Agile Project Metrics. Data as Seductive Material, Spring Summit, Umeå March09. 14 Tips for Communicating Ideas - life. I’m doing a lot of speaking all of a sudden, related to my pre-launch plans around a new media company. I’m finding that there are certain skills in communicating the information and building understanding that are important and useful. I thought I’d pass on some thoughts along those lines. Use Analogies Okay, sometimes my analogies are bad, but the premise is still good. It’s important to be able to talk about something that interests you both in the “native tongue” of what you’re doing, as well as in the language of the person you’re speaking with. For instance, if I’m talking to someone who’s not into podcasting, and I’m explaining what my new business will be about.
I say, “I’m just trying to be a whole bunch of different magazines in the magazine stand at the local bookstore.” Consider the following tips: Which leads me into the other half of this. Distill Ideas You have to convey the most understanding in the shortest time frame. What are the BARE BONES of the idea? Free Powerpoint Presentations for Student. The "Monta Method" In addition to the Takahashi Method, there is another presentation method in Japan that is in the early stages of getting some buzz: "The Monta Method. " What, you never heard of the "Monta Method" of presenting? Well, you are not alone. Most Japanese have not heard of this slide presentation method, even though the method is based on the analog presentation style of a famous Japanese TV personality, Mino Monta. Like the Takahashi Method, the "Monta Method" was introduced first by a knowledge worker in the tech field here in Japan.
A little backgroundMino Monta — a Japanese version of America's Regis Philbin — is one of the most popular TV personalities in Japan. Mino Monta is not the only TV personality to use the technique. On his blog, Shinichiro Oba explains in Japanese the details, advantages and disadvantages of the "Monta Method. " You can see his Keynote presentation on the Monta Method in Quicktime. So give the "Monta Method" a try if you think it may be appropriate. Living large: "Takahashi Method" use. In the Japanese language Nikkei newspaper yesterday I stumbled upon an interesting article featuring stories on people who have started small grassroots movements — however unintentional — by doing something in a unique way.
One such person is Mr. Masayoshi Takahashi who has gotten a lot of people interested in his unique way of presenting, now labeled the "Takahashi Method. " Takahashi uses only text in his slides. But not just any text — really big text. Huge text. Characters of impressive proportion which rarely number more than ten, usually fewer. Why this method? Takahashi is a computer programmer who did not have software like PowerPoint (the slide above says "I don't have PowerPoint").
Is the method applicable? The slides used in my presentations are usually a mix of full-screen, high-quality photos, some charts/graphs, and slides with single words, short phrases, or short quotations. (Left) "The Takahashi Method" title slide. (Left) "Easy to see. "