Comments on: The lost art of notes

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Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:05:26 +0000

[...] of paper – opt for index cards instead. Olivia Mitchell offers some great tips about the lost art of notes at her [...]

By: Olivia Mitchell

Olivia Mitchell — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:54:47 +0000

Hi Chris
That sounds like an excellent system. Thank you for your comments on my blog!
Olivia

By: Chris Sollars

Chris Sollars — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:10:01 +0000

Olivia,
I use a presentation book for my notes. The kind with the clear pockets welded in and a decent cover so that it lies flat. I type my notes (not a script) into a word document and paste a small image of the slide in the appropriate place. This way I can always see what is coming up next. Don’t use a seperate page for each slide and notes, just let it flow, often with several slides/notes on one page, depending on how much you have to say between each slide.

Great blog by the way.

Chris.

By: Olivia Mitchell

Olivia Mitchell — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:28:06 +0000

Hi Jing
The answer is to train yourself to turn the pages. Practice at home. Everytime you realise you’ve forgotten to turn the page, stop and turn it over. Do this a number of times and you will have trained yourself to remember to turn them over.

An alternative is to have all of your notes on one page. But this normally means that the page has to be larger (at least A4) which makes it a bit more awkward to hold.

Olivia

By: Jing Wang

Jing Wang — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:04:52 +0000

Hi Olivia,
i think presetation with notes is a good idea. I like the idea “Punch a hole in the top left-hand corner of your notes and use a key ring to hold them together.”

I rather prefer to rehearse the topic at home until I get familiar with it. With the notes I can easiliy forget to turn the pages. Do you know how to get over that?

Cheears

Jing

By: Waffling: How to stop

Waffling: How to stop — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:33:38 +0000

[...] is the greater evil? Looking at your notes or waffling? If you want to stop waffling, get used to the idea of looking at your notes. That’s [...]

By: Olivia Mitchell

Olivia Mitchell — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:33:30 +0000

Hi Mike

I’m suggesting that PowerPoint can be an equal partner – certainly not a dominant partner. I agree with you that many people hide behind PowerPoint to deflect audience attention.

Olivia

By: Mike Consol

Mike Consol — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:21:04 +0000

Olivia:

I preach just the opposite. Too many people play a subordinate role to the PowerPoint slides, which is a mistake. This is often done because people fear public speaking, so they hide behind their PowerPoint slides, even turning their back to the audience and reading the slides along with the audience.

I just wrote a blog post about this. You might find it interesting.

http://www.mikeconsol.com/index.php/blog/comments/2-reasons-why-presenters-always-default-to-powerpoint/

Cheers.

By: Professionally Speaking...

Professionally Speaking... — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:22:07 +0000

PRESENTATION TIP: USE NOTES…

When I teach presentation skills classes, I frequently get asked the question, “Should I use notes in my presentation?” [Said in a tone of voice that assumes the correct answer is no]. For some misguided reason, people seem to think……

By: jason

jason — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:18:11 +0000

thanks for your reply?i just started to learn public speaking for a short time?and my friends recommended me your blog.i
think your opinion is very useful for my growth in public presentation.