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<\/p>\nHere are my slides from my eTech talk.<\/p>\n
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You see 326 thumbnails, but one slide was blank.\u00a0 I displayed the blank while I explained a new section.\u00a0 That\u00a0leaves 325 slides with content.\u00a0 Some of those slides have multiple animations triggered by a mouse click and so the presentation appears to have even more slides.<\/p>\n
Why so many?\u00a0 I want a consistent\u00a0message during my presentation.\u00a0 I don’t show a slide that takes more than a few seconds to explain.\u00a0 During practice I can get each slide down to a few very specific words.\u00a0 This makes my total presentation time much more consistent which is important at a conference or during a classroom presentation.<\/p>\n
Think of each slide as a\u00a0cue for your message.\u00a0 The more cues you have, the less likely you are to leave something out.\u00a0 The longer you loiter on each\u00a0slide, the higher the probability of leaving\u00a0a minor point\u00a0out of the monologue.\u00a0 You also have a greater chance of having your delivery time fluctuate.<\/p>\n
Some topics require more slides.\u00a0 I don’t leave PowerPoint to demonstrate an external program.\u00a0 Instead I do screen captures of the external program and put them into the presentation.\u00a0 To give the “look and feel” of using that external program, many slides may be required.\u00a0 The bonus during the presentation is that the overall timing won’t be effected by a program that takes a while to start or function properly.<\/p>\n
I had over 100 screen shots that I incorporated in my eTech talk.\u00a0 I blazed through those very fast.\u00a0 I also didn’t leave PowerPoint to show items on the Internet.\u00a0 I captured those\u00a0web pages\u00a0as well.\u00a0 During a presentation (especially at a conference), you never know if the Internet is going to work, or if the bandwidth is going to be adequate.\u00a0 Doing the captures ahead of time will keep the delivery time under control.<\/p>\n
Take a look at my Google Search Tips<\/a> presentation.\u00a0 It’s about eight minutes and has 38 slides.\u00a0 That’s a pace of a little more than 200 slides an hour.\u00a0 That’s actually a nice relaxed pace.<\/p>\n When I have my freshmen do their final presentations, each is limited to three to five minutes.\u00a0 I have a sample presentation that I give.\u00a0 It’s 52 slides and takes four minutes.\u00a0 I can do the\u00a0presentation ten times and every time be at 4 minutes plus or minus ten seconds.\u00a0 More importantly, everyone remembers the content.<\/p>\n You should play around with different numbers of slides to figure out your own pace.\u00a0 Split the complicated material into several simple slides.\u00a0 In the end, your presentation will be better and easier to deliver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are my slides from my eTech talk. You see 326 thumbnails, but one slide was blank.\u00a0 I displayed the blank while I explained a new section.\u00a0 That\u00a0leaves 325 slides with content.\u00a0 Some of those slides have multiple animations triggered … Continue reading