Saturday, October 20, 2012
The most recent example I can think of that someone used presentation media was orientation for a new job. The speaker who was leading the orientation used PowerPoint slides. She used them mostly effectively, except for she had a few technological issues and could not get the remote to work when she was trying to move back to a previous slide. That part was the only distracting part to the presentation. Other than that, she used the PowerPoint very effectively in my opinion. Odds are, she had probably given the same presentation dozens of time to other new hires, so she did a really good job of making the presentation flow nicely. The media added to the speech by providing a visual to all the points she was trying to get across. It was mostly just reiterating what she was saying, but it's a lot easier to take it all in when you can see it and listen to it. Bulleted points can really help get across all of the things from a presentation you're supposed to be taking in and retaining, so that you don't hold on to useless information while forgetting the main points of the speech entirely!
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That sounds like an excellent use of presentation media. I think that when people get hired for a new job a lot of times everything can be very overwhelming in the beginning. There is usually a lot of unfamiliar information to take in all at once. It can be jarring to get so much new information so a visual representation that reiterates the most important parts is a good way to draw attention to them and make sure that the things that need to stick do stick in the new hires mind. It has been a long time since I have been hired for a new job, but as far as I can remember I have never had presentation media to assist me in any of my orientations when I was a new hire. Once in the past I watched a video, but the video itself was the presentation rather than media to assist somebody with a presentation.
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