Monday, May 26, 2014

How to give a great ignite talk



More info at http://scottberkun.com/2009/how-to-give-a-great-ignite-talk/.

“Death by PowerPoint”

“Death by PowerPoint” is a criticism of slide-based presentations referring to a state of boredom and fatigue induced by information overload during presentations such as those created by the Microsoft application PowerPoint. (…) “PowerPoint hell” is the tedium some people report on sitting through PowerPoint visual presentations that are too long and complex, making excessive use of the software’s features and when the presenter just reads from the slides.

Lightning talks

"Remember, you're talking to an intelligent crowd here who can normally move from A to B without having to be handled through each and every step."

"One of the biggest mistakes people make about the details is misunderstanding that just because they've put something on the slides it means that they have to explain it."

"When it comes down to it there's only one way to make sure that your talk will fit in the time-slot, and that's to practice it. Read it out aloud several times. Present it to the cat. Try to convince your colleague/flatmate/significant other to listen to it."

"Preparation is everything."

"Set up and load all the apps you're going to use first — no one wants to be caught on stage in an awkward silence with nothing to say while they wait the 20 seconds it takes Mozilla to load. While you're at it don't forget to close down instant-messenger clients, calendaring apps, and anything else that might randomly pop up dialogs when you're trying to speak."

"During a lightning talk it's vital that you keep your rapport with the audience, rather than diverting your attention to the computer every slide change. Unlike a 40-minute talk, you don't have time to take breaks between slides."

"Even when you take every precaution, you'll still encounter unexpected problems. Your demo won't work. You'll discover you're using a slightly older version of the slides. Your software will use the wrong font. The computer will burst into flames and burn down the venue. Remember that you don't have time to recover from any of these problems. Even if it takes you 30 seconds to locate a new version of the slides and remember where you were, that's a tenth of your talk gone. More importantly, the audience has lost interest while you're doing this and has slipped into their daydream world where you'll have to work really hard to reacquire their attention."

At http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html.

More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk.

Ignite & Pechakucha

"Ignite is the name for a particular type of event that is held throughout the world—organized by volunteers—at which participants speak about their ideas and personal or professional passions according to a specific format. The event holds the motto, “Enlighten us, but make it quick!” (…)  In Ignite each speakers gets 5 minutes, and must use 20 slides with each slide advancing automatically after 15 seconds, forcing speakers to get to the point, fast."



"PechaKucha or Pecha Kucha (Japanese: ペチャクチャ, IPA: [petɕa ku͍̥tɕa],[1] chit-chat) is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (six minutes and 40 seconds in total). The format, which keeps presentations concise and fast-paced, powers multiple-speaker events called PechaKucha Nights (PKNs)."


[book] Presentation Skills 201


At http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003L780ZG/

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

P03

Agora sim, a proposta de trabalho 3 já está publicada na respectiva página.
http://mid20132014.blogspot.pt/p/propostas-de-trabalho.html

Bom trabalho,
pc.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

P02 - Prazo suplementar

Informa-se que quem não conseguiu cumprir o prazo original relativo à P02 poderá fazê-lo até às 23:59 do dia 18/05, mediante a devida penalização de 25% da classificação total.

Bom trabalho a todos,
pc.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

IMPORTANTE! —> Programa da próxima sessão de aula (12/05)

Segue o programa relativo à próxima sessão de aula (12/05), incluindo o horário de apresentações da P02. Pede-se que passem a mensagem aos colegas, por favor.

IMPORTANTE! 
Indicações de procedimento:
* Cada grupo deverá proceder a uma breve apresentação do seu trabalho com recurso ao concept map e às maquetas desenvolvidas.

* A referida apresentação não deverá durar mais do que 4 minutos (recomenda-se que apontem para os 3 minutos), sendo que será interrompida quanto esse tempo terminar.

* Todas as apresentações terão uma sessão subsequente de 3 minutos dedicada a Q&A (Questions and Answers) que deverá ser obrigatoriamente colocada em prática pelo respectivo grupo que se encontra listado na coluna “Q&A” no horário de apresentações. Por outras palavras, esse grupo deverá colocar questões e elaborar uma breve crítica construtiva ao projeto apresentado.

* De modo a cumprir o horário com o máximo de rigor possível, os todos grupos de trabalho deverão ter o material a apresentar devidamente preparado quando a sessão de apresentação do grupo imediatamente anterior tiver terminado. Caso contrário, esgotarão o tempo dedicado à sua apresentação.

* Todos os grupos deverão respeitar o horário estipulado, e em caso de ausência o seu projeto será classificado com 0 (zero) valores, sendo que o grupo seguinte apresentará antecipadamente, e que pare isso deverá estar devidamente preparado.

* Todos os grupos deverão estar presentes durante as apresentações dos seus colegas, adoptando uma postura de respeito pelo seu esforço e trabalho executado.

Horário
APRESENTAÇÃO
(4 min.)
Q&A
(3 min.)
16:00
Apresentação da sessão.
16:05
16:10G1.1G3.9
16:17G1.2G3.8
16:24G1.3G3.7
16:31G1.4G3.6
16:38G1.5G3.5
16:45G1.6G3.4
16:52G2.1G3.3
16:59G2.2G3.2
17:06G2.3G3.1
17:13G3.1G1.1
17:20G3.2G1.2
17:27G3.3G1.3
17:34G3.4G1.4
17:41G3.5G1.5
17:48G3.6G1.6
17:55G3.7G2.1
18:02G3.8G2.2
18:09G3.9G2.3
18:16Final da sessão


Bom trabalho a todos,
pc.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Slides Keynote – Ricardo Melo

Encontram-se disponíveis os slides da apresentação do Ricardo Melo, que decorreu na passada aula:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s5ohmm9lvz5yyz8/MID-20140427_FBAUP-RicardoMelo.pdf.

Ficam igualmente os seus contactos:
ricardo[at]ricardomelo.net