WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011
- reduce/eliminate bullet points (use pictures/graphics instead)
- keep the main thought/key message of the presentation down to 140 characters (the one thing we want audience to remember)
- make sure our slides support our message (like billboards)
- use the notes section as documentation (for us and the audience)
- limit ourselves to one idea per slide
- start designing our presentations with a basic concept in mind, then look for connections (and don't necessarily use the first thing that comes to mind)
- dare to be different
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12:00 I spent most of the morning fiddling with the first two slides of our presentation, trying to use some of the things I learned from Heidi's presentation. Here's what I came up with for one of them:
If you don't like it, well, you wouldn't have liked the original any better.
6:00pm - Well, the presentation is over and, though the audience was small, the talk went very well. Eric did great, as I knew he would, with Fran and me adding our two cents infrequently. In fact, my main function during the talk, in addition to keeping a spare laptop with a copy of the presentation at the ready, was making sure Eric's glass remained full of water. It's amazing how fast a person can become dehydrated while presenting in front of an audience.
10:00pm - I'm staying with Vaughan and Jackie in Baltimore to save me the wear and tear of a daily commute from Silver Spring each day of the conference. I have very nice accommodations in the attic where it is quite warm and cozy and I have my own full bath.
I had a very nice dinner earlier at Roy's (http://www.roysrestaurant.com/locations/MD/baltimore.asp) with some fellow conference attendees from Duquesne and Oracle and elsewhere, and I'm still stuffed to the gills (pun intended) with fish and other savory delights. Too much good food and too little self-control. A bad combination.
Well, I've no doubt left out a lot of the day's events, but it's more than a week later as I write this closing line, and I can barely remember what happened yesterday much less nine days ago.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 (originally)
12:00 I spent most of the morning fiddling with the first two slides of our presentation, trying to use some of the things I learned from Heidi's presentation. Here's what I came up with for one of them:
If you don't like it, well, you wouldn't have liked the original any better.
6:00pm - Well, the presentation is over and, though the audience was small, the talk went very well. Eric did great, as I knew he would, with Fran and me adding our two cents infrequently. In fact, my main function during the talk, in addition to keeping a spare laptop with a copy of the presentation at the ready, was making sure Eric's glass remained full of water. It's amazing how fast a person can become dehydrated while presenting in front of an audience.10:00pm - I'm staying with Vaughan and Jackie in Baltimore to save me the wear and tear of a daily commute from Silver Spring each day of the conference. I have very nice accommodations in the attic where it is quite warm and cozy and I have my own full bath.
I had a very nice dinner earlier at Roy's (http://www.roysrestaurant.com/locations/MD/baltimore.asp) with some fellow conference attendees from Duquesne and Oracle and elsewhere, and I'm still stuffed to the gills (pun intended) with fish and other savory delights. Too much good food and too little self-control. A bad combination.
Well, I've no doubt left out a lot of the day's events, but it's more than a week later as I write this closing line, and I can barely remember what happened yesterday much less nine days ago.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 (originally)
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