Outline your presentation on paper or a flip chart before you build the PowerPoint presentation. Intellectual means appealing to educated self-interest with data and reasoned arguments. 15 Tips for Webinars: How to Add Impact When You Present Online By Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE July 7, 2009 Whenever you open your mouth, whether youre talking to one person or a thousand, you usually want to get a specific message across. How do you do that best when you are communicating through a webinar?

Show data on your slides only if the charts or graphs are simple, clean, and data points large enough to be seen in the back of the room. Otherwise, put data into separate handouts. 2. I like to use flip charts with or without PowerPoint; flip charts used to sketch out an idea, get input from the audience or provide a group activity keep a presentation lively. Inspired by Laura Bergells' recent PowerPoint propaganda post about changing fashions in PowerPoint, Olivia Mitchell pulled together a group of bloggers to participate in a group writing project about what we'd like to see in PowerPoint slide design this year.

flesh out my main points with sub-points, supporting stories and data. look for the best places to ask questions, to record audience reactions on my flip chart, to break into pairs or groups, and to add any games or fun activities. I've heard many speakers say that they create their presentation at the last minute, don't practice, and basically wing it , all because they don't want to lose spontaneity. They're afraid that if they practice, they will sound rehearsed or worse, memorized.

PLAN YOUR STRUCTURE Outline your presentation on paper or a flip chart and then build the PowerPoint®. Intellectual means appealing to educated self-interest with data and reasoned arguments. Add Value for Your Association Members and Gain Loyalty By Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE It is no secret Associations have to add value for their membership and increase their own revenue. At the same time, attendance at conventions and meetings is down.

But when you're making your own PowerPoint, suddenly you realize that you must have every possible concept and data point on each slide. Then, you spend so much time preparing the data and charts for the slideshow, you don't have time to practice the presentation, so you end up reading it off the screen. Make a commitment to learning the principles of effective visuals, whether they're flip charts or computer-generated. Following up on this post , I've just been reading the results of Dave Paradi's Annoying PowerPoint Survey . I'm not at all surprised by

I'll be on the lookout for a suitable replacement and report back!) Technology Listen to your presentation after the fact with a digital voice recorder Videotape yourself (and -- why not? -- your audience) with this tiny Flip Mino camcorder Unhitch yourself from the laptop with a wireless presentation remote If you don't want to leave your technology to chance , invest in your own portable Super-Slim Data Projector Visuals Make your audience notes portable when you carry a lightweight table top easel pad Or if you're in the market for a reusable flip chart, try this

Outline your presentation on paper or a flip chart before you build the PowerPoint presentation. Intellectual means appealing to educated self-interest with data and reasoned arguments. Whenever you open your mouth, whether you're talking to one person or a thousand, you usually want to get a specific message across. How do you do that best when you are communicating through a webinar?