Effective Presentations Lecturing H. Mitchell Shulman MDCM FRCPC CSPQ Assistant Professor, Dept of Surgery Attending Physician, Emergency Dept
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Key Points To A Successful Presentation Know What You re Going To Say Know Who s Watching Enjoy What You re Doing!
How to: Prepare for a lecture Objectives Use your voice Your body language to communicate effectively
Preparation Preparation, preparation, preparation WHO WHAT WHERE HOW
Preparation WHO Training Background (culture) Language Expectations
Preparation WHAT ask yourself: if I was in the audience, what would I want to know about this topic??? What they want to know is more important that what you want them to know!
Preparation WHERE Size of room Lighting Podium Microphone Portable pointer /slide advancer
Preparation WHEN Time of day Who are you lecturing before? after? What s scheduled after you? before you?
Preparation HOW Will you be using: Slides / audio-visual tools? Handouts? Socratic? Allow interruptions, or save questions to the end? BACKUP!!!!
Key Points To A Successful Presentation Know What You re Going To Say Know Who s Watching Enjoy What You re Doing!
The Lecture STYLE Open with a joke? Anecdote? Case report? Engage the audience: movement questions input Vary your tone: use your voice for emphasis pause for effect
The Lecture Tell them what you are going to say Say what you were going to say Remind them what you were going to say Ask them what you were going to say
Key Points To A Successful Presentation Know What You re Going To Say Know Who s Watching Enjoy What You re Doing!
Putting it all together Preparation is everything Have backup ready Anticipate that everything will go south Tell them what you want them to learn Engage your audience Have Fun Remind them at the end what you wanted them to learn!
Effective Presentations Slides / PowerPoint H. Mitchell Shulman MDCM FRCPC CSPQ Assistant Professor, Dept of Surgery Attending Physician, Emergency Dept
Objectives How to use your slides (ie. PowerPoint) to: communicate effectively
Key Points To A Successful Presentation Know What You re Going To Say Know Who s Watching Enjoy What You re Doing!
Some Thoughts To Share About PowerPoint Communication is the point Slide text supports the communication Pictures simplify complex concepts Animation simplifies complex relationships Visuals support (not distract!) Sound only when absolutely necessary (ever?)
It s All About You! Don t give your presentation software center stage Create a logical flow Make it readable Less is more Handouts?
Designing Effective Presentations Big Progressive Consistent Simple Clear Summarize (before, after, during)
Key Points To A Successful Presentation Know What You re Going To Say Know Who s Watching Enjoy What You re Doing!
Designing Effective Presentations Big Progressive Consistent Simple Clear Summarize (before, after, during)
Make It Big This is Arial 12 This is Arial 18 This is Arial 24 This is Arial 32 This is Arial 36 o Small This is Arial 44
Designing Effective Presentations Big Progressive Consistent Simple Clear Summarize (before, after, during)
Too many colours Keep It Simple (Text) Too Many Fonts and Styles The 6 x 7 rule < 6 lines per slide < 7 words per line
Keep It Simple (Text) Instructional Technology: A complex integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization, for analyzing Too problems detailed and devising,! implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems in situations in which learning is purposive and controlled (HMRS 5th ed.)
Keep It Simple (Text) Instructional Technology A process Involving people, procedures, tools For solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5 th Ed) Much Simpler!
Keep It Simple (Chart)
Keep It Simple (Graph)
Keep It Simple (Graph)
Keep It Simple (Pictures / Sound / Transition / Animation)
Designing Effective Presentations Big Progressive Consistent Simple Clear Summarize (before, after, during)
Keep It Clear DON T CAPITALIZE EVERY LETTER
Keep It Clear (Numbers vs Bullets) Number: a sequence How to put an elephant into fridge? 1. Open the door of the fridge 2. Put the elephant in 3. Close the door e.g. a Bullets: a list without priority, sequence, hierarchy
Keep It Clear (Colour / Contrast)
Keep It Clear (Colour / Contrast)
Keep It Clear (Size / Focus) Size implies importance
Designing Effective Presentations Big Progressive Consistent Simple Clear Summarize (before, after, during)
Be Consistent
Be Consistent
Be Consistent
Be Consistent
Be Consistent
Be: Designing Effective Presentations Simple Clear Consistent Use: Colour Contrast Surprise Summary
Key Points To A Successful Presentation Remember What Who Have fun