OSHA says, , , By Wayne Kronz (Slideshow to come)

OSHA Says,,, Wayne Kronz

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OSHA Says, , ,

Do we believe what they say? Back in the early and mid ‘90’s the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) claimed to have done extensive research into what really works, visually, in organizational training.

(And I believe they did.)

They published a report, , , Presenting Effective Presentation with Visual Aids.

The problem, , , do we really believe what they say? If we do, , , and I do, , , then every presenter should set about to learn as much as possible about visual communications.

I have a short two-slide presentation to come, entitled, OSHA says, , , that every speaker should tattoo on the inside of their eye lids.

Watch it several times and relish its’ simplicity and then make it your lifetime project to learn as much as possible making your point with visual aids.

Enjoy, , , Wayne.

8 Viewpoints of the Visuals You Use, Wayne Kronz

Part of the my main seminar, How to Draw Your Message for Fun and Huge Profit, is a small section about the eight (8) mindsets you should have toward the visual aids you have created for your presentation.

8 Viewpoints of the Visuals You Use, Wayne Kronz

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1. First of it all, any visual aid that you create for any presentation should be considered a “model” of your message. By definition, a model is “a replica of the real thing” or “reality”.

2. Think further of your new born graphic as being the essence of what you are about to present. It’s English definition is the "basic element of anything," in concentrated form.

Such is your model to your message.

3. Your visual aid is your own private opportunity to “draw your message.” Or, to take it out of a spoken and written form and put it into a graphic form.

4. This is where you consciously think and say, “This is how it works.” It’s your actual delivery of your message to your audience.

5 and 6. For your visual message to have it’s best impact, it must, both represent the smallest detail and the big picture of what you have to say. And it is not always easy to do.

7. Think of your theme model as being your partner as your teaching tool.

8. And, last but not least, is what your visual aid is to your audience; a tool that will equip them to better and more quickly learn what you are teaching.

Bonus: It will further help them teach others what you have taught them.

So, as you create and use your visual aids in your presentation, always be aware of the powerful tool you have in your hand.

Wayne

10 Ways The Presenters Brain Uses a Theme Model

To so many presenters in the world today, the term "visual aid" means PowerPoint. The minute they are told that they will making a particular presentation, they run to their computer and open up PPT and then one of its templates, and they start "filling in the blanks."

A few days later and they wind up with what I call "a slide a minute" slideshow with an average of 5.6 bullet-point elements on each slide.

What a pity!

According to the world's best mind (that's my opinion), , , in the presentation industry, Dan Roam, author of the best-selling book, The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures, "people only pay attention to the first five or six slides."

And I believe that. I've watched it happen many times.

I'm going to say this, , , and I'll probably say it again, , , "Using a many-slide, bullet-point riddles slideshow is a third rate teaching method." All the hard work of putting such a program together is simply "lots of time wasted."

Today we are going to look at this whole ordeal, strictly from the presenters point of view. The title of this article says 10 Ways The Presenters Brain Uses a Theme Model. I'm going to break this writing into two sections (Part One and Part Two).

When you go the PowerPoint direction, you pass up on several benefits you gain as a speaker. Some of them are,

1. Organize. When you follow someone else's template, you seldom crystallize your your presentation like you do if you were fine-tuning it to three, five or even seven key principles.

You simply keep generalizing, , , and never focus on what is critically important to your audiences.

And you wind up reading the slides to your learners. Bad!

You'll never get really organized for a presentations until you can put your whole pitch into a handful of principles that can be illustrated in a simple and understandable graphic. It's the preferred method of teaching of world-class presenters like Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Robert Kiyosaki, Micheal Porter, and Peter Senge.

2. Clarify. One of the biggest flaws in a typical business presentation is clarity. Everything is "up for grabs." Audiences don't know what's important and what is not.

It's only when your whole topic is reduced to it's simplest form, does the reality of ease of understanding come into play.

3. Evaluate. When I just mentioned "clarity" I was speaking of the clarity of the message to the presenter. As a clear understanding of what you are going to be teaching strikes you, fuzzy and confusing points may come to your mind.

At this point you may want to re-think parts of your message. And seeing it in a simple hand-drawn theme model will certainly bring this point home to you.

