From e2a67e0b1f3ee8890ba2fce71d41def0e114aca2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Sl=C3=A1vek=20Banko?= Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:02:39 +0200 Subject: Initial import of extracted tarballs --- .../koffice/kpresenter/great-presentations.docbook | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 128 insertions(+) create mode 100644 koffice-i18n-sk/docs/koffice/kpresenter/great-presentations.docbook (limited to 'koffice-i18n-sk/docs/koffice/kpresenter/great-presentations.docbook') diff --git a/koffice-i18n-sk/docs/koffice/kpresenter/great-presentations.docbook b/koffice-i18n-sk/docs/koffice/kpresenter/great-presentations.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3caefed7 --- /dev/null +++ b/koffice-i18n-sk/docs/koffice/kpresenter/great-presentations.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ + + +General Hints and Tips for Great Presentations + +Okay, you've decided to use &kpresenter; for your +presentation. Before you start making transparencies or animated slide +shows, go and find a piece of paper and sit down at a desk away from +the computer. It doesn't matter whether you are doing a teaching +session or trying to convince the boss that your plan, policy or idea +should be adopted, you need to figure out what you are trying to +say. Write down all the subjects you need to cover, try to get them in +the order you think will make sense. Don't put any details in yet, +just decide on headings and the structure of your talk. + +Under each heading make a note of what facts you need to +cover. You are trying to build a convincing argument. Consider +grouping your facts into things must be included, things that should +be included and things that it would be nice to cover if you had +plenty of time. + +Once you have written down all the things you need to say, +consider the time available to do it in. Ten minutes seems ages when +you start, but it is very difficult to actually get much across in so +short a time. Get your sheet of paper and a clock with a second +hand. Practise your presentation over and over again. This has many +benefits. Firstly, you get the timing right. If someone says you have +ten minutes, never go over the allowed time. Secondly, when you +actually do it in front of a live audience, it will not be the first +time you have done that presentation. Third, you get the words right +in your own head. You will find ways of saying things about the +subject. If you've heard yourself do this presentation several times, +you will know what you are going to say next and how you are going to +say it. + +&kpresenter; does not produce Speaker's Notes at the time of +writing, but I'm happy to just use ordinary slides. Produce some +slides for yourself, printed on plain paper, and some for use with the +Overhead Projector. Make the text on your slides nice and big, you +need to be able to read it at a distance. I use 14 or 16 point text, +experiment to find a size that you can read easily. I never write out +a script. + +If you are using an Overhead projector, learn how to use it +beforehand. Make sure that the bulb works, that the spare bulb is +still okay. Clean the lens and display plates. If you are not used to +working with projectors, practise. Ensure that the projection screen +itself is clean. It's probably best, when timing yourself, to allow +for five seconds (count one thousand and one, one thousand and +two....) to change each slide. That way you know you don't +have to rush. If you need to point at something on a slide, you can +use a pointer and point at the display screen, find a laser pointer or +put a pencil on the transparency itself. Be warned, these tend to roll +out of place when you nudge the table. + +Consider where you are going to stand. You can not stand in +front of your display, so off to one side is probably your best option +if you want your audience to be able to see. I often project a picture +onto a wipeboard and draw over the top of it. If you are using a PC +with a digital projector you can draw over the top of your slides with +&kpresenter;'s pen tool. Remember, drawing freehand with a mouse is a +skill that needs practise. If you are using an Overhead projector, you +can use transparent overlay slides and a pen over the top of your +computer generated ones. + +When you are doing the presentation do not accidently look into +the light, it's easy to do. If you are not going to use the machine +for a few minutes, turn it off. Practise to get where you are going +to stand sorted out. Check the room you intend to use for electrical +sockets and learn how the blinds work and where the light switches +are. Good preparation not only makes you less likely to make mistakes +(inanimate things can be a nightmare in front of an audience) but also +gives you confidence. Always have a Plan B ready if +something refuses to work. Have a paper copy of your slides with +you. You can photocopy and distribute these to your audience if the +equipment fails. + +I have not said much about the content yet. At present all you +have is a piece of paper with everything you want to say on it. Before +you make anything, ask youself if their understanding of what you are +saying is going to improved by showing them a picture. Bad +presentations consist of a series of slides full of text. The +presenter then reads the slide to the audience (who have already read +it as they can read faster than someone can say it aloud). Try to +avoid writing anything on the slide, except a title and a number. Draw +a picture of what you need to say, then explain the picture to +them. That way they do not get ahead of you (they can read faster than +you can speak, remember?) and you look like you know it. You do not +know it, you are using the picture as a series of prompts. A slide +should support what you are saying, not duplicate it. A slide should +be the focus of the audience's attention, not a distraction. + +An example. I teach Railway staff how to respond to accidents. I +wanted to use a slide to discuss how you can move dangerous loads from +a derailed or damaged rail vehicle to a road vehicle after an +accident. The slide I made had a simple drawing of tank wagon, the +kind used for carrying gases or oils. On the side I wrote +Lethal Chemical Company so that I do not have to +explain it. I wanted to make several important points. First, you must +get any overhead electric wires turned off before you do anything if +they are within a certain distance. I drew one of the supporting +structures and drew an arrow with the safety distance on it. Then I +wanted to say that you must not transfer the wagon's contents in +darkness or thunderstorms. I drew a moon and a lightning bolt above +the vehicle. You must get specialist advice, so I drew a sheet of +paper and wrote the word Plan near the vehicle. You +also have to ensure that the vehicle does not move when the weight +inside is removed. I drew little red wedges by the wheels. Everything +I need to talk about is on this drawing. All I have to do is look at +the drawing and it tells me what I need to cover. When I have covered +all the things in the drawing, I have finished on that +subject. + +In general, only use a slide or picture if it shows something +that adds to what you are saying. Finally, relax and try not to rush +through it all. Talk to them, not at them and remember that a +presentation is about whatever message you are trying to get +across. &kpresenter; is a useful tool. It can help you to get that +message over, but it can not do the job for you. + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1