Trainers+Institute

=2013 Trainers Institute=


 * Short URL to this site:
 * **[] **
 * Backchannel
 * @http://todaysmeet.com/trainers
 * Contact information for Justin
 * http://bathon.org/contact/

**Introductions**
1. Wordy ... bad wording (x2) 2. Reading slides 3. Transitions 4. Design 5. Boring - 6. Monotone Voice 7. Technical Errors 8.
 * Task 1: "The Worst Presentation" **

**Agenda Overview**

 * 1) **Task 1 - Presentation Wrongs**
 * 2) **Powerpoint: Good Bad Ugly**
 * 3) **Task 2 - Presentation Rights**
 * 4) **Powerpoint: Tips and Tricks**
 * 5) **Alternatives to Powerpoint**
 * 6) **Activities**
 * 7) **Upping Your Presentation Game**

**Powerpoint: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly**
>>> Do NOT Read Your Slides >>> Do NOT Read Your Slides >>> ...Etc...
 * ** The Ugly **
 * [|Life After Death By Powerpoint] (video)
 * Really Bad Powerpoint (and how to avoid it) (Handout)
 * [|Worst Powerpoint Slide Contest Winners]
 * [|8 More Powerpoint Train Wrecks]
 * ** The Bad **
 * The Teleprompter
 * Do NOT Read Your Slides
 * Too many words.
 * Less than 6 per slide should do. Never more than 10.
 * ClipArt ... nothing more.
 * Animations
 * Get through 3 slides of a deck of 15 ... and skip ahead through several.
 * Many, many more.
 * ** The Good **
 * This
 * This
 * 10 Coolest Slideshares
 * Lawrence Lessig (my favorite presenter, for both content and style) (doing this is not as hard as you think)
 * Reading
 * PresentationZen
 * Blog
 * Book - Book 2
 * Slide:ology
 * The secret structure of great talks
 * Web
 * [|Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i)]
 * Video
 * [|Moving Beyond Bullets: Making Presentation Slides Compelling (A Coffee-Break Webinar)]


 * Task 2: "The Best Presentation" **

**Powerpoint Tips and Tricks**

 * **Design**
 * Backgrounds
 * Don't be scared of black and white
 * Slide Master
 * **Organization**
 * Find a subtle organizational tool = knowing where you are at in a presentation
 * **Transitions & Animations**
 * Subtle is key
 * Fade
 * Pushup
 * Fade Animation (in and out)
 * Motion paths
 * **Videos**
 * USE THEM!
 * Embedding YouTube
 * How To
 * **Fonts**
 * DaFont
 * Install a font (windows) (mac)
 * **Smart Art**
 * Can be useful, but be careful
 * **Images**
 * Flickr Advanced Search - Creative Commons
 * Compflight - Great creative commons search tool
 * Stock.xchng (free images)
 * Creative Commons & GNU (caution with copyright)
 * Take Your Own
 * FERPA
 * Make Your Own
 * iPad App: Paper
 * **Image Controls**
 * Removing Backgrounds
 * Transparency
 * **Slides To Use**
 * McLeod Pins (on Pinterest)
 * John Spencer (on Flickr)
 * Great Quotes About Learning & Change
 * SHARE!!!
 * **Get a Remote**
 * **I like this one**
 * **or this one.**
 * **Force Yourself to be Short**
 * **Ignite Presentation Style**
 * **Pecha Kucha**


 * Task 3: Storyboarding **
 * //In small groups (2-4 ppl) work together to storyboard an Ignite! type presentation.//
 * //Design Parameters//
 * //No More Than 20 Slides (20 sec. per slide)//
 * //No More Than 6 Words Per Slide//
 * //Images Should be Prominent//
 * //Method (what to use)//
 * //Use Large Post-its with boxes//
 * //Use Small Post-its (number them)//
 * //Use Notecards (number them)//
 * //Time//
 * //15 min. to design & draw//
 * //less than 2 min. each to share//

