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“Storytelling is one of the ways we connect with other people, allowing us to share our hopes and dreams, our fears and worries, and our experiences and plans,” says Lori Gracey in her blog entry, Telling Our Stories.
Presentations are opportunities to show people different ways of thinking about a topic and to tell a story. How you structure your presentation impacts how people receive your perspective.
Let’s explore three tips to create a fabulous presentation with Google Slides. Then, eight tips for presenting.
Three Tips for Creating
Three Tips for Creating
Tip #1: Enthrall listeners with powerful narratives.
Tip #1: Enthrall listeners with powerful narratives.
“It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at us both verbally and in written form at the same time,” says Garr Reynolds, author of the Presentation Zen book and blog. A stirring story well-illustrated can make it easier for your audience to process information.
“It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at us both verbally and in written form at the same time,” says Garr Reynolds, author of the Presentation Zen book and blog. A stirring story well-illustrated can make it easier for your audience to process information.
Avoid bulleted lists, lots of text, fancy and transitions and animations. These just get in the way of the story you are telling. Charts are fine to include when they align to the story you are trying to show and tell.
Avoid bulleted lists, lots of text, fancy and transitions and animations. These just get in the way of the story you are telling. Charts are fine to include when they align to the story you are trying to show and tell.
Tip #2: Engage with pictures.
Tip #2: Engage with pictures.
“Pictures should contain the story within a frame,” suggests Tatjana Soli in The Lotus Eaters. This isn’t a bad approach when selecting pictures that capture the flow of your narrative.
“Pictures should contain the story within a frame,” suggests Tatjana Soli in The Lotus Eaters. This isn’t a bad approach when selecting pictures that capture the flow of your narrative.
Once you have crafted an enthralling story, you need pictures that illustrate each well-defined idea or concept. The simpler the image, the more impact it can have on the viewer.
Once you have crafted an enthralling story, you need pictures that illustrate each well-defined idea or concept. The simpler the image, the more impact it can have on the viewer.
Amazing Image Tools
Amazing Image Tools
Tip #3: Enchant the Eye with Fonts
Tip #3: Enchant the Eye with Fonts
“If you need to put eight-point or ten-point fonts up there, it’s because you do not know your material,” says Garr Reynolds.
“If you need to put eight-point or ten-point fonts up there, it’s because you do not know your material,” says Garr Reynolds.
Instead, take advantage of large font size and easy-to-read fonts. In Google Slides, you can add fonts.
Instead, take advantage of large font size and easy-to-read fonts. In Google Slides, you can add fonts.
Here’s how:
Here’s how:
Go to the Font Drop Down Menu and Choose MORE FONTS at the bottom of the list.
Select the Fonts That Appeal to You. Once you have selected the font(s) you want to use, those will appear in your font list, represented by “My fonts.”
Be brief and use large font sizes with only a few words on the screen. Vary colors of your font text to match the theme of your slide show.
Be brief and use large font sizes with only a few words on the screen. Vary colors of your font text to match the theme of your slide show.
Eight Tips for Presenting
Eight Tips for Presenting
#1 - Use Speaker's Notes
#1 - Use Speaker's Notes
Add these tools to make life easier:
Add these tools to make life easier:
SlideSpeech: It converts your slide notes into audio narration for each of the slides. This narrated slide show is available for viewing via the SlideSpeech mobile apps.
Auto Resize Speaker Notes: Allows you to resize the slide previews. To do this, resize the Speaker Notes or selec a size via the sidebar. See the effect of auto resize in the image below.
#2 - Dictate Your Speaker's Notes
#2 - Dictate Your Speaker's Notes
Follow these simple instructions for English dictation:
Follow these simple instructions for English dictation:
Turn on your microphone.
Use voice typing (Go to Tools then select Voice type speaker notes).
Use voice commands to edit and format your text.
Adding speaker notes has never been easier. Give it a try!
Adding speaker notes has never been easier. Give it a try!
