Comments on: The Adventures of Invisible Elephant http://www.sabrinadent.com/2009/03/05/the-adventures-of-invisible-elephant/ Web Design * Development * Marketing Ireland Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » I’m (not) everywoman http://www.sabrinadent.com/2009/03/05/the-adventures-of-invisible-elephant/#comment-1541 WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » I’m (not) everywoman Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:05:46 +0000 http://www.sabrinadent.com/?p=1061#comment-1541 [...] expert what is Maryrose Lyons. And to the best, and probably most fun, web designer that is Sabrina Dent. To women who actually get thing done, like Laura Czajkowski and Alexia [...]

[...] expert what is Maryrose Lyons. And to the best, and probably most fun, web designer that is Sabrina Dent. To women who actually get thing done, like Laura Czajkowski and Alexia [...]

]]> By: PaulSweeney http://www.sabrinadent.com/2009/03/05/the-adventures-of-invisible-elephant/#comment-1540 PaulSweeney Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:05:15 +0000 http://www.sabrinadent.com/?p=1061#comment-1540 Just to say that Sabrina did so much more work than anyone could reasonably expect. She makes me look good, what can I say. Just to say that Sabrina did so much more work than anyone could reasonably expect. She makes me look good, what can I say.

]]> By: Rowan Manahan http://www.sabrinadent.com/2009/03/05/the-adventures-of-invisible-elephant/#comment-1539 Rowan Manahan Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:10:53 +0000 http://www.sabrinadent.com/?p=1061#comment-1539 Great thoughts Sabrina and a really sharp presentation. I downloaded the PDF and the look-and-feel is carried through just perfectly there too. I'm not sure I agree with your point about the presentation having to make sense on its own though. Supported as this one is with the script in PDF form, you could have made the PPT even less wordy. My thinking is that we know the visual channel and the aural channel work very well together for an audience, and that comprehension and retention drop sharply as soon as the audience have to read anything. Therefore the presentation needs to be built around that certainty. Let the presentation be the presentation and the handout be the handout and rarely should the twain meet. One approach I have found useful for SlideShare is to use drop-in text boxes to provide the narration and linkage points. The presentation I deliver looks largely the same as the one on SlideShare, but those boxes make sense of some of the more cryptic imagery in the narrative to people who come to SlideShare afterwards. Great thoughts Sabrina and a really sharp presentation. I downloaded the PDF and the look-and-feel is carried through just perfectly there too.

I’m not sure I agree with your point about the presentation having to make sense on its own though. Supported as this one is with the script in PDF form, you could have made the PPT even less wordy.

My thinking is that we know the visual channel and the aural channel work very well together for an audience, and that comprehension and retention drop sharply as soon as the audience have to read anything. Therefore the presentation needs to be built around that certainty. Let the presentation be the presentation and the handout be the handout and rarely should the twain meet.

One approach I have found useful for SlideShare is to use drop-in text boxes to provide the narration and linkage points. The presentation I deliver looks largely the same as the one on SlideShare, but those boxes make sense of some of the more cryptic imagery in the narrative to people who come to SlideShare afterwards.

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