Comments on: Powerpoint and the Spoken Word http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:50:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hate PowerPoint Because You Love Your Audience | CloudAve http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/comment-page-1/#comment-311003 Hate PowerPoint Because You Love Your Audience | CloudAve Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:28:04 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/#comment-311003 [...] just explained why he hates Powerpoint, and we should, too. He points to Jeff Nolan's post titled PowerPoint And The Spoken Word, which in turn links to Presentation Diva Laura "Pistachio" Fitton's humorous piece, I [...] [...] just explained why he hates Powerpoint, and we should, too. He points to Jeff Nolan’s post titled PowerPoint And The Spoken Word, which in turn links to Presentation Diva Laura "Pistachio" Fitton’s humorous piece, I [...]

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]]> By: amanda http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/comment-page-1/#comment-254056 amanda Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:45:16 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/#comment-254056 What a great post. I linked to it from my pitchmasters meetup. I am a fan of well put together powerpoints that only have LOL cats to punctuate my points, then I distribute slides after with a written form of my comments What a great post. I linked to it from my pitchmasters meetup.

I am a fan of well put together powerpoints that only have LOL cats to punctuate my points, then I distribute slides after with a written form of my comments

]]> By: Hate PowerPoint Because You Love Your Audience| Zoli’s Blog http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/comment-page-1/#comment-253824 Hate PowerPoint Because You Love Your Audience| Zoli’s Blog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:00:50 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/#comment-253824 [...] explained why he hates Powerpoint, and we should, too. He points to Jeff Nolan’s post titled PowerPoint And The Spoken Word, which in turn links to Presentation Diva Laura “Pistachio” Fitton’s humorous [...] [...] explained why he hates Powerpoint, and we should, too. He points to Jeff Nolan’s post titled PowerPoint And The Spoken Word, which in turn links to Presentation Diva Laura “Pistachio” Fitton’s humorous [...]

]]> By: Sean Murphy http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/comment-page-1/#comment-253723 Sean Murphy Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:42:35 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/#comment-253723 @andrew: Peter Cohan in his "Great Demo!" book makes the point that you can use the "b" key to insert a black slide (dark screen) wherever you need one. @andrew: Peter Cohan in his “Great Demo!” book makes the point that you can use the “b” key to insert a black slide (dark screen) wherever you need one.

]]> By: Andrew http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/comment-page-1/#comment-253304 Andrew Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:01:43 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/#comment-253304 You're absolutely right, Jeff. When I coach speakers, I often remind them that PowerPoint (if used at all) should <b>complement</b> the presentation, not <b>be</b> the presentation. The star of the show should never be the slides; the star of the show should be the presenter. One tip that reinforces this is to insert blank, black slides into your presentation. When you want the audience's focus back on you (where it should be for the majority of your presentation), insert a black slide. It is a subtle, but effective gesture to tell them to shift their eyes back to you. Audiences widely agree. An <a href="http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2007/11/09/survey-says-speaker-dos-and-donts/" rel="nofollow">audience survey from Chris Brogan</a> illustrates that audiences want presenters to avoid reading slides, use more visuals, and consider not using PowerPoint at all. You’re absolutely right, Jeff.

When I coach speakers, I often remind them that PowerPoint (if used at all) should complement the presentation, not be the presentation. The star of the show should never be the slides; the star of the show should be the presenter.

One tip that reinforces this is to insert blank, black slides into your presentation. When you want the audience’s focus back on you (where it should be for the majority of your presentation), insert a black slide. It is a subtle, but effective gesture to tell them to shift their eyes back to you.

Audiences widely agree. An audience survey from Chris Brogan illustrates that audiences want presenters to avoid reading slides, use more visuals, and consider not using PowerPoint at all.

]]> By: Jackie Danicki http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/comment-page-1/#comment-252442 Jackie Danicki Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:27:46 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/04/07/powerpoint-and-the-spoken-word/#comment-252442 What sucks is that so many events demand PowerPoint presentations from speakers. My MO is to use all images, no text on the slides (apart from perhaps a title), but this still creates a lot of unnecessary hassle. One of my favorite ever PowerPoint presentations was one that my buddy JP Rangaswami did. He couldn't figure out how to compensate/acknowledge in a legally sound way the copyright holders of various images he'd selected, so he yanked them all from his PPT and left only the titles on the blank, white slides. It was surprisingly effective. What sucks is that so many events demand PowerPoint presentations from speakers. My MO is to use all images, no text on the slides (apart from perhaps a title), but this still creates a lot of unnecessary hassle.

One of my favorite ever PowerPoint presentations was one that my buddy JP Rangaswami did. He couldn’t figure out how to compensate/acknowledge in a legally sound way the copyright holders of various images he’d selected, so he yanked them all from his PPT and left only the titles on the blank, white slides. It was surprisingly effective.

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