Markel Chapter 21 seems shoehorned in compared to the rest of the book. A very short chapter (clocking in at around 15 pages minus the graphics), the writer goes into brief detail on creating a presentation. It's funny that he acknowledges how reliant people have become on PowerPoint to give presentations and then spends most of the chapter dealing with graphics and PowerPoint slides. In hindsight I wish I would have paid more attention to the Calming Your Nerves section of the chapter because I was so nervous going into the presentation (which is odd because I usually enjoy presenting). The chapter also would have benefited from having a list or section that outlined what should be in a presentation.
For instance, when I've done technical presentations on a piece of equipment I followed a typical outline like this:
- Intro/Discussion of Problem
- Technical Background
- Similar Devices/Solutions (If applicable)
- Research/Evaluation Methods
- Conclusions/Comparisons to Similar Devices/Solutions
- Recommendations
- Summary
This chapter would have greatly benefited from something like that (especially considering that he has a whole section on making designs in PowerPoint). On an unrelated note that slide with Darth Vader is pretty funny.
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