well!

and i CANNOT say enough for preparaation – particularly technical!

]]> By: Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/06/06/i-have-a-philosophy-of-powerpoint-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-54899 Kathryn Greenhill Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:51:29 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=931#comment-54899 Hey Hana, Thanks. I'm pretty sure that I have written here before that when I started presenting again a couple of years ago, a lot of my preparation was out of abject fear that I would not be able to do what people had invited me there to do. The surprising thing is that as I have kept at it, it gets much easier to do it without as much prep...but I still try to put myself in a zone where I am nervous and really *care* how it goes - to keep that edge and *want* to do a good job for the people in the audience... Hey Hana, Thanks.

I’m pretty sure that I have written here before that when I started presenting again a couple of years ago, a lot of my preparation was out of abject fear that I would not be able to do what people had invited me there to do.

The surprising thing is that as I have kept at it, it gets much easier to do it without as much prep…but I still try to put myself in a zone where I am nervous and really *care* how it goes – to keep that edge and *want* to do a good job for the people in the audience…

]]> By: Hana http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/06/06/i-have-a-philosophy-of-powerpoint-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-54898 Hana Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:30:12 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=931#comment-54898 So much to remember!! But cheers Kathryn, you're such a pro, and I love your slides and presentations in general. So much to remember!! But cheers Kathryn, you’re such a pro, and I love your slides and presentations in general.

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