#3 - Hyperlinked Slide Deck
#3 - Hyperlinked Slide Deck
Make an easy to follow menu of pictures/icons to jump around your slide show.
Make an easy to follow menu of pictures/icons to jump around your slide show.
Map out your own hyperlinked slides. For example:
Select a theme for your ePortfolio and then create
Be sure to do the following:
Name each slide
Create a table of contents
Link to each slide from the table of contents
#4 - Add Audio to Slides
#4 - Add Audio to Slides
Are you using a Google Workspace for Education or NonProfit account? Then you can add audio to individual slides.
Are you using a Google Workspace for Education or NonProfit account? Then you can add audio to individual slides.
See below for instructions on what to do with a personal Google account.
See below for instructions on what to do with a personal Google account.
It's not as easy as this, and involves converting your slideshow into a video that you add audio to.
It's not as easy as this, and involves converting your slideshow into a video that you add audio to.
You will use two free tools, Recordcast video editor and Audio VoiceRecorder, to combine slide pictures and audio.
Audio to Slides - Personal Google Account
Audio to Slides - Personal Google Account
If you are using a personal Gmail account, the INSERT AUDIO option is NOT available. To add audio, follow these steps:
If you are using a personal Gmail account, the INSERT AUDIO option is NOT available. To add audio, follow these steps:
download your slides as a PDF file, then
use PDF2PNG.com to convert from PDF to PNG image
import images into an online video editor
record audio in online audio recorder
add audio file to slides
#5 - Insert Video
#5 - Insert Video
To insert a video, make sure that you have the YouTube URL or that it is already uploaded to your Google Drive.
Then navigate to the Insert menu and select Video. A box will open with separate tabs to “search” YouTube, link directly through a YouTube URL, or navigate your Google Drive files.
Simply enter the URL or select the file you want to link to your slideshow, and then press Select to insert it into your slide.
#6 - Present with Captions
#6 - Present with Captions
Closed captioning can be a benefit for hearing impaired, or when the presenter is speaking a non-native language. It also works great for those who present but can't project their voice.
Step 1: Set up your microphone
Step 2: Present with captions
Open your presentation in Google Slides. You must be using the Chrome browser on a Mac or PC.
To start presenting, click Present.
Click CC to turn captions on or off. You can also use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + C in Windows or Chrome OS, or the Command key + Shift + C if you’re using a Mac.
Step 3: Begin speaking.
Captions will appear at the bottom of the screen. Captions will NOT include punctuation and are not saved.
Google added the ability for users to personalize caption text size and position while presenting in Google Slides. These features can help make captions easier to read, like ensuring all audience members can view captions in a large room. Or, you could make your text smaller to maximize the number of words on screen at once.
#7 - Use Slides Q&A
#7 - Use Slides Q&A
While presenting, allow your audience to ask questions through Slides Q&A.
Open your Google Slide lesson. (If you don’t have one and want to try it out, open this Memorial Day Lesson.)
Click the drop down arrow next to “Present.”
Select “Presenter View.” A new Presenter View information box will appear.
Make sure that you are under the “Audience Tools” tab and press “Start New.”
#8 - Use Remote for Slides
#8 - Use Remote for Slides
Present from anywhere in the room, leaving your laptop at the front. All you need is your smartphone.
Present from anywhere in the room, leaving your laptop at the front. All you need is your smartphone.
Open your presentation in Google Slides.
On the top right, click the “Present with Remote” button.
Wait until the presentation is fully loaded.
Click on the “Show ID & Start Remote” button to view the 6-digit code.
Open http://s.limhenry.xyz on your phone and enter the code that appears on the page.
Press the Connect button and you are ready to go! Your phone is now a remote, with two large buttons to move back and forth between slides.
Thanks to the Remote for Slides Chrome extension, you won't be tethered to your laptop.
Thanks to the Remote for Slides Chrome extension, you won't be tethered to your laptop.
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