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Planning your presentation

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Notes: A step by step planning process by Manchester University.

Communication Rebel

Rebel Uprising Podcast Hosted by Message Coach, Dr. Michelle Mazur

15th June 2021 | Podcast Do you know what some of the most successful businesses have in common? They have a brand messaging platform. Unless you've gone to B-School (not the Marie Forleo variety), you've probably never heard of one before. Companies from Microsoft to Frigidaire, to your favorite online business owner, use one, but what exactly is it?

Getting the Basics Right

Notes: The first few questions that need to be answered when designing a presentation. If the embed above doesn't work well for you (if, for example you're using Firefox), please visit the link below:

Link: Getting the Basics Right

Using PowerPoint

PowerPoint – hammer or conductor’s baton

PowerPoint - hammer or conductor's baton?

PowerPoint, like any tool, can be used elegantly or bluntly. It can make your presentation inspiring or it can put your audience to sleep thus robbing you of the chance to get your message across.

PowerPoint Pet Hate No. 2

PowerPoint Pet Hate No. 2

What is it that winds Janet up about slides with too much text - other than too much text?Here is a piece of footage from a recent course on using PowerPoint...

Notes: Talking over a slide that has a large amount of information causes a cognitive load in the viewer - their brain is processing language from two different sources. This is Pet Hate No. 2.

Link: PowerPoint Pet Hate No. 2

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Pet Hate No. 1

Pet Hate No. 1 and what to do about it.

So if Pet Hate No. 2 is talking over the top of a complex slide, what is Pet Hate No. 1? Well the clue comes when the presenter says "You probably can't see...

Notes: Sometimes you have to show a complex slide. What do you do about that when your audience "...probably can't see that."

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Voice

Julian Treasure: How to speak so that people want to listen

How to speak so that people want to listen | Julian Treasure

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.Have you ever felt like yo...

Notes: Julian Treasure shares ideas on how to use your voice effectively, so that you are heard (for the right reasons.)

Inspiration

Dr Martin Luther King, 1963, “I have a dream”

Dr. Marting Luther King "I Have A Dream" Speech (August 28, 1963)

I Have a Dream SpeechDr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Address at March on WashingtonAugust 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.When we let freedom ring, when we let it rin...

Notes: In this most famous of speeches, Dr Martin Luther King uses passion, imagery and repetition to communicate his message.

Commander Chris Hadfield TED 2014, “What I learned from going blind in space”

What I learned from going blind in space | Chris Hadfield

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.There's an astronaut sayin...

Notes: Notice how the astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield uses everyday language to explain an out of this world experience. He also uses unexpected humour, changes in voice (particularly pace), video and his own physicality to engage with his audience.

Stephen Ritz, TED 2012, “The Green Bronx Machine”

Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green in the South Bronx

A whirlwind of energy and ideas, Stephen Ritz is a teacher in New York's tough South Bronx, where he and his kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery -- and...

Notes: Stephen Ritz uses his own passion and emotion to grab the attention of the audience. This speech is unsophisticated, unscripted and uncontrolled – and is all the better for it!

Malala Yousafzai, 2014, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

Watch Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

Malala Yousafzai, a teenage advocate for children's education, said she was proud to represent her country of Pakistan as the youngest winner of the Nobel Pe...

Notes: Malala Yousafzai uses personal stories, repetition, humour and dynamic voice techniques to inspire and communicate. The full speech can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOqIotJrFVM