Friday, March 23, 2012
Digital Slides:Don'ts
Overall, Chelsey is presenting her topic about suicide very well with proper manner. But there are some drawbacks in her digital slides. The first slide, which has paused 23 seconds long, has diverted the audience attentions from her. On the second slide, if she could spotlight one or two person photos on the same picture, it might be notable its significance. Next, I think most people will agree with me about the third slide, which has shown many numbers and words in small, weird words with a dark background. What I remember the image of the slide is only “Coast to Coast.” However, I do agree with her idea of using black color background to fit her topic about death. But I still feel something lacking in the black background slides. Moreover, when she emphasizes the last slide is important, I only see a lot of tiny bees on a black wall. Finally, while I do my best to evaluate her digital slides, I have learned some good presentation skills from her as well as many principles of the digital slide design from our text book.
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I agree with your observations on digital media. If done correctly digital media and videos can enhance your speech greatly. Little mishaps here and there might be forgiven by audience members, but long pauses will no doubt turn off some of the audience. Also the appearance of being un prepared may put off some audience members. You mentioned, the black back ground on the slides; I agree that in this case the black may have been appropriate however, words and photos need to be outlined or shown in a tactful way against a dark background like that. I have seen presentations where the backgrounds have patterns or colors that are so distracting it detracts from the media and the speech as a whole. It is important to choose your media carefully.
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