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What I Learned About Powerpoint Presentations In The Military

As a military officer I've learned quite aNeither is 100% right or wrong but I submit
bit about using PowerPoint and learned thethat keeping your arms ‎crossed over
hard ‎way how to brief complexyour chest sends a signal that you don't want
information in a short amount of time. I'dto be there and ‎frequent hand/arm
like to share my ‎experiences with yougestures can distract from your presentation.
so that your next presentation will be a
surefire success. ‎First, in my
opinion, success begins with your slide show- How do you give the information? Don't be
and its set up. This is one casethe presenter that reads the slide
‎where less is more. PowerPoint is a‎verbatim to the audience. If you've
powerful piece of software with a ton of gooddone your homework you should have set
‎features that have their place,‎up your presentation so that as the
however, fancy transitions, embedded sounds,audience reads your slides, your narration
and odd ‎colors can cloud a‎amplifies what's on the screen or
presentation and distract from you objectiveprovides clarification for complex slides.
- getting your point ‎across. So, with‎Nothing frustrates an audience more
that being said, I offer the followingthan  having  a  slide read to them. ‎
suggestions:‎
- Make eye contact and keep the audience
- Use a slide master - found under View -involved. You've come to tell them
Master - Slide Master. If you set this‎something or sell them something,
‎up right you can eliminate a lot ofetc...so to that end, the more you involve
formatting  later. ‎‎them and make it clear why you're
there; then your point is more likely to sink
- Follow the KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid)‎in. ‎
Principle. Eliminate the flowery
‎background and the fancy fonts - a- Utilize concrete examples in your
simple black and white slide that outlinespresentation and be able to articulate where
‎your points in quick succession will‎you got your information from. While
go much further than a pretty slide lackingsome presentations can make use of
‎content. Also these stripped down‎emotions, I submit that empirical data
presentations will be smaller and loadgoes further than raw emotion 9 times out
‎quicker, reducing wait times when‎of 10.‎In summation, I think GEN
you're briefing away from your personalColon Powell said it best in his book, MY
‎computer.‎AMERICAN ‎JOURNEY, when briefing - tell
them what you're going to tell them, tell
- Show the "Bottom Line Up Front" that is,them, and then ‎tell them what you
from the beginning, let your audiencesaid. It's a good construct to follow. Have
‎know what your point is and reinforcean agenda slide, give the
it along the way. ‎Second, how you‎presentation, and then recap for your
give the presentation tells a lot about youraudience. Utilize the opportunity to engage
comfort with the information ‎and youryour ‎audience and never ever read
preparation. Remember you're the one givingslides to your audience. ‎Not everyone
the presentation, and therefore ‎you'rehas an instant affinity for public speaking
in control of the information flowing and youand working with PowerPoint. ‎However,
can lead the audience where you ‎wantwith some practice and keeping a few simple
them to go. I offer the followingtips in mind, you can greatly ‎improve
suggestions:‎your public speaking ability by adding
PowerPoint slides.‎I live in South
- Watch your body language - what are youFlorida and have a passion for Swiss watches
doing with your hands and arms? ‎Areand run an on-line watch store ( in addition
your arms crossed over your chest or do youto my military career.
frequently gesture with your ‎hands?



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