There are approximately 30 million PowerPoint presentations being given each day. PowerPoint has become such an essential part of a presentation that we can't really fathom presenting without one.
Yet, we have all fallen victim to death by PowerPoint in our professional lives. We can vividly remember going through numerous dreadful and tedious PowerPoint presentations, secretly wishing for your time back. Bûye mijara stend-up komedîyeke ku baş tê pêşwazîkirin. Di rewşek giran de, mirin ji hêla PowerPoint ve, bi giranî kuşt.
Most people use PowerPoint like a drunk uses a lamppost – for support rather than for illumination.
David Ogilvy, the Father of modern Advertising
But how do you create a presentation that illuminates your audience and avoids death by PowerPoint? If you want you – and your message – to stand out, challenge yourself to try some of these ideas.
PowerPoint-ya xwe hêsan bikin
David JP Phillips, a renowned presentation skills training coach, international speaker, and author, gives a TED talk about how to avoid death by PowerPoint. In his talk, he lays out 5 key ideas to simplify your PowerPoint and make it attractive to your audience. Those are:
- Tenê yek peyamek ji şûnda
If there are multiple messages, then the audience would have to divert their attention to each message and reduce their focus. - Use contrast and size to steer focus
Big and contrasting objects are more visible to the audience, so employ them to steer the audience's focus. - Avoid showing text and speaking at the same time
The redundancy would make the audience forget both what you say and what is shown on the PowerPoint - Bikar bînin paşxaneya tarî
Using a dark background for your PowerPoint would shift the focus to you, the presenter. The slides should only be a visual aid and not the focus. - Only 6 objects per slide
It's the magical number. Anything more than 6 would require drastic cognitive energy from your audience to process.
Bikaranîna Nermalava Pêşkeftina Interactive bikar bînin
Humans evolved to process visual and not text. In fact, the human brain can processes images 60,000 times faster than text, û 90 percent of information transmitted to the brain is visual. Ji ber vê yekê, diyariyên xwe bi daneyên dîtbar dagirin da ku bandora herî mazin bistînin.
Dibe ku hûn ji bo amadekirina pêşkêşiya xwe di PowerPoint-ê de bikar bînin, lê ew ê bandora balkêş a ku hûn dixwazin çê neke. Li şûna wê, ew hêja ye checking out the new generation of presentation software that maximises the visual experience.
AhaSlides is a cloud-based interactive presentation software that sheds the static, linear approach to presenting. Not only does it offer a more visually dynamic flow of ideas, but it also provides interactive elements to keep your audience engaged. Your audience can access your presentation through their mobile devices and play quizzes, vote on real-time polling, or send questions to your Q&A session.
Çend awayên ku hûn dikarin mekanîzmayên dîtbarî yên AhaSlides bikar bînin da ku biafirînin bibînin gelek delal icebreakers for your remote online meetings!
Tips: You can use AhaSlides integration in PowerPoint so that you don't have to switch between sites.
Tev bi Hemû Hiziran ve Tevlê bibin
Hinek xwendekarên bihîstî ne, yên din jî xwendekarên dîtbar in. Ji ber vê yekê, divê hûn di nav hemî hişmendî de bi temaşevanên xwe re beşdarî bibin bi wêne, deng, muzîk, vîdyoy û pêşnumayên din ên medyayê re.
Ji bilî vê, tevnekirina medyaya civakî di danasînên xwe de digirin her weha stratejiyek baş e. Di dema pêşkêşkirinê de post şandin ku ji temaşevanan re dibe alîkar ku temaşevanan re têkildar bibe û naverokê bigire.
Hûn dikarin di destpêka pêşkêşkirina xwe de bi agahdariya pêwendiya xwe li ser Twitter, Facebook, an LinkedIn serverekê lê zêde bikin.
Tips: With AhaSlides, you can embed links that your audience can click on their mobile devices. This makes it so much easier for you to connect with your audience.
Baweriya xwe li helwestek çalak bike
Berî ku hûn gotina xwe ya yekem bêjin, mirovan bifikirin û biaxivin.
Send out a light reading or play a fun ice breaker to create audience engagement. If your presentation involves abstract concepts or complex ideas, you can define them beforehand so your audience will be on the same level as you when you present.
Create a hashtag for your presentation, so your audience can send any questions they may have, or use AhaSlides' Taybetmendiya Q & A ji bo tezmînata we
Hişyariya xwe bigire
Lêkolînek ji hêla Microsoft-ê ve suggests that our attention span lasts only 8 seconds. So blasting your audience with a typical 45-minute talk followed by a brain-numbing Q&A session is not going to cut it for you. If you want to keep people involved, you have to diversify the tevlêbûna temaşevanan.
Create group exercises, get people talking, and constantly refresh your audience's minds. Sometimes, it is best to give your audience some time to reflect. Silence is golden. Have audience members reflect upon your content, or spend a bit of time coming up with well-worded questions.
Destan bidin (Kurt)
Handouts have gotten a bad rap, partly because of how dull and awfully long they usually are. But if you use them wisely, they can be your best friend in the presentation.
You should keep your handout as brief as possible. Strip it of all irrelevant information, and save only the most crucial takeaways. Set aside some whitespace for your audience to take notes. Include any important graphics, charts, and images to support your ideas.
Do this properly and you can get your audience's sole attention as they don't have to listen and jot down your ideas at the same time.
Props bikar bînin
Visualising your presentation with a prop. As mentioned above, some people are visual learners, so having a prop would enhance their experience with your presentation.
A notable example of the effective use of prop is this Ted talk below. Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard brain scientist who had suffered a life altering stroke, donned latex gloves and used a real human brain to demonstrate what happened to her.
Dibe ku karanîna pêlavan ji hemî bûyeran re ne têkildar be, lê ev mînak nîşan dide ku carinan karanîna tiştek laşî dikare ji her slaytek komputerê bandortir be.
Words Final
It is easy to fall prey to death by PowerPoint. Hopefully with these ideas, you will be able to avoid the most common mistakes in creating a PowerPoint presentation. Here at AhaSlides, it is our aim to provide an intuitive platform for you to organise your ideas in a dynamic and interactive way and captivate your audience.
