OMNILORE
Presentations 101
The Workshop
September 2010
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Workshop Outline
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Why Give a Presentation
Topic Selection
Information Sources
Presentation Aids Available
Tips For Success
• PowerPoint presentation guidelines
• Thoughts from the Panel of Experts
• Is Help Available?
• Questions and Discussion
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Why Give A Presentation
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Personal Involvement in the Class
Opportunity for In-Depth Research
Subject of Special Interest
Present a Different View of the Subject
Learn New Presentation Skills
Facilitate Discussion
Essence of a Presentation: Added Value
Bring new information related to the S/DG subject
matter to your classmates. Stimulate discussion.
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Topic Selection
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Something that has always interested you
A subject from your class book selection
Something from your experiences
Something you know nothing about
Suggestions from Class Coordinator or
Classmates
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Information Sources
 Your Personal Experience
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I’ve been there
I did that for 30 years
 Local Libraries
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Torrance, RB, PV, San Pedro, CSUDH
On line Databases
Expert Help from Reference Desk
 The Internet
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Google, Yahoo, Ask.com
Images and Subjects
 The Class Book Selection
 Personal Interviews
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Presentation Aids Available
• None Required – often helpful; a purely oral
presentation can work, but don't just read a script...
• Something to Demonstrate or Illustrate the Topic
• Blackboard or Butcher Paper Flip Charts
• Handouts – Illustrations, Maps, Outline, Discussion
Questions
• The Projector
• The Desk Top Presenter
• The Portable Computer & DVD Player
• Each Classroom has Wireless Internet
• The “Boom –Box” CD & Audio Cassette Player
• Something Unique to your Presentation
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Tips For Success
1. Maps and Illustrations always
help explain a point
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Electoral Votes – No Contest
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Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals munitions
plant became a chemical
plant manufacturing
fertilizers and the hydro
plant generated power for
7 states.
Project expanded to 34
dams under TVA control
and played a role in flood
control, irrigation and
navigation.
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Tips For Success
1. Maps and Illustrations always help
explain a point
2. A Picture is Worth a Thousand
Words
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Let's Take a Tour of the Park
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1932 Presidential Election
• Franklin D Roosevelt
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Democrat – New York
John Nance Garner VP
22.8 Million votes
58%
• Herbert Hoover
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Republican – California
Charles Curtis VP
15.7 Million votes
39%
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Balto the Heroic Sled Dog
• Dedicated to the
sled dogs that
carried antitoxins
to the stricken city
of Nome in the
winter of 1925
• Located on the
main path leading
north from the
Children’s Zoo
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Tips For Success
1. Maps and Illustrations always help
explain a point
2. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
3. Cartoons and Drawings are
always interesting
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Tips For Success
1. Maps and Illustrations always help explain a point
2. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
3. Cartoons and Drawings are always interesting
4. Demonstrations are Great –
Musical Instrument or Movie Scene
5. Role Playing or Acting out a scene
from a play – Costumes are fun
6. Distribute Discussion
Topics/Questions in advance
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PowerPoint Guidelines (1)
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Typical presentation speed is ~ 3 minutes per chart ...
Use font size at least 18 for readability; 24 or larger is better
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Headings should be even larger
(and/or bold)
Arial (or Arial Black) is easiest to read on the screen
Use color, but judiciously
Bullets & enumerated lists are better than paragraphs
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Maximum 5 – 7 bullets per chart
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Limit bullets to one or two lines each (5-15 words)
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Put major/summary points in bullets; elaborate orally ...
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Never read all your bullet points verbatim
Often, LESS is MORE
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PowerPoint Guidelines (2)
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Jazz up your charts to catch audience’s attention
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Display your PPT presentation via laptop
cabled to the projector
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Always bring a full-sized printed copy of your
presentation
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Backup: Display via DESKTOP PRESENTER
Try Some Advanced PowerPoint Features:
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Animations (incrementally display chart; moving graphics)
hyperlinks to web pages: http://Omnilore.org
Add music, other sounds, …
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PowerPoint Guidelines (3): BACKUP Charts
Put presentation details (or your script) on BACKUP Charts at the end
of your PPT file. Show only if discussion takes you down that path.
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Jazz up your charts to hold your audience’s attention: All previous
tips about maps, images, & other graphics apply.
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Grab owl logo from Omnilore website for your Master slide (downloadable
graphic available under “Announcements”).
But, white space is good too.
Display your presentation using your own laptop,
or Omnilore's laptop, cabled to the projector
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Bring your file on a memory stick or disc to transfer to Omnilore’s laptop.
Copy to laptop’s desktop for better execution speed.
Remember to start up the laptop before inserting the memory stick.
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Else you risk confusing the laptop’s operating system startup.
Alternatively, print a full-sized copy of your presentation and use the
DESKTOP PRESENTER to show it
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ALWAYS bring a printed-out hard copy as a backup because laptops
occasionally fail to connect, but the Desktop Presenter “never fails.”
Blah, blah, blah et al etc., etc. …
too wordy to read
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Examples of Subjects for
Discussion
• Do you see any similarities in the economy of
1933 and today and the corrective actions
taken??
• Did the Repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999
influence the current Financial Crisis??
• How did FDR get such radical legislation through
Congress in only 100 days??
• Can we apply any of the lessons of 1933
Economic fixes to today??
• Did the New Deal end the Great Depression??
•What was the author’s comment on page 45?
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Panel of Experts
• Howard Korman
• Academy Award – Best Musical Presentation 2008
• Class Coordinator of the Year 2006
• 2nd Place Best Refreshments 2007
• Carol Simone
• Golden Globe – Best Art Work in an Omnilore
Presentation 2008
• Best Omnilore Chicago Transplant 2007
• 2006 Best Recovering Teacher Award
• Chicago Citizen of the Year --1986
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One-on-One Presentation Help
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Burt Cutler
Laura Guneau
Blanche Herring
Dick Johnson
Howard Korman
Mary Golob
Kit Bell
Ruth Hart
Hal Hart
(310) 541-8973
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• Questions – Comments – Suggestions
• Enjoy Omnilore in 2010
• Enjoy your Presentations
• Store electronic presentations in your SDG's folder on
the Omnilore website
• Nominate best presentations you see/hear for
“Showcase” awards (part of SDG evaluations at end
of trimester)
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