Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Using technology to enhance your presentations Stéphane Gallant OACFDC Conference 2005

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Overview Pros and Cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Survival kit Public speaking in general

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Pros and cons Pros Special effects Easy to adapt Updates skills Meets visual learner needs Cons Initial expense PowerPoint poisoning Murphys law Learning curve

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Top 10 tips Prepare and practice Consider your audience Consider how you sound Make effects meaningful

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Make effects meaningful Avoid motion sickness Pictures should have purpose Sounds shouldnt distract Special effects can be annoying

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Top 10 tips (contd) Prepare and practice Consider your audience Consider how you sound Make effects meaningful Leverage unique features

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Leverage technology Sound Video Internet Other features Slide master Ctrl + functions Spelling and grammar tools

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Visualize with video

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Enable with internet Live feeds Web archive - The Venture CentreThe Venture Centre Screen shots

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Top 10 tips (contd) Plan for contingencies Use common fonts in dark colours Turn off energy saver mode Build & bring a survival kit Practice your non-tech skills

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Top 5 pitfalls Dependent speaking style Too many bells and whistles Poor sound management Equipment assumptions Too much content (text and numbers)

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Too much text This slide contains way too much text… What was he thinking? Right now, all Im doing is trying to read this paragraph and Im not even paying attention to the message the speaker is trying to get across. Although because of all this text, the speaker is also reading the information from the slide, so Im probably not missing very much…

Too many numbers Using technology to enhance your presentations Networking the North Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Tech talk survival kit Your kit should contain: Spare parts Universal remote Presentation back-up media Masking tape Cords and cables Water

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Public speaking in general

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Public speaking in general Prepare your own introduction Never leave the podium vacant Think of your appearance Plan your posture

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Public speaking in general Show confidence Establish eye contact Be yourself Repeat your main points

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Enter slide # and Return Press ctrl P for pen Press B or W for blank screen

Using technology to enhance your presentations Pros and cons Top 10 tips Top 5 pitfalls Tech talk survival kit Overview Networking the North Public speaking Venture North - Allons-y June 14th, 2005 Light text on a dark background is difficult to read This reduces the effectiveness of your presentation