How do i set up a job interview slide show presentation?
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From: "Canadian Tiger" <Canadian on 31 Jul 2005 18:46 I need to create a 30 minute presentation documenting and providing evidence of my proficiency, knowledge and skillswith respect to planning, leadership, time management,problem solving, conflict resolution, organizational and communication skills
From: Bill Dilworth on 31 Jul 2005 19:31 Congratulations on landing the interview. Could you communicate a bit more information? Do you have the PowerPoint program installed on your computer? Which version? Have you done anything else with it? Have you started to plan it? What does your rough-out look like? Do you have an outline? What timeframe do you need this in? Essentially, use the skills you are trying to demonstrate, to envision, plan, and build the presentation. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org PowerPoint '05 | Sep 25-28 | San Diego CA http://www.pptlive.com -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ yahoo2@ Please read the PowerPoint yahoo. FAQ pages. They answer most com of our questions. www.pptfaq.com .. .. "Canadian Tiger" <Canadian Tiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BECBDF7F-3730-4A54-84C9-620D264FD0D9(a)microsoft.com... >I need to create a 30 minute presentation documenting and providing >evidence > of my proficiency, knowledge and skillswith respect to planning, > leadership, > time management,problem solving, conflict resolution, organizational and > communication skills
From: Canadian Tiger on 31 Jul 2005 19:55 Thanks Bill, The power point i have is off Microsoft Office xp Professional. I am not very learned on computers, self taught mainly. I need to have this ready by the 8th August 2005. I have a list of skills, and rough idea of the knowledge i have gained over the years. I have found out how to set up slides, that is it so far. I basically need to know how to set it all up and make it work. also i need to find out how to dowloa dthis to a CD to take to the interview with me. "Bill Dilworth" wrote: > Congratulations on landing the interview. > > Could you communicate a bit more information? Do you have the PowerPoint > program installed on your computer? Which version? Have you done anything > else with it? > > Have you started to plan it? What does your rough-out look like? Do you > have an outline? What timeframe do you need this in? > > Essentially, use the skills you are trying to demonstrate, to envision, > plan, and build the presentation. > > > -- > Bill Dilworth > A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team > Users helping fellow users. > http://billdilworth.mvps.org > > PowerPoint '05 | Sep 25-28 | San Diego CA http://www.pptlive.com > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > yahoo2@ Please read the PowerPoint > yahoo. FAQ pages. They answer most > com of our questions. > www.pptfaq.com > .. > .. > "Canadian Tiger" <Canadian Tiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:BECBDF7F-3730-4A54-84C9-620D264FD0D9(a)microsoft.com... > >I need to create a 30 minute presentation documenting and providing > >evidence > > of my proficiency, knowledge and skillswith respect to planning, > > leadership, > > time management,problem solving, conflict resolution, organizational and > > communication skills > > >
From: Bill Dilworth on 1 Aug 2005 00:44
What you are proposing, in the timeframe you are limited to, presents a very difficult task. You will need to learn some new skills about the technical aspects of putting together a quality presentation. Some of these are simple, some are not. A good place to begin would be a book store. Look for a book written by a fellow PowerPoint MVP named Kathy Jacobs called 'On PowerPoint'. I recommend it as a great book (for levels beginner all the way to moderately advanced), but also look over some of the other books you will find. Pick one that makes sense when you read it, buy it, and study it. Since you only have a week to this projects completion, you better plan on devoting a whole lot of time early on to this study. You do not have to become an expert in that week, but you will need to know many of the skills quickly. You also have to work on your overall plans for the presentation. Is the PowerPoint meant to be the total presentation, or will you be speaking as well? If you will be speaking, which is most likely, then decide how much of a role the PowerPoint should play in the presentation. In most similar cases PowerPoint is used as support for the speaker, to help better envision the concepts and content of their talk. NEVER use PowerPoint as a script or crutch for your speaking -- this is the surest way to make a bad presentation. So now you will need to decide what you want to talk about. In