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Abraham Lincoln
b a c k n e x t h o m e
11/19/1863
Gettysburg Cemetery
Dedication
Abraham Lincoln
b a c k n e x t h o m e
11/19/1863
Agenda
Met on battlefield (great)
Dedicate portion of field - fitting!
Unfinished work (great tasks)
b a c k n e x t h o m e
11/19/1863
Not on Agenda!
Dedicate
Consecrate
Hallow
(in narrow sense)
Add or detract
Note or remember what we say
b a c k n e x t h o m e
11/19/1863
Review of Key Objectives
& Critical Success Factors
What makes nation unique
– Conceived in Liberty
– Men are equal
Shared vision
– New birth of freedom
– Gov’t of/for/by the people
b a c k n e x t h o m e
11/19/1863
Organizational Overview
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Years
Now
New Nations
b a c k n e x t h o m e
11/19/1863
Summary
New nation
Civil war
Dedicate field
Dedicated to unfinished work
New birth of freedom
Government not perish
PowerPoint Run Amok
Battling Bullets
What is your reaction to this format?
The standard format is mentally exhausting!
Visuals, with limited text, are easier to process
Limit use of bullets to actual lists
• Your agenda items
• A summary
• A short list of important details
What should we use instead of bullets?
The Assertion – Evidence Model
What should we use instead of bullets?
The assertion-evidence model leads to increased recall
How could we fix this slide?
Visual evidence will keep your audience engaged
What do the slides highlight as important?
Presentation Zen
Presentation Zen Examples
Seth Godin on Making a Difference
Garr Reynold on Being Like Bamboo
Graphical “Outlining”
Lessig Style
Lawrence Lessig
Lessig's Talk on Free Culture and Copright
•Fast transitions, many slides
•Single word or short phrase
•Text can:
•Mirror
•Augment
•Contradict
Non-PowerPoint Options
There are more options than PowerPoint
Prezi
Kinetic, Topological Presentations
– Storytelling Techniques Explained
– Ron Gutman Explores Little-Known Benefits of Smiling
Consider using a screen-capture utility to make a video of non-local software
Hans Rosling Makes Stats Interesting
Sources
• Gettysburg Address Spoof from norvig.com • Afghanistan Stability from New York Times • Assertion-Evidence examples from Michael Alley at engr.psu.edu • Lessig image from fastcompany.com • All other images from presentationzen.com
• Laurence Lessig talk available at
http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html
• Title font is WolfredNelson available at fontspace.com – Want to use a cool font in your PowerPoint? Be sure to embed the font
when you save it. Go to Save As… |Tools |Save Options to embed the fonts. (Won’t work if there are licensing restrictions (rare); it’ll tell you if there’s a problem.)