My topic chosen is Health and fitness, this is something I am passionate about and have had lots of exposure with through out my life. As a very active child enrolled in gymnastics, dance and sports this was truly the easiest part of the project.
What to focus on was a little more challenging. I didn't what aspect of health and fitness to use, I decided to just go with an overall observation and hit home to a problem area in our country.
Once I sat down and drew up ideas and concepts, my posted papers became a huge clutter around my kitchen table. I started using the tips and tools to grab a hold of inner thoughts and ideas. Presentation zen both text and website has instilled many great ideas and processes to get the main focus down and most importantly simplified as much as possible.
Once my ideas came to light I did use the internet for some information on nutrient guides and statistics for my power point.. Since there is a host of information on this topic I was overwhelmed with what material to use and what to take out. Lots of time was spent in the gathering stage.
Once I had an organized my rough draft, I then decided what visuals would be good for each of my points. Seeing that the Pechu Cuha was being utilized it was a perfect guide on timing and being precise.
The pictures I used were some of my own, some from friends and others from istock photo all had to be aligned according to my screen size and details deciding on what images to use also took a great deal of thought and process.
It was much more time consuming than I realized. Once I got all my slides together I then rearranged as some fit better in other area of the power point. When I read my presentation according to the timed secession I then had to adjust my information and omit tons of extras out. Realizing the meaning behind the saying simplify, simplify simplify ,boy oh boy did I have a lot to adjust and edit out.
After proofreading and getting the main ideas set and flowing in sync with the presentation, I was ready for the big test. Timing. This was challenging in itself as I had to figure out how to set the frames according to a specific time, and then align each topic accordingly.
Finally after completing my power point in the allotted time, I then did it for real with a live recording but getting the images to show up clearly while taping was another challenge. I hope the submitted version on line is a much better show. But after several practices I accomplished the 20/20 rule and nailed the 6 minutes time frame I am hoping tomorrow brings the same success.
My only down fall I have a horrible memory and have to recall my information from index cards from time to time. Hopefully this can be used much less as time goes on. practice makes perfect so off I go to another secession .
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