**Alternatives to Powerpoint**

 * **Keynote** ** (by Apple) **
 * Overview Video
 * Example I have used (semi-motivational message for school districts)
 * Advantages
 * Smoother Transitions
 * Multimedia Friendly(er)
 * Sleek Design (typical Apple)
 * User Friendly
 * **[|Google Docs] (Presentation)**
 * Drive Overview Video
 * Example I Have Used (on teachers and social media)
 * Advantages
 * Sharable (more than 1 person can work on it at a time)
 * Lives in the Cloud
 * Web publishable
 * FREE (with incredible amounts of storage)
 * **Prezi**
 * Overview Video
 * Advantages
 * Cool interface
 * Web Publishable
 * Media Integration
 * Screencast to Video
 * Mostly Free (for web version)
 * **HaikuDeck**(iPad Only)
 * Good Overview Video
 * Advantages
 * Super Simple, Super Clean
 * Fast
 * Cheap, some themes have small cost.
 * **Other Presentation Software:**
 * [|Open Office Impress]
 * Zoho Presentation
 * Or just present from your iPad on the fly


 * No Presentation at All**
 * Wiki (like this one)
 * Wiki's in plain english
 * Wikispaces
 * PBWiki (use education version)
 * Google Doc
 * Google Docs in plain english
 * Smore
 * Great for advertising and collecting registrations
 * Visual.ly (for those that have found everything I have said up to this point boring).
 * []
 * Example of how it can be done
 * The cutting edge: Prezi & Visual.ly discussing innovation in presenting.

//Pick only 1 PowerPoint Alternative listed above that you have not used extensively before that you would like to spend more time examining (or choose your own different one). Play with a Purpose. Try to break it. Try to upload an image. Try to embed a video. Mess with the fonts. Mess with the backgrounds. Whatever suits your fancy but, no matter what you do, push your learning rapidly ... i.e. play with a purpose ... for **5 minutes**.//
 * Task 4: Play with a Purpose, Ponder & Present **

//After 5 minutes ... take 1 minute to answer the following questions (on paper or a post-it is fine).//
 * 1) //Was this presentation tool easy to learn with a little effort?//
 * 2) //Was I able to achieve my specific purpose (such as uploading an image) in a reasonable time?//
 * 3) //Did this new presentation tool excite me such that I could see myself spending time and presenting with it?//
 * 4) //Should I devote another 10 minutes after this presentation to continue to explore this option?//

//Finally, take 2 minutes (1 minute for each person) to share your playful results with a neighbor.//

**Activities**

 * Feedback from Participants
 * Google Forms (create a new form - also creates spreadsheet for feedback data)
 * Survey Monkey
 * Poll Everywhere
 * Socrative
 * Idea Gathering
 * Online Shared Whiteboard
 * Padlet
 * Backchannels
 * Today's Meet
 * Twitter Hashtag
 * Visible Tweets
 * TweetWally
 * Celly
 * Collaborative Notetaking
 * Google Docs
 * TitanPad
 * Timing
 * Online StopWatch
 * Get Help!
 * Gamestorming
 * ThinkerToys
 * Six Thinking Hats
 * Visual Meetings
 * Blah, Blah, Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work
 * The Back of the Napkin

//Now that you have some ways to improve or replace your PowerPoints and lots of tools to help you to integrate activities into your presentations ... how are you going to up your own personal presentation game for the direct outcome that your participants walk away from your sessions having experienced deeper learning?//
 * Task 5: Up Your Game **

//To do: take a notecard and write a personal note to yourself telling yourself one specific way that you intend to up your presentation game before your next presentation. Be sure to write enough so that you capture all the detail of your thought so that you can fully return to the idea at a later time. The content of the notecard can be any reflection, any idea, any tool ... really anything that will bring participants deeper learning and that you actually intend to do.//

//Catch: To leave the room, you MUST at least show me that notecard. I will not read it. But, I do want to see that you did it. And, then I want to see you fold that notecard and put it in your pocket, your purse, your backpack, your wallet ... somewhere personal where it is likely to be seen again. And then you can leave.//