Abraham Lincoln

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11/19/1863

Gettysburg Cemetery Dedication

Abraham Lincoln

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11/19/1863

Agenda

Met on battlefield (great) Dedicate portion of field - fitting! Unfinished work (great tasks)

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Not on Agenda!

Dedicate Consecrate Hallow

(in narrow sense) Add or detract Note or remember what we say

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11/19/1863

Review of Key Objectives& Critical Success Factors

What makes nation unique– Conceived in Liberty– Men are equal

Shared vision– New birth of freedom– Gov’t of/for/by the people

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11/19/1863

Organizational Overview

00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9

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-87Years

Now

New Nations

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11/19/1863

Summary

New nation Civil war Dedicate field Dedicated to unfinished work New birth of freedom Government not perish

PowerPoint Run Amok

Battling Bullets

What is your reaction to this format?

The standard format is mentally exhausting!

Visuals, with limited text, are easier to process

Limit use of bullets to actual lists

• Your agenda items• A summary• A short list of important details

What should we use instead of bullets?

The Assertion – Evidence Model

What should we use instead of bullets?

The assertion-evidence model leads to increased recall

How could we fix this slide?

What do the slides highlight as important?

Presentation Zen

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world

—John F Kennedy

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

—Albert Einstein

Presentation Zen Examples

Seth Godin on Making a DifferenceGarr Reynolds on Being Like Bamboo

Graphical “Outlining”

Source: Garr Reynolds

Lessig Style

Lawrence Lessig

Lessig's Talk on Free Culture and Copright

•Fast transitions, many slides•Single word or short phrase•Text can:

•Mirror•Augment•Contradict

Non-PowerPoint Options

There are more options than PowerPoint

Prezi Kinetic, Topological Presentations– Storytelling Techniques Explained– Ron Gutman Explores Little-Known Benefits of Smiling

Consider using a screen-capture utility to make a video of non-local software

Hans Rosling Makes Stats Interesting

Sources• Gettysburg Address Spoof from norvig.com• Afghanistan Stability from New York Times• Assertion-Evidence examples from Michael Alley at

engr.psu.edu• Lessig image from fastcompany.com• All other images from presentationzen.com

• Laurence Lessig talk available at http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html