High Tech Presentations

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High Tech Presentations

• The Easy Way

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University
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Overview

• Good presentation techniques
• Bad techniques
• Technology

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Presentations

• Why do we present?
• How do we present?
• How does technology change this?
• Technology can help and hurt.

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Presentation Visuals

• Simple
• Convey information
• Clear, obvious layout
• Good choice of fonts
• Figures to clarify
• Nice Appearance

Example
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Speaking

• Eye contact
• Interaction
• Active, but not too much
• Be comfortable

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Presentation Technology

• Easy to share
• Easy to create and revise
• Works with other software
• More complex - more setup time
• Limited availability
• Limited abilities

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The Technology

• Essential
• Computers
• Data Projectors
• Presentation Software

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The Technology

• Optional
• Other Software, e.g. Autocad
• Digital Camera or Scanner
• others..

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Data Projectors

• Resolution
• Settings
• No Standard Controls
• Brightness and Lighting

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Laptops

• Cables
• Power Management and Batteries
• Networking
• Video Outputs
• Screen Savers
• The Mouse

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Plan for the Worst

• Files on Floppies
• Hard Copies and Overheads
• User Guides
• Double check before you travel
• Verify that projectors are available

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Technology Presentation Challenges

• The dark room
• audience is hidden - interact more
• easy to sleep - make it active
• Knowing hardware
• test and rehearse

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Giving Bad Presentations

• No objectives and poor conclusion
• Poor visual aids and unprepared
• Poor first impression
• No enthusiasm
• No interaction with audience
• Inanimate

Example
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Pictures
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Application Software

• VRML
• Mathcad
• Any Other

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Other Additions

• Animations
• Video Clips
• Sound
• Streaming Video
• Internet/Web Pages
• CDROM

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Technology Issues

• Networks
• IP addresses
• Types (wires, phone, etc)
• Protocols (FTP, HTTP)
• Formats (HTML, GIF, JPG, PDF, ZIP
• URLs
• Java

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The End

• Questions?