tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post3665669625836890630..comments2023-05-27T01:53:21.676-04:00Comments on Diane L. Major: PowerPoint is Like TwitterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-16306967837881043462015-07-15T17:49:32.714-04:002015-07-15T17:49:32.714-04:00Also, hi and thanks for stopping by! I haven't...Also, hi and thanks for stopping by! I haven't been piping up at Janet's blog since that whole "dude's a tool" debacle and life's little distractions, and am missing y'all.DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-56174293500881969082015-07-15T17:47:32.246-04:002015-07-15T17:47:32.246-04:00It would be nice to think so, but my experience se...It would be nice to think so, but my experience seems to indicate that PPT is so entirely its own thing it has no connection to overhead transparencies in people's minds. Someone I consider really dynamic and intelligent just today sat and read slides at us - not all of them, and not every last word, but closely enough it was hilarious as I thought about this very post. The good news is, she had not indulged in the GBOT (http://dianelmajor.blogspot.com/2014/11/writing-and-communicating.html) (and yeah, here I am not hyperlinking, at YOU of all wizards!).<br /><br />Before I ever had to do any public speaking, I was sure I would need a lectern and at least notes in front of me. Once I had to, I found the protective barrier/support of the lectern actually terrifying, and my brain physiologically incapable of concentrating on text. I stepped out and close to my audience, and found that speech came - and not only did I recall what I had wanted to say, but I said it better in some flashes than my notes would have allowed me to do. I surfed the electrical energy of my own nervousness, and ended up being pretty successful. The support was LIMITING.<br /><br />PPT, if you use it as your text instead of just providing something nice to look at, or visually organized information, is the same way. It stands *between* speaker and audience, and their leaning on it makes them look nervous and ill-prepared.DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-78661211528914173112015-07-14T22:17:55.306-04:002015-07-14T22:17:55.306-04:00PPT Rule of Thumb: If you spend your entire presen...PPT Rule of Thumb: If you spend your entire presentation simply reading what the PPT slides say, you are not using PPT correctly. :)<br /><br />I wonder if those who were brought up on overhead projectors and writing on clear sheets of acetate understand better?Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.com