this case the subject is pretty clear, they want to know about how well you would be able to do the job. Can you? Prove it. Not to me, to them. Think, if you were in the audience and making decisions for this company, what is it that would make you want to hire yourself? Personality, confidence, knowledge of the material, knowledge of the company, may weigh as heavily as demonstrated history of task completion. They also are asking for documentation of past successes, so there is a whole area you will have to flesh out. Time to Show-n-Tell them the planning involved in at least one of your projects, concept thru completion with the appropriate level of detail.. Animations and gimmicks are often used by bad presenters because they think they will 'liven up' an otherwise bad presentation. They do not. Animations should be used when they will add something to the total presentation, other than just another animation. I recently saw a good example of animations in a presentation explaining the flow of coolant in a refrigeration system. The animated flow added to the understanding of the system. However, a simple flow diagram may help them to visualize it better than overly detailed blueprints. Images and graphics can sometimes explain more than words, so, as an example, a picture of children eating a hot lunch, while you describe the processes you undertook to improve the nutritional value and cost effectiveness of the local community lunch program, may carry much more power than simple words. Inquire what version of PowerPoint will be supplied at the interview or if you can bring your own laptop. Write your presentation based on what will be available then, not what you can do at home. Lastly, leave yourself enough time to rehearse. There is no worse presentation than one that surprises the presenter. Know your topic, know your presentation. This enables you to speak with confidence. Practice the presentation out loud in front of some stuffed animals, practice looking into their eyes, not your notes. Practice some more using family or a co-worker or two. Ask them afterward what worked and what didn't. Practice out loud some more, in the shower, in the car. Work on projecting your voice clearly without yelling or mumbling, work on knowing what slide is next, without having to see it. As you can see by the rough stuff I've suggested, you have a lot to do and not much time. Do the job you are applying for, but use the skills to plan, prepare, and execute your own hiring. By the way, when you get the job, do I get a cut? :) -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org PowerPoint '05 | Sep 25-28 | San Diego CA http://www.pptlive.com -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ yahoo2@ Please read the PowerPoint yahoo. FAQ pages. They answer most com of our questions. www.pptfaq.com .. .. "Canadian Tiger" <CanadianTiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4DA41127-AAE8-4BBB-BE99-B0C0C0B64C57(a)microsoft.com... > Thanks Bill, > The power point i have is off Microsoft Office xp Professional. > I am not very learned on computers, self taught mainly. > I need to have this ready by the 8th August 2005. > I have a list of skills, and rough idea of the knowledge i have gained > over > the > years. I have found out how to set up slides, that is it so far. > I basically need to know how to set it all up and make it work. > also i need to find out how to dowloa dthis to a CD to take to the > interview > with me. > > "Bill Dilworth" wrote: > >> Congratulations on landing the interview. >> >> Could you communicate a bit more information? Do you have the PowerPoint >> program installed on your computer? Which version? Have you done >> anything >> else with it? >> >> Have you started to plan it? What does your rough-out look like? Do you >> have an outline? What timeframe do you need this in? >> >> Essentially, use the skills you are trying to demonstrate, to envision, >> plan, and build the presentation. >> >> >> -- >> Bill Dilworth >> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team >> Users helping fellow users. >> http://billdilworth.mvps.org >> >> PowerPoint '05 | Sep 25-28 | San Diego CA http://www.pptlive.com >> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ >> yahoo2@ Please read the PowerPoint >> yahoo. FAQ pages. They answer most >> com of our questions. >> www.pptfaq.com >> .. >> .. >> "Canadian Tiger" <Canadian Tiger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:BECBDF7F-3730-4A54-84C9-620D264FD0D9(a)microsoft.com... >> >I need to create a 30 minute presentation documenting and providing >> >evidence >> > of my proficiency, knowledge and skillswith respect to planning, >> > leadership, >> > time management,problem solving, conflict resolution, organizational >> > and >> > communication skills >> >> >> |