{"id":85,"date":"2007-08-25T07:09:30","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T14:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/presentation-zen-for-teachers"},"modified":"2016-10-02T19:47:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T02:47:00","slug":"presentation-zen-for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/presentation-zen-for-teachers","title":{"rendered":"Presentation Zen for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting through a bad PowerPoint presentation can be more painful than having needles shoved under your fingernails. A few days ago I posted a couple of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/how-not-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation\">humorous videos to illustrate effective and ineffective presentations<\/a>. Today I&#8217;ve got a few more resources to share with you. If you teach your students PowerPoint or other presentation software, the following links will be invaluable to you:<\/p>\n<p>First, take a look at this model presentation by Merlin Mann of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.43folders.com\/\">43 Folders<\/a> (It&#8217;s about an hour long, but you don&#8217;t have to watch the whole thing to get the idea, although I think you&#8217;ll like it enough to want to.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inbox Zero\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z9UjeTMb3Yk?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Then, read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.43folders.com\/2007\/08\/23\/better-presentations\/\">Mann&#8217;s simple, straightforward article<\/a> about how he designed the presentation. In the article he references two websites that are extremely helpful in learning effective presentation principles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.presentationzen.com\/presentationzen\/\">Presentation Zen<\/a> &#8211; Garr Reynolds&#8217; blog &#8220;on issues related to professional presentation design.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.presentationzen.com\/presentationzen\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondbullets.com\/\">Beyond Bullets<\/a> &#8211; A terrific blog by Cliff Atkinson, author of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=0735620520%26tag=nickslists-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/0735620520%253FSubscriptionId=1N9AHEAQ2F6SVD97BE02\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find some great presentation tips at both sites, including the two mentioned by Mann, <a href=\"http:\/\/presentationzen.blogs.com\/presentationzen\/2005\/09\/the_kawasaki_me.html\">Guy Kawasaki&#8217;s 10-20-30 rule<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/presentationzen.blogs.com\/presentationzen\/2005\/09\/living_large_ta.html\">the Takahashi method<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/software\/public-speaking\/perfect-your-presentations-292889.php\">Gina at Lifehacker<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting through a bad PowerPoint presentation can be more painful than having needles shoved under your fingernails. 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