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Improper use of PowerPoint is endemic in the presentations. And to be fair, this is a difficult undertaking. You're stuck in a corner trying to read and juggle with the visual of a keyboard, a mouse or a pointer while making sure not to trip on the son and your audience can see the screen. However, there are definitely ways you can manage this process effectively and professionally. Here are some guidelines for effective use:
Stay with the visual.  When you get rid of the visual – it is by standing on the platform or the computer or on the side – you split the audience attention. You do not have to choose between watching you or watching the video. Step back to the screen and put you in the Stepping picture. all the way return to the screen first ensure that you not block the view of the screen for some audience members. In addition, you keeps away from the light projector. In addition, it gives you a chance to deliberate movement, as you can refer to the visual aid direct attention of your audience on the specific question you want to focus on. Remember though, do not talk to screen. You can look on it and refer to it, but make sure you always look and talk to your audience.
* USE A CORDLESS REMOTE. This is a wonderful tool, allowing you to stay on the screen while you move your slides. If the option is not available, however, and you must use your laptop keyboard or a mouse with a cord to advance your slides, then remember that the simpler your visuals are – fewer clicks of the mouse less information than you can talk more about – unless you look like a jack-in-the-box, jumping continuously on the computer screen.
* Keep the laser pointer BEHIND. Please. It does help. First, if your video is made with contrasting color quality which means with a dark background, it is extremely difficult to see that even beam. Little Red Secondly, the nature of its use requires the speaker to cope with the blade, which means he has turned his back on the audience and speaks to the screen, not the people of room. You can be the pointer.
* AVOID PRE-SET TIMED TRANSITIONS. This may seem like a good option since you do not have to worry about advancing You yourself. slides can be free of the laptop and stay with your visual slides move automatically ahead. However, it is extremely rare that this feature works Well.I No matter how much you practice before your computer screen, it is almost impossible to time perfectly your remarks in front of a group to coordinate with your transitions. You will always find that the slide will not get ahead of you or you make a uncomfortable pause waiting for the next item, or a slide coming up.Â
* DO NOT TURN THE LIGHTS OF THE ROOM. This implies that the visuals are more important than you, and not a good message to send. You may have to sacrifice readability of your visuals a bit – even though most projectors today are very bright and allow greater visibility of slides – but it's always better to sacrifice the visibility of your slides instead of you.
* DO NOT RUN CONTINUES SLIDE SHOW. Drop the need for a visual all the time. Jump to black from time to time, either by darkening the screen with the remote or the B key on the keyboard or by inserting the occasional black blade. It is a powerful technique that prevents overload PowerPoint and allows some to move the focus to return to you.i
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* END ON A BLACK SLIDE. It's a great way to end your presentation, nothing on the screen to distract you or your loved ones during the Q & A session. Leave your slide black there and do not leave the "Slide Show "mode until you have fully completed your presentation, ready to leave.s If you exit Slide Show before you've finished, the public to watch the "Slide Sorter View" from your program, which is busy and distracted.
* Finally, make sure you give your interview IT. Stuff happens – bulbs blow, the computer hangs, there is no outlet for found. Do not take your presentation time fiddle with the equipment or lamenting your bad luck. Go forward, as if nothing amiss. If visuals are essential to your presentation, have a copy paper on hand to distribute so that your audience has something to do to.Â
Barbara Busey, president of the training firm Presentation Dynamics, has been a professional speaker, trainer and author since 1990. She does training and speaking on the “dynamics” of how people “present” themselves, is the author of the book, “Stand Out When You Stand Up,” and is the creator of The Compelling Speaker, a unique presentation skills training program that combines advance audio CD instruction with a hands-on, ultra participative workshop. She now offers the Compelling Speaker Certification, a turnkey system — complete with training content & technique, business strategies, and marketing guidelines — that positions communicators to make a living training other business professionals to become more compelling speakers. Go to Compelling Speaker Certification to see her video, listen to her audio, and learn when the next Certification training is.
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