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Tom Peters on Presentations In May, Tom Peters gave his insights on what he calls "Presentation Excellence" on his website. Great, great, great stuff from a guy who knows a thing or two about speaking to a crowd. Tom also posted his tips — 56 in all — for Presentation Excellence. It's all great advice from someone who has a lot of experience speaking to groups big and small. (Download the Presentation Excellence PowerPoint document from Tom's site). My "Best 11" of Tom Peters' 56 Tips (Tom's words in bold) (1) Total commitment to the Problem/Project/Outcome Authenticity. (2) A compelling “Story line”/“Plot” There's that word "story" again. (3) Enough data to sink a tanker (98% in reserve). Research. (4) Data are imperative, but also play to Emotion. The brain has a logical left hemisphere an emotional right. Absolutely crucial. (6) No more than ONE point per slide! Simple visuals for the screen, always. Right. (8) SMILE! This is one important way to connect. Again, you want to make a powerful connection? (10) Energy!

10 Excellent Alternatives to PowerPoint PowerPoint is absolutely one of the most popular presentation tool out there .I bet that the first presentation you have ever made was via PowerPoint, well at least that was the case with mine .There are, however, several other presentation tools that we can use as an alternative to PowerPoint and guess what ? they are way easier and simpler especially for use in education. I have handpicked some of such tools for you to check but you can also check this extensive list of some of the best presentation tools for teachers to explore more options. 1- Prezentit This is one of my favourite tools for creating presentations.It does not require any software download and all you need is a web browser. 2- Sliderocket Sliderocket is a great presentation tool that lets users easily create, collaborate and share stunning media-rich presentations. 3- SlideSix SlideSix is another great presenter application. 4- Vuvox You can use Vuvox to instantly produce dynamic interactive panoramas with hot-spots.

Living large: "Takahashi Method" uses king-sized text as a visual 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. 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. You can see all the slides here used by Takahashi in his recent presentation on "The Takahashi Method." (Left) "The Takahashi Method" title slide. (Left) "Easy to see." (Left) "Four" main points he'd like to discuss.

Presentation Zen Elements of Communication, Part 1 When considering or working to create interactive design, it is useful, I think, to examine the gulf of communication that exists between direct, face-to-face, truly interactive communication and impersonal attempts at communication on a Web page. But in order to appreciate the magnitude of this difference in effectiveness it is far better to examine the many layers of sensation and interaction as they apply to each context, from personal, face-to-face contact to impersonal text or buttons on a page. Think about the differences in the fullness and effectiveness of communication between: having a face–to–face conversation with someone in a group, and… having a face–to–face conversation with one person, and… watching someone speak in-person, and… watching someone speak on video/TV, and… listening to someone speak directly to you (phone or recording), and… hearing someone speak, and… reading a letter/message written to you, and… reading someone’s words written to no one in particular

Stop your presentation before it kills again! « Kicking ass is more fun | Main | Featuritis vs. the Happy User Peak » Stop your presentation before it kills again! Sometimes the best presentation is... no presentation. Ditch the slides completely. Especially if the slides are bullet points. Or if critical data is presented in a form that leads to brain-death, talked about by Tufte in this Wired article, and in more detail in his book, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint. The second you dim the lights and go into "presentation mode" is the moment you move from a two-way conversation to a one-way lecture/broadcast. Then there's the phenomenon of "talking to the slides", where the speaker is constrained into following a script. But given how many people hate slide presentations, why is it universally assumed that where there is "a talk", there's PowerPoint (or its much cooler cousin, Apple's KeyNote)? I know the arguments in favor of slides: Visuals are more memorable than words alone. True. It keeps the speaker and presentation on track.

A List of The Best Free Digital Storytelling Tools for Teachers 1- ZimmerTwins It is all about creative storytelling. ZimmerTwins is a web2.0 tool that allows students to give vent to their imaginative powers and exercise their storytelling skills from early stages to advances ones. 2- Digital Story Telling in The Classroom This section provides resources and materials for teachers to use with their students in storytelling. It helps students personalize their learning and perform better. Students can use these materials to create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their stories. 3- Story Bird This is an awesome website that allows students and teachers to create short art inspired stories to read, share or print out. 4- Someries Someries is a fantastic storytelling site . 5- PicLits This is another awesome website where students can choose a picture and start drawing or writing a text on it to create a story. 7- Capzles This is where you and your students can create rich multimedia stories with videos, photos, music, blogs and documents.

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