Sulma+-+10+shots+to+caffeinate+your+presentations

LYNELL Burmark lynellb@aol.com; attended by Sulma []

Session#: 1322 They Snooze, You Lose: 10 Shots to Recaffeinate your Presentations

1. Tweak the Text:
 * do not use upper case unless grammatically imperative; takes much longer to read upper case.
 * group text so easier to process; place definitions below.
 * better to left justify - easier on the reader. do not center
 * Conversational style - only use upper case for first letter even on a title
 * instead of underlining - use color or italics
 * Weaning - only use the words you need and add pictures
 * full size pictures are the best

2. Start with concrete: e.g. using tangerine in math class
 * use photos/pictures instead of text when you can (rose example)
 * technique - using photos, groups of three, 12 slides, ball, participants pass around the ball and tell the story based on the photo. let participants know when at last slide. telling a story based on pictures.
 * always start w/ the picture not the words
 * recall and retention is boosted 42% when using pictures and then voice over narrative. transfer and application goes up 89%.

3. Make a handout
 * the handout for the session is online (lynellb@aol.com)
 * two columns more words
 * educate better.org

4. Change it up 10 minute teacher presentation, 2 minutes of sharing formula (10 minutes is it for attention span) brining in something to change it up

5. Play music
 * great video (on quotes) www.greatquotesmovie.com

6. Follow your passion 7. Create a context
 * If you aren't excited about it no one else will be
 * full bleed image (no margins) - feels more real when done this way; nice way to put a quote.
 * funny pictures
 * show items side by side for comparison (Marzano - identifying similarities and differences
 * state dependent learning - if you eat popcorn while studying and then eat while taking test; scores will go up 10-50%

8. Infuse Humor (e.g. evidence of global warming trend, stretch photo, saturday night live) app in iPad***; e-mail speaker about the app that you can control presentations from ipad. (about $50)
 * funny photos and video clips

9 Engage emotions
 * (elephant from Chip's talk)
 * emotion is the glue (like a sticky note)
 * Word menu book (great resource that I would like to have - can use in the classroom and for pretty much anything (evaluations, communication, presentations etc.)

10. Tell Stories
 * must be a reason for the story
 * if people are participating in the stories then it can become transformational

Harvard Education website

**Reflection:** Excellent presentation. Attached gives an easy way to improve our presentation abilities.