Showing posts with label mindmap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mindmap. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Presenting a Recommendation of a Strategy using Powerpoint

Presenting a Recommendation of a Strategy using Powerpoint would be more effective when you are opening the overall structure in the beginning of your presentation. It is most likely substitute the content page.

The message of its own idea as explained by some communication concepts can be directly received by audience brain when we use color, symbol, connected line, etc. This is how Mind Map works and for most any cases will fit for your presentation, especially in presenting recommendation of a strategy.

Let us adapt the outline of presentation template taken from wizard of Open Office product. When we use only a flat paragraph from this template, then can be guessed that the audience getting bored. If we translate the original outline into Mind Map format, roughly we will have below picture.


Hence, our presentation will be easier to be explained and it’s quite effective for any presentation type. You don’t have to use Mind Map products like Mind Manager to build such diagram. With PowerPoint objects, we can construct easily – with some efforts of course.



Saturday, October 18, 2008

Make your own mindmap for your PowerPoint

Mindmap is famous method to visualize any idea to other people. The way it shows the messages is like how your mind works. It makes presenting everything become easier. You don’t have to install Mindmap software on your computer. Microsoft PowerPoint objects available to represent your idea. The important thing is how you able to list your main messages into highlighted items.

A simple Mindmap can be built up using Text Box or Callouts object combined with some Lines. Extend the branch of your idea as you can extend it. However, keep it simple and combine it with touch of your art sense. Some representative pictures might be helpful to be inserted within the objects as long as they are relevant.

Try it often using other PowerPoint objects to find most suitable Mindmap form for your presentation needs. Goodluck!