{"id":225,"date":"2007-08-29T10:08:52","date_gmt":"2007-08-29T10:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conclave.open.ac.uk\/r.m.ferguson\/?p=225"},"modified":"2007-08-29T10:08:52","modified_gmt":"2007-08-29T10:08:52","slug":"if-your-audience-are-all-checking-their-texts-its-time-to-move-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"If your audience are all checking their texts, it&#8217;s time to move on&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do conferences give out style sheets for papers, impose word lengths, demand specific referencing styles but never ever give people any guidance about producing a good Powerpoint?<\/p>\n<p>How is it that intelligent people sit through Powerpoint presentation after Powerpoint presentation without ever deducing some of the principles of good design and good presentation?<\/p>\n<p>* If you use 12, 15 or, God forbid, 20 lines of text on your slide we can&#8217;t read it at the back.<br \/>\n* If your background is green (and why is it green?) then don&#8217;t highlight in purple. It just means we can&#8217;t read the things you think are important.<br \/>\n* If you need lecture notes, then write yourself lecture notes. Don&#8217;t read us the Powerpoint!<br \/>\n* If it took you two years to devise your research questions, don&#8217;t read them through once quickly to us and expect us to remember them or understand them.<br \/>\n* If you need a rest, have it before or after your presentation. We want to see you &#8211; not the top of your head while you&#8217;re sitting down.<br \/>\n* If the lights are full on then your presntation appears dim. Take control of your environment. Find a light switch.<br \/>\n* If half the audience are checking their texts then your presentation is rubbish. Stop now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do conferences give out style sheets for papers, impose word lengths, demand specific referencing styles but never ever give people any guidance about producing a good Powerpoint? How is it that intelligent people sit through Powerpoint presentation after Powerpoint presentation without ever deducing some of the principles of good design and good presentation? * [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/r.m.ferguson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}