i have an anecdote that you might find interesting..
many moons ago when i was an undergrad, there was this one class that i hated. i got practically nothing out of it. and the reason was that the professor had prepared all the course material in powerpoint. every damn proof, every single block of code.. everything. he would come in and read the deck, line by line in the class. i can trace my hatred of powerpoint to that single class. i remember thinking "i can read damnit. if you're going to read the powerpoint back to me, why don't you email that to me and i can read it on my own. i am not a toddler that needs to be read to by an adult".
prepare ahead of time - by all means. plan the coursework, the lecture. but whatever you do, don't read your prepared material to the class.
incidentally, i was also taking a class on public speaking at the same time. and near the end of the semester we each had to give a speech as our final "project". and one gent stood out - Sean (don't remember his last name) - he put up one poster and gave a 20 minute speech that i remember to this day after some 20 years or so. he didn't "read down" to us with a wall of prepared material.
since then i have sat through countless presentations/meetings. i can recall any presentation as vividly as i remember Seans'.
P.S.: Sean, if you find this, you convinced me that day that BMWs are the ultimate driving machines.
many moons ago when i was an undergrad, there was this one class that i hated. i got practically nothing out of it. and the reason was that the professor had prepared all the course material in powerpoint. every damn proof, every single block of code.. everything. he would come in and read the deck, line by line in the class. i can trace my hatred of powerpoint to that single class. i remember thinking "i can read damnit. if you're going to read the powerpoint back to me, why don't you email that to me and i can read it on my own. i am not a toddler that needs to be read to by an adult".
prepare ahead of time - by all means. plan the coursework, the lecture. but whatever you do, don't read your prepared material to the class.
incidentally, i was also taking a class on public speaking at the same time. and near the end of the semester we each had to give a speech as our final "project". and one gent stood out - Sean (don't remember his last name) - he put up one poster and gave a 20 minute speech that i remember to this day after some 20 years or so. he didn't "read down" to us with a wall of prepared material.
since then i have sat through countless presentations/meetings. i can recall any presentation as vividly as i remember Seans'.
P.S.: Sean, if you find this, you convinced me that day that BMWs are the ultimate driving machines.