Interview with a Powerpoint/Presentation Specialist
We had our second (and second-to-last, alas!) class of Communications Strategies this morning, and spent a lot of time talking about how to create and deliver a powerful presentation.
In fact, our final deliverable for the class is a brief (seven-minute) presentation, recorded by a Simmons media specialist sometime over the next two days.
So, knowing this was coming up, over the weekend I took my friend Cindy Caughey out to lunch.
Cindy is an independent presentation design specialist, which basically means that she gets paid to create and edit powerpoint presentations.
Cindy wishes, and many of us join her in this wish, that the very word "presentation" didn't necessarily equal "Powerpoint presentation," but it still does to most people, so that's what you sort of have to go with.
Yes, you can give a great presentation without a slidedeck, but I think that there is a real chance that someone in the audience will be quietly snickering to themselves, "She doesn't know how to use Powerpoint!"
Also, there's nothing wrong with Powerpoint, per se. It's just a tool, and it can be wielded for good or for evil. Sadly, we have all seen the evil side of Powerpoint.
So I asked Cindy what tips she had for our class on making a good presentation, and I recorded it and posted it on my blog, Small Dots.
I would have posted it here, but this site doesn't seem to host video. Alas.
Check it out! Extra bonus: Cindy is adorable!
Posted: September 8, 2008 5:07 pm by Elizabeth Dunn | 0 comments
Tags: interview, powerpoint, smalldots
