Hi Tom,
First, I disagree about your presenting at ARMA. I don't know you well
enough to know your areas of expertise, but presenting at ARMA isn't that
much different from presenting anywhere else, including the local ARMA
chapter. I have every confidence you have a lot to offer ARMA attendees -
you just need to determine what that is. :)
Now, to the point I think you, Ginny, and several others have made.
Here's an example of how Powerpoint can be misused: The Gettysburg Address
(as delivered by Powerpoint). http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/. I don't have an
example at hand, but I have sat through and heard others' comments about a
presentation that was 89 slides in 45 minutes. And these were not "four
bullets, four words per bullet" slides, but were chock-full-o' text and
tables. I also sat through an ARMA presentation a couple of years ago that
was a Proceedings-type paper converted to Powerpoint. It wasn't the worst
ARMA presentation I've ever sat through, but it's nestled snugly into the
bottom five.
It's difficult to make everyone happy - which is why I think the wiki might
help. As I noted in the link I sent out earlier in the week, on a wiki page
I could put the PPT, a printable version, a PDF version, an audio-recorded
version, supporting materials, checklists and templates, a Proceedings-type
paper, links to articles I and others have written on the topic, etc. etc.
etc. The bad news? It means much more work for someone. The good news? The
"someone" in question doesn't have to be the speaker. Give me a wiki, and
let me set a password. If I want someone to help edit, I either give the
password out or I remove the password altogether. And I'll offer right now -
anyone who is interested in doing this, I'd be happy to help to the extent I
can, even if it's only finding and validating links, blogs, etc.
More grist for the mill from chilly Colorado,
Jesse Wilkins
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Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:24 AM
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Subject: Re: ARMA flash drive...and in 2007? - Comment on presentations
< One of my favorite quotes is "Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts
absolutely." (Vinton Cerf)>
My perspective is that of one who has sat through, at this point,
innumerable ARMA presentations in equally innumerable semi-darkened rooms
since my first conference in 1997. While I will never be knowledgeable
enough to do an ARMA presentation, I have done some public speaking from
time to time on other topics.
In my view, it is beneficial to be clear about what can be conveyed in a
verbal presentation, what can be conveyed in a written report, and not use
one to do the work of the other.
What is paramount, and why I leave hearth and home annually each Fall, is to
experience the unique perspective and knowledge of the presenter, and their
interaction with the audience during the presentation. In my experience, the
best presenters convey the impression of talking to that one person in the
last row. (What Gabby Hayes used to call "That one little buckaroo out
there." I know this horribly dates me.) In my view, a presentation should
have a unifying theme, and convey two or three points about that theme.
That's all you're going to get across to someone in the time you have. Only
in this way, can the attendee walk out of the presentation feeling like
they have more than when they went in, that their perspective has changed,
that they will look at things in a somewhat(or totally)different light.
Powerpoint can serve these ends well--if used intelligently. More
substantive content should be presented in a separate narrative form,
because when Powerpoint is used to convey more substantive information too
much "connecting tissue" falls between the bullet points.
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