Two

= **Developing, Designing, and Delivering: The Case for Powerful and Productive Presentations** =

Ken Shelton and Robert Craven

 * During week one, you got to hear about the opening speaker. Unfortunately, some of his message was lost on some of the people because his presentation was lacking. He read his presentation and it was very wordy. The Twitter feed was lit up with how terrible it was and they failed to capture his message. This is sometimes true of teachers presenting to their class. They put together PowerPoints that are lots of words and don't understand why they don't capture their students attention. For those of you have not seen the YouTube video, Death By PowerPoint, I have embedded it below and it is worth a look.**

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 * Ken Shelton and Robert Craven talked to us about the fact that we should not give up using PowerPoint, we just need to know how to do it better. You will find Ken's PowerPoint at the website listed below. He had to go back and add more words than when he presented to allow it to be understood by others after the live presentation.**


 * Just Another Cog in the Mind Machine**


 * There is also a great book out called Presentation Zen that talks about good presentations. They have a website to go with it that offers great suggestions: Presentation Zen**

====//** There are three questions this week. I would like you to give each a short answer and respond to a couple of your classmates. There is also an assignment listed under the Assignment section called Presentation. **//====


 * As a side note, if you enjoy doing presentations, this year is TIE's 25th conference. We will be opening the window for presentations and that would give you a wonderful time to polish your technique!**