I’d like to build on something that I mentioned last week about making the content of presentations come alive. I said, “We need to do more than transfer information from an outside source to our audience; we need to instead transform information by doing something with it—filtering it through our consciousness or experiences; putting it [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Transformation Not Transference
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Presentation Planning Part 2
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I think this is where Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle comes in—because in Aristotle’s understanding of rhetoric, credibility is connected to two things, the message itself (or the content) and the speaker’s ability to tap into the needs of the audience. So if we are not lucky enough to have some kind of reputation that precedes us [...]
Presentation Planning
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’ve had enough of grappling with the philosophical question of what makes a good presentation—I’m a little dizzy. Instead I want to move on to more practical matters. So I’m thinking a lot about what good presentation planning should include. Here are some ideas:
Rhetorical Genuiness (or an appropriate topic). One of the big differences between [...]
What makes a good presentation (again)?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been watching many interesting presentations lately on the internet. Check out the Toastmaster’s world champion of public speaking at this link: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=UpnGvCMstWg&feature=related and check out the amazing array of presentations from the TED conference here: http://www.ted.com/index.php
As I search for useful models (because I am teaching students about how to give a good presentation), I [...]