4. Prioritize. One thing that I teach is the concept of hierarchical thinking. People must know what is vital and what is not so important. And a whole bunch of slides will not underline what is key and what is not important at all.

And, again, having your whole message condensed into a quick and easy diagram will help you pass it on to your audience in the most usable fashion.

5. Patterns. One thing that will work as your partner while you are teaching is when your audiences begin to see patterns in the elements of your message. And nothing can illustrate that like a strong, well designed theme model.

The problem, in almost all of the above cases is that PowerPoint just doesn't really prepare you to teach these many details and inner workings of a typical business or behavior presentation.

Look for Part Two of this presentation, , , or the "second five" ways the presenters brain uses a theme model.

Wayne.

5 Reasons Speakers Play Games

One visually impacting tools savvy public speakers use are “games.” It takes a little extra work to conjure up an effective game to play with your audience, but it’s a mighty fine time investment.

Even a trivia contest, left side of the room against the right side, can really draw an audience into your presentation.

The best flight I ever had on Southwest Airlines was the one a creative flight attendant helped us play the “ugliest drivers license picture” game. Try it, , , everyone will have a ball.

There are many benefits to using a game as visual re-enforcement of your message. Here are my top five. . .

1. Gain and Hold Attention. For instance, it is often difficult to hold an audiences attention during the first session after a lunch break. So plan to include a lively game during these times.

2. Draw Out Emotion. A good game can trigger many feelings. A spirit of competition. Excitement. Togetherness. The joy of winning. And the “agony of defeat.”

3. Springboard to Your Topic. Any presenter can spin their talk off of one of the above emotions. Or they can use any other aspect of their game as a jumping-off point for their presentation.

The more you can get your game and your topic together, the better the whole activity will propel your speech.

4. Teach Teamwork. An effective game should promote relationships, collaboration and working together. Again, the more you can tie the two together, the more of a winner everyone will be.

5. Teach Dealing with Defeat. It seems trite to say but, “every time there is a winner there is, at least one loser.” Every job-hunter has to apply for forty or more jobs to finally find one. No sales person closes ever sale. How many of us have lost at love?

As speakers, we are often have to deal with this reality of life. And the game you orchestrate into your presentation can help a lot.

These are a five of the huge benefits you’ll receive when you begin to “play games.” There will be a lot more on this topic in the future.

Wayne

An Open Letter to All Presenters

I write to a very, very large audience—every person who chooses to get up front, speak and then answer for the results of that presentation. I suppose that’s a few million, in America, alone.

They tell us that former president, Bill Clinton is the highest paid speakers in the country. He is on one end of the scale.

On the other end of the scale is a whole new crop of middle-schoolers who are making their very first oral book report. Most of them are scared to death of the assignment.

But, within that great group of students there is a “chosen few” who think of the experience as, “this is pretty cool stuff.” And further think, “I’d like to do this again.”

Between the extremes of a former president and the “wanna be speaker kids,” is that unique portion of our population to which you and I belong. Like I say, a few million of us.

My grand goal is reach them all. (So I need your help.)

This group is a diverse one.

From rank amateur to polished, and prosperous professional or millionaire celebrity. All levels of experience, confidence and credibility are included. Some are in business. Some in education. And, some public service. There’s the preacher, the politician, and the performer. And the list goes on.

What All Presenters Have in Common

First, you have identified public speaking as your way to make a difference in your world.

Second, it is not enough for you to get up front and do your thing. You want to be a change agent. You desire strongly to have your ideas accepted.

Another thing that drives you, , , the overwhelming need for constant improvement. You are always hunting ways to move your presentation skills to the next level and beyond.

How to Make a Difference

And meet most of your other goals. Build a life-changing topic and have it driven home by a powerful visual aid.

To my knowledge, no one else of Planet Earth teaches this principle as a major part of speaking success. My friend, , , get yourself a hot topic and a simple, easy to understand Theme Model and you are on your way.

And so, it doesn’t matter where you fit on the spectrum.

Even if you have a name like Antion, Blanchard, Collins, Fripp, Gleeck, Kiyosaki, or Roam—you need to know how to create a strong model for everyone of your speeches.

So join me now! Nowhere online or offline can will you find so much quality information at so little cost (free) about developing this vital skill.

All I ask, , , is for you to tell all your “speaker type” friends about MethodMap.blogspot.com

Wayne
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