Educator's Edition of "Rethinking Powerpoint" DVD Released

Atlanta, GA, June 30, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Teaching presentation skills in the classroom is now easier.

A special Educator's Edition of "Rethinking Powerpoint: Designing & Delivering Presentations That Engage The Mind" has been released by Method Content LLC on DVD. The DVD includes the 90 minute film, a "Classroom cut" that is 45 minutes long, a lesson plan, and the Kindle and PDF versions of the companion book.

"Students from second grade on up are using Powerpoint in their classes," states Ron Galloway, director of the film, "and the purpose of the film is to ground students in the most effective presentation design and delivery methods."

PowerPoint is one of the most popular programs in the world, and as such, has a profound but understated role in information transfer. For example, at academic conferences PowerPoint slides are routinely handed out instead of full academic papers. If PowerPoint slides are designed inefficiently, then the information on those slides is transferred inefficiently.

The point of the project is to identify the optimal method of slide design, as well as the best way to present the information in public.

The Educator's Edition teaches:

How to understand who your audience is and what they already know
Planning your presentation away from the computer
Creating slides that engage your audience and make your presentation stick
The value of simplicity
The appropriate use of charts and graphs
The value of storytelling
How to utilize the "space between the slides"
How to best design slides to present scientific or legal data
How to get up in front of people and present in a conversational manner
How not to be nervous, and how to make your audiences relax and learn

The film is available at www.rethinkingpowerpoint.com

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