Effective Communication & Presentation Skills

EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION SKILLS AND POWERPOINT DESIGN

Todays Agenda: Psychology of visual engagement Principles of PowerPoint Design Effective Communication Skills

1. PSYCHOLOGY OF VISUAL ENGAGEMENT Brain Anatomy

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CELLS IN OUR BRAINS?

A NEURON

A neuron is a nerve cell involved in the transmission of messages.

A brain has around 100 billion neurons

1 Neuron can be connected to 1000 others

They can exhibit or inhibit other neurons

NEUROLOGICAL ACTIVITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

HOW ARE NEURONS IMPORTANT FOR ENGAGEMENT?

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ATTENTION

MEMORY SENSING

EMOTIONS

ATTENTION

ATTENTION At a neurological level, attention has not been fully defined scientifically yet. However, there is evidence about two types of processing in attention:

FOCUSED ATTENTION

DIFFUSED ATTENTION

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FOCUSED ATTENTION

THE PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX

DR. BARBARA OAKLEY – FOCUSED VS DIFFUSED MODE MODEL

ATTENTION

Let’s use an allegory from Dr. Barbara Oakley to explain Focused Vs Diffused Attention.

Reinforced thoughts are solid patterns. New thoughts are new weak patterns

Diffused mode allows for wider range of patterns to be formed.

FOCUSED ATTENTION

When people attend a presentation, ideally you would want to have them go into FOCUSED mode of atenttion

FOCUSED ATTENTION

What have you noticed so far in the design of my presentation?

MEMORY, SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS

INTRODUCTION

How come we sort of automatically learn the new lyrics without much focused attention and still when studying hard for an exam you get “stuck”!?

TIME TO MEET… THE LYMBIC SYSTEM!

THE LYMBIC SYSTEM AND SENSATIONS

What colours did you see?

How is this information important in the design of a presentation?

Stimulating the senses

Creating

MEMORIES

PRE-WORK

THE VISUALISATION PROCESS

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Thanks! Any questions? Daniel.Agudelo@Shangri-La.com

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