{"id":4716,"date":"2012-10-31T08:57:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=4716"},"modified":"2012-10-30T19:39:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T02:39:44","slug":"speakers-corner-powerful-points-on-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/10\/31\/speakers-corner-powerful-points-on-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers Corner<\/em>: Powerful Points on Powerpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

PowerPoint slides that dazzle by fading in and out don\u2019t engage anyone anymore. Those days are long gone. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

Chicago-based slide-ology guru Nancy Duarte tells us all great speeches have a discernable pattern of \u201cwhat is\u201d and \u201cwhat could be\u201d until they wrap up in \u201ca new bliss.\u201d Does that sound like your last presentation for your sociology group project? Well, it should.<\/p>\n

TED Talks, whose mission is to spread ideas, is a case in point: they have lots of simple slides that are limited in length, accompanied by speeches that tell a story with a strong opening, an organized middle, and a clear, call-to-action close.<\/p>\n

Check it out: three basic, non-negotiable<\/em> rules of slide presentations are as follows.<\/p>\n

1. One slide, one image. Period.<\/p>\n

2. Keep to about six words per slide, or reveal points one at a time.<\/p>\n

3. If you\u2019re reading from your slide, you\u2019re not presenting: you\u2019re reading. Present.<\/p>\n

Creative brevity is the presentation of the future in a world filled with viewers who are more jaded by the hour. With the right program, and practice, you could be the source of their next new bliss.<\/p>\n

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PowerPoint slides that dazzle by fading in and out don\u2019t engage anyone anymore. Those days are long gone. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done. Chicago-based slide-ology guru Nancy Duarte tells us all great speeches have a discernable pattern of \u201cwhat is\u201d and \u201cwhat could be\u201d until they wrap up in \u201ca new bliss.\u201d Does that sound like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issue","category-october-31-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t