On presenting
Two recent posts address how library presentations can be improved, mainly by ceasing to rely on PowerPoint: CogDogBlog’s Presentation as Conversation and Steven Bell’s Better Writing and Presenting at ACRLog. Both focus on how presentations can be improved, whether they use PowerPoint or not, simply by not relying on PowerPoint. CogDogBlog introduces “Levine’s Law”: START WITH THE DEMO!
On a similar note, I had started and never finished a post about using blogs as an alternative to PowerPoint, as mentioned on Library Stuff and LawLibTech. Again, though, the point is not that PowerPoint makes presentations bad, but that using it to frame your thoughts can make your presentation bad. As Cindy Chick writes on LawLibTech:
the bottomline is, the organization of a presentation is something that should take place BEFORE you ever put virtual pen to paper (PowerPoint Alternatives - From Browsers to Blogs, Part II)
