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Share this PageKevin's AnswersYou asked:"Hi Kevin, I just stepped out of college and in to the working world. My major was Technical Education and Training, well my degree is not being exercised right now, but my supervisor is giving me many opportunities to do some training. I really want to become, as some books say, the master trainer. One of the problems I have found myself doing is reading from the screen and I know that’s a no no. Can you give me some advice?" Kevin's Answer:Congratulations on receiving your degree, and for finding a supervisor who is willing to help you develop in the direction of your goals! Your observation about reading from your slides being a “no no” is a good one. Remember that PowerPoint (or an overhead or a flipchart) is a visual aid. It is meant to aid or support the presentation, not be the presentation! Too often presenters forget that and spend their time reading their slides to us. If all a presenter is going to do is read the slides, they could have just sent us an email attachment with the file in it. The best way to reduce your propensity to read the slides is to reduce the number of words on the slide. Don’t write sentences; use key words as your bullets. It is your job as a presenter to expand and expound on those bullets to make the presentation alive and relevant to the audience. Focus on sharing examples and ideas that go beyond the words on the slides. By reducing the number of words on the slide, you will have designed more effective visual aids and kept yourself from reading, because there won’t be much to read! p.s. If you design your PowerPoint slides to have all the information on them in case you have to mail the presentation to others who couldn’t attend, put the detail in the notes section of PowerPoint. That way you have the best possible visual aid, but still have the detail if the file needs to stand alone. Share this Page |
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