Sunday, October 21, 2012
Public speaking event
I recently got a new job at a large company. At the orientation for the new job there were about seventy five new hires like me and also many different speakers. Most of the speakers ecorporated a PowerPoint slide show into their speeches and other used other types of media such as videos. I would say that most of the speakers used the power point slides very well. They kept them simple with a few words or bullet points and maybe a picture. These slides were very easy to read and added to instead distracted from what the speaker was saying. Some of the speakers however tried to make their slide show more interesting by using those silly transitions from one slide to the next. These I feel were very distracting because I was focusing more on what the slide was doing rather than what the speaker was saying. Also one of the speakers put a lot of information on each slide so it was hard to listen to the speaker and read the slides at the same time. When creating a slide show I feel that it is best to keep the slides simple, with few bullet points or key words and maybe an impactful picture or two.
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I like simple power points the best as well. All the slides need are a few bullet points in large font and maybe an image. Too many people try to cram everything on their slides. This just makes the powerpoint distracting to me. If there is a lot of text on the slide, I end up reading the slide and I do not pay attention to what the speaker is saying. The same is also true for transitions. I find transitions and special effects to be very distracting because it takes my focus away from the speech. I do not listen because all I can think about are the cool effects.
ReplyDeleteI like the event that you used. It showed that the knowledge that we gain in this class could be used beyond the class room. Your example also showed how in a more professional setting they focus on key points and having them plain and simple. I do find it funny that some people still presented them with "silly" transitions and that they were identified as distracting. Saved me from making that mistake in the future now =P Your lucky that you had these examples so that you know what you can work with. But thanks for sharing it with the rest of us!
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