Learning Exercise
Better Slides
Augmenting, reinventing or replacing a slide presentation with something more effective.
- Material:
- 10 tips on how to make slides that communicate your idea, from TED's in-house expert
- Date last modified:
- December 4, 2020
- Created by:
- Jonathan vernon
- License:
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Aaron Weyenberg provides his tips (with samples) for making an effective slide deck. see more
Exercise
When creating a professional presentation or communcation in marketing, advertising and PR we start with a creative brief, develop a treatment and turn this into an outline an visualisation.
A good slide presentation is this outline and presentation. It is great for what it is, will work with a presenter live, but can be the stepping stone to something more.
A standalone video or interactive web page.
Disciplines
Audience
Technical Notes
Video and sound
Screencastify software, Browswer extension, College sign in, computer speed and bandwidth
Requirements
Video > White Board, Print Out or Pen and Paper (phone camera and microphone)
Somewhere quiet and undisturbed.
Screencast > laptop or desktop, Screencastify software (microphone) Somewhere you can record you voice and work undisturbed. Time and assistance to master the software
Topics
SMAR
Substitution > more of the same, replace some slides and text
Augmentation > embed video, add audio
Modification > audio, video and interaction
Redefinition > video, interactive web page, scenario-based gamification
Learning Objectives
Content is king
"Think about your main message, structure its supporting points, practice it and time it—and then start thinking about your slides" ... and how these can be taken further, or even replaced/
Have something to talk over and interact with in the first place.
Value of planning and keeping it simple
Assessment
How are you getting on?
What have you got in mind?
How far would you like to go with this?
Are you being too ambitious or not ambitious enough?