a different kind of development with an attitude
I’ve always had an interest in the art of giving and preparing presentations. Take a look at Al Gore’s presentation in climate change. Apart from the fact that he is a very good speaker, the slides used for his presentation are top notch, specifically designed to best convey his message.
I used to think he’s a real whiz at Keynote, until finding out the genius behind the company that helped him communicate his message most effectively — Duarte Design. I have since bought Nancy Duarte’s book, slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations and have become more enlightened in the art of communicative media.
Herein lies the thought. If CEO’s and important people are leveraging these companies to help communicate their message laymen, normal people, average joes, how come this is not applied to academia, where the most difficult messages actually have to be communicated daily if not at an already frantic pace via the wonder of technology known as Powerpoint.
Is there a potential for a company to exist to help tertiary institutions or any other education facility for that matter to create presentations that help in that capacity? Heck, even as a part of the process in getting teaching plans audited prior to approval for use by teachers would help many clueless students.
That being said, it means training is also required for teachers to help them effectively use the these new tools.
Posted in education, presentation, thoughts · October 21st, 2008 · Comments (0)