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• 03 Presentations
• : Face to Face Presentations
• : : Guy Kawazaki
• : : My advice
• : : Stand up comic skewers bad Power Point
• : : A useful table of presentation ideas
• : : Edward Tufte -- Attacks PowerPoint
• : : Carolyn -- Why Learning from PowerPoint Lectures is Frustrating
• : : More from Guy Kawazaki
• : Written Reports
• : : Reports to Management
• : : Research papers
• : : : Zobell
• : : Course Requirements -- Submit Reviews
• Admin
• Abbreviations

03 Presentations


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Face to Face Presentations

Guy Kawazaki

[ watch?v=liQLdRk0Ziw ] the 10-20-30 rule for pitching an idea to a venture capitalist. 10 slides + 20 Minutes + 30 Point font.

My advice

[ present.outline.html ]

To see an extreme example of these hints try [ presentation.slides.ppt ] which goes over the same ideas in Power point.

Stand up comic skewers bad Power Point

[ watch?v=cagxPlVqrtM&NR=1 ]

A useful table of presentation ideas

Here is a link to a site that tabulates 100s of ways to present complex data. Go to [ periodic_table.html ] to get ideas when you have to communicate something complicated in a presentation.

By the way --- [ http://thisisindexed.com/ ] is a fine collection of examples of using simple mathematical diagrams to illustrate ideas.

Edward Tufte -- Attacks PowerPoint

[ powerpoint ]

Carolyn -- Why Learning from PowerPoint Lectures is Frustrating

Enrichment: [ ?p=154 ]

More from Guy Kawazaki

Enrichment: [ index.php?passcode=epbcSNExIQr ] The art of innovation.

Written Reports

1. Know your audience.
2. Know your goals.
3. Know your content.
4. Keep it simple.

   Reports to Management

   A Manager will read a one paragraph memo....

   Get the key information up front "Source" + "Executive Summary"

   Put details later.

   Research papers

   A good book: Zobell.

   Zobell

   1. Justin Zobell
   2. Writing for Computer Science: The Art of Effective Communication
   3. Springer Verlag, Any edition
   4. Try Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble

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   Course Requirements -- Submit Reviews

   From the Syllabus: [ syllabi.html#Format of Review ]

Admin

Who will be ready by next week to present something?

Random Selection if no volunteers!

EMail me (Contact at the top_of_page) or talk to me. I need to know the topic to prepare the web page.

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