tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888282002059771790.post266387846975100793..comments2023-07-14T07:07:50.801-07:00Comments on Nonprofit Leadership 601: Bad Presentations....Good Causes?Professor Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046514590879003020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888282002059771790.post-26164338378524231022008-06-23T17:12:00.000-07:002008-06-23T17:12:00.000-07:00Nice post. I’d also suggest the books of Edward Tu...Nice post. I’d also suggest the books of Edward Tufte, who writes on how to display data effectively. He comes out strongly against slides and for the use of written documents with discussion.<BR/><BR/>Some of the most effective presentations I’ve delivered have been without slides but have included active audience participation and lots of questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888282002059771790.post-85758552044429958392008-06-20T17:55:00.000-07:002008-06-20T17:55:00.000-07:00One of the things that really bugs me is when I ca...One of the things that really bugs me is when I can see the big screen and the laptop screen (slides are being managed by someone else) but the presenter can't see either. <BR/><BR/>So the presenter constantly turns away from the audience to see what's on the screen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888282002059771790.post-43500352329223349662008-06-14T04:03:00.000-07:002008-06-14T04:03:00.000-07:00Great points! There's one thing that I would sugge...Great points! There's one thing that I would suggest to anyone who presents using PowerPoint: cut your slides in half.<BR/><BR/>As a yearbook adviser at a college, one of the first changes I made to the program was cutting the size of the yearbook. This forced the students to think really hard about the content and only include the most important/strongest pages. Once completed, they not only didn't remember the sections that were cut or reduced, but the yearbook was strong from cover to cover. <BR/><BR/>This also happened to me with a grant I worked on. Biosketches were limited to two pages. I found this challenging at first, but I realized once I finished that my 2-page biosketch was more powerful than my much-longer resume! Much like with finances, you don't realize what's not that important until you have no choice but to cut something. <BR/><BR/>The same goes for PowerPoint presentations. By preparing a PowerPoint presentation as if there were no restrictions, then cutting 1/3 - 1/2 of it, you are forcing yourself to stick with only the most important information and think of creative ways to get your point across (this is especially beneficial for those who find themselves reading from PowerPoints too much). The "long version" could be distributed or placed on a website for those who want to review later. And of course, the information from the long version would still be presented. This automatically elimintates #s 1 and 2 on your list of bad presentations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com