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Produktbild: Slide Rules

Slide Rules Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields

Aus der Reihe IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.03.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

240

Maße (L/B/H)

25,4/17,8/1,3 cm

Gewicht

456 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-00296-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.03.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

240

Maße (L/B/H)

25,4/17,8/1,3 cm

Gewicht

456 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-00296-4

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: [email protected]

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  • Produktbild: Slide Rules

  • A Note from the Series Editor xi

    Acknowledgments xiii

    Foreword xv

    Introduction 1

    Understand our path to these techniques 1

    Witness the change 2

    Feel confident about these techniques 3

    References 3

    1 Heed the Pleas for Better Presentations 5

    Know the enemy 6

    Be an agent of change 8

    Call a meeting instead of summoning a slide deck 8

    Destroy the decks of drudgery 8

    Learn communication lessons from past tragedies 9

    Confront conventional poor practices 10

    Consider slides as a two-part deliverable 11

    Implement your own continuous improvement 12

    References 12

    Slide Rule #1 Revisit Presentation Assumptions

    2 Apply Cognitive Science and Tell a Story 17

    Change presentation practices using grounded research 17

    Stay open to change 18

    Revisit how a slide works 19

    Design slides for audience's cognitive load 20

    Lessen cognitive load with storytelling 24

    Apply science and storytelling 27

    References 27

    3 Understand Audience Needs 29

    Scope content toward identified purpose 29

    Learn about your audience first 30

    Determine the presentation's purpose 32

    Examine the goals for a talk 33

    Elevate the moment 33

    Assess the audience 34

    Prepare for a familiar audience 34

    Prepare for an unfamiliar audience 35

    Coping when your talk gets hijacked 37

    Ditch the "dumb it down" attitude 38

    Think of audience needs, not yours 42

    Think about logistics 45

    References 48

    4 Challenge Your Organization's Culture of Text-Heavy Slides 49

    Understand the patterns' origin 50

    Stop assuming they want to read 50

    Work toward fewer bullets, less text 51

    Avoid using slides as teleprompters 53

    Build information deliberately 54

    Move beyond "How many slides should I use?" 54

    Encourage better presentation practices 56

    Create, compile, organize, and stabilize team presentations 58

    Work towards a change 60

    References 60

    Slide Rule #2 Write Sentence Headers

    5 Clarify Topics with Full-Sentence Headers 65

    Write full sentences for headers, avoiding fragments 65

    Consider the case against fragmented headers 66

    Deploy best practices for sentence headers 70

    Expect immediate results 71

    Write targeted headers 73

    State a fact or explain a concept 74

    Showcase an analysis 80

    Transition to new information 84

    Influence outcomes with headers 88

    Frequently asked questions about sentence headers 88

    References 91

    Slide Rule #3 Use Targeted Visuals

    6 Build Information Incrementally 95

    Build something better than bullets 95

    Devise methods that build information 97

    Design with words to make bullet lovers happy 98

    Solidify complex topics with refrains 99

    Use refrain slides for meeting agendas 100

    Create visuals for directed comprehension 103

    Build out to drill down 107

    7 Generate Quality Graphs 109

    Portray complexity simply 110

    Determine the right visual 111

    Design reasonable pie charts 112

    Design impactful bar charts and histograms 117

    Design scatter XY charts and scatter plots 121

    Craft line charts 127

    Map out area graphs 128

    Think through flow or process charts 130

    Address assorted other visual outputs 132

    Graph ethically 133

    Create accessible graphics 136

    Frequently asked questions about graphs 138

    References 139

    Further reading 140

    8 Picture the Possibilities 141

    Center yourself 143

    Manage image interpretation 143

    Model accurately 143

    Be ethical with visuals 149

    Frequently asked questions about using pictures 150

    References 151

    9 Temper the Templates 153

    See the possibilities in a template, branded or otherwise 153

    Discover and assess a branded template 154

    Work with company templates 156

    Devise solutions for problematic templates 156

    Fix the template 162

    Provide template guidance 164

    Refine quad slides 165

    Establish brand when there is no template 166

    Slide Rule #4 Archive Details for Future Use

    10 Make Slide Decks with Archival and Legacy Value 175

    Understand that slides have two lives 175

    Start new best practices 177

    Document ideas efficiently 178

    Use the Notes or Presenter Notes feature 179

    Get others to see your notes 180

    Use hidden slides 181

    Keep hidden slides ready 183

    Make retrieval easy for everyone else 184

    Embrace full documentation as part of workflow 187

    References 188

    11 Include More Than One Language 189

    Know when English is not enough 189

    Start with audience analysis 192

    Anticipate formatting for translations 192

    Deploy plain language 192

    Write in one language and talk in another 195

    Design split slides 195

    Capture translation in notes 197

    Translate toward clarity 197

    Find resources 198

    References 198

    Slide Rule #5 Keep Looking Forward

    12 Enact Organizational Change 203

    Listen to the studies 203

    Anticipate the stages of acceptance 204

    Tally the results 207

    Look for the opportunities 208

    References 208

    13 Thinking Through the Next Big Thing 209

    See ahead 209

    Play with Prezi 210

    Use caution 211

    Amaze with Autodesk 211

    Apply apps 213

    Remain diligent in your best practices 214

    Index 215

    About the Authors 219