Essays Responses

Jay,

For my good example of a PowerPoint, I chose Steve Jobs introduction of the Iphone. The URL is the YouTube video of his presentation. When I read the requirements for this week's discussion, I immediately thought of this, not only because it announced one of the biggest selling electronic products of our time, but because of its sheer simplicity yet impact to the viewer. Steve Jobs did an amazing job of using a simple slide to capture your attention and to reinforce the points he was making. Every few slides incorporated information from other slides to help the viewer recap, he mainly stuck with the rule of 3 when making points, which make it easier to remember. While it was the main focus of the stage, there wasn't enough on the screen to hold the audience's attention for more than a few seconds, this allowed for more concentration on the speaker and what he was saying. By doing that, Mr. Jobs was able to use his gift of speaking by use of voice inflection, dramatic pauses, the occasional joke and body language to sell the audience on the product.

Apple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7qPAY9JqE4

Once you open my bad PowerPoint link, you'll immediately see why I chose it. Many of the slides are too busy with charts or pictures. The fonts in many cases are too small and hard to find on the slide. Some of the slides have writing in 3 different colors, which I understand what they were trying to do, but the eye usually goes to the most dominant color and looks over the other points the slide or presenter is trying to make. There are also a lot of acronyms that should be spelled out at least once early on for the audience.

Bad Powerpoint Link:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=30&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwijt66sxorMAhVM4yYKHTUTD2s4FBAWCFMwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Flasp.colorado.edu%2Fcism%2FCISM_DX%2Fopendx.ppt&usg=AFQjCNHhHYl0May_kJa-Ang4VU6vcACCbQ&sig2=fCCFkKgcjboLHf3ZJeFHXQ

After looking at these two very different slide shows, I need to find a middle ground between the two to apply to my week 8 presentation. You have to look at each presentation for what they are intended for. One was to announce a new product and give a broad overview of its capabilities; the other is more of a teaching slide so that the audience can understand how to create something. I would like to be able to keep my slides very straight forward with one type of font and very few words on the slide. My speaking should fill in all the information and the viewer should only see key words or phrases. A few pictures throughout will help the viewer visualize my points.

Funny Powerpoint Presentation by comedian:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=bad+powerpoint+video

Chris,

The below link is a great example of the use of power point. This example titled shift happens is a look at the technology growth in China and India in comparison to the United States. I like this example because it follows the guidance in the video with good use of visual aides and not a lot of words. This would allow the presenter to add dialogue vice just reading the slides. Also the presentation has questions in it which would keep the audience engaged allowing the presenter to pause during the presentation thus giving him or her control over interaction with the group.

https://blog.udemy.com/best-powerpoint-presentations/

The choice I am using for a poor example of power point use is the Limited Duty Officer/Chief Warrant Officer (LDO/CWO) community brief. This is the officer community I am a part of in the Navy and have seen this brief many times. By Navy standards for power point its pretty good, but we over use power point and have gotten to a point where more seems to be better when its actually not. In this case you can see the different types of bulleting used from slide to slide and some of the screen captures are a little blurry. There is also not standard format or alignment.

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/officer/communitymanagers/ldo_cwo/Documents/LDO%20and%20CWO%20Recruit%20Your%20Relief%20Brief.pdf

What I have learned is somewhat contradicting to what we practice in the Navy with regard to power point. As a speaker when using power point for this class I will attempt to use visual aides when feasible and cut down on the amount of words I would typically use in the Navy. This will allow me to more effectively narrate the presentation vice just reading what is on the slides.