Presentation Zen
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 10:03AM As you may know, I'm deep into books about presenting as I work on my book based on the research I did on Partnership Learning. You can actually download a Partnership Learning Fieldbook on the topic at the website. One book that I've especially found useful is Garr Reynold's Presentation Zen. Mr Reynold's main idea is that the powerpoint we use should be simpler and more beautiful, and we should use fewer words that convey core concepts. Garr also suggests we create separate documents to go with our presentations, rather than what he calls "sliduements" those simple prints of PowerPoint or Keynote that are usually handed out at workshops. If we create separate documents that have all the key information as a handout, then our audience doesn't need to worry about taking notes or reading their notes, they can foucus on the presentation that we are giving. Mr Reynolds has a sample presentation on his personal website, and his blog. I'll be posting a lot more information in the next few weeks on what I have been reading about presenting and dialogue
