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		<title>What’s the Point of PowerPoint?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies and gentlemen, PowerPoint is being used every day, everywhere, by a lot of people, in different ways.
But all presentations can be split up in 2 major use cases; I will present you the two options, and then feel free to use whichever you like better.
(1) A visual aid to improve you presentations
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(2) A way [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ladies and gentlemen, PowerPoint is being used every day, everywhere, by a lot of people, in different ways.</p>
<p>But all presentations can be split up in 2 major use cases; I will present you the two options, and then feel free to use whichever you like better.<span id="more-1446"></span></p>
<p><strong>(1) A visual aid to improve you presentations</strong></p>
<p>or</p>
<p><strong>(2) A way to torture your audience</strong></p>
<p>I’m sure you’ve seen both. I don’t know what the audience did wrong, but some presenters do torture their audience with incredibly long and boring presentations.  And they are so bad, so incredibly bad, that there was term invented for them:  death by PowerPoint.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="http://de.toonpool.com/user/3447/files/death_by_powerpoint_presentation_408925.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="272" />So here is the recipe if you want to torture your audience with PowerPoint:</p>
<p>- Long Boring Slides<br />
- Bad<br />
- Content-free</p>
<p>Moreover, put a lot of text on the slides, in small fonts and read from your presentation loud.</p>
<p>Why is this wrong?</p>
<p>It’s wrong because each and every one of us can read by ourselves. Actually I can read much faster and understand than one can read loudly&#8230;  so it’s useless to read from your slides.</p>
<p>Slides are NOT for YOU AS A PRESENTER, to read from them, to make your life easier and have less to explain and present &#8230;NO NO NO …</p>
<p>They are to help your audience remember your message and your presentation. And if they get bored, they might remember YOU and that YOU had a horrible PPT, and that’s all. No message delivered.</p>
<p>How to do it better?</p>
<p>You need to <strong>organize </strong>your oral presentation&#8230;</p>
<p>-Introduction<br />
-3-4 arguments<br />
-Conclusion</p>
<p>And you need to <strong>rehears </strong>your oral presentation.</p>
<p>And you can use the PowerPoint slides as a visual aid to deliver your message. PowerPoint can be a very powerful tool that can add impact and variety, but it is no substitute for being a good communicator.</p>
<p>Remember, <strong>less is better</strong>. You need to have 1 idea/ slide and use some key words and meaningful pictures. It’s not in vain that they say that <strong>a picture is worth 1000 words</strong>. Besides, humans are visual beings, we remember mostly from what we see and less from what we hear. And for the rest, you do the talking.  (If you need to send the PPT to someone who does not attend your presentation, write notes to the slide, or even feel free to write an additional document. But don’t put all the info on the slides.)</p>
<p>I will not present you a guideline how to make a presentation; if you think about it, you know a lot of things, and you can always and get helpful tips and information.</p>
<p>What I want from you is that you to ask yourself, before making a presentation, what do you want your presentation to be? <strong>Do you want to torture your audience or not?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Do you want your presentation to be part of the 95%  that suck?   Or do you want it to be part of the 5% that actually use the slides as genuine visual aids?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ladies and gentlemen, the choice is yours!! What will you choose?</strong></p>
<p>*<a href="http://de.toonpool.com/cartoons/Death%20by%20Powerpoint%20presentation_40892#" target="_blank">Sursa Imagine</a></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Discurs susținut în cadrul unei întalniri Timișoara Toastmasters de către<br />
<strong>Andreea Cosma<br />
</strong></p>
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		<title>Primul maraton de discursuri Timisoara Toastmasters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>raluca.moisi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bogdan Vaida]]></category>
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Ne bucuram sa anuntam ca Timisoara Toastmasters, primul club de oratorie si leadership din Romania, si-a mai atins un obiectiv important pentru 2010 prin organizarea primului maraton public de discursuri.
Sub entuziasmul si magia cifrei 7, in 7 iulie, 7 membri ai clubului au sustinut discursuri din cele mai variate, care au inspirat, impresionat si starnit [...]]]></description>
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<p>Ne bucuram sa anuntam ca Timisoara Toastmasters, primul club de oratorie si leadership din Romania, si-a mai atins un obiectiv important pentru 2010 prin organizarea primului maraton public de discursuri.</p>
<p>Sub entuziasmul si magia cifrei 7, in 7 iulie, 7 membri ai clubului au sustinut discursuri din cele mai variate, care au inspirat, impresionat si starnit aplauze.</p>
<p>Intr-o locatie centrala, 700Coffee&amp;Lounge, emotiile si nerabdarea publicului adunat in numar ridicat s-au resimtit puternic si foarte diferit fata de cele traite de fiecare dintre noi in sala de sedinte cu care deja ne-am obisnuit, inconjurati de oamenii pe care ii vedem de aproape 2 ani, in fiecare saptamana.<span id="more-1352"></span></p>
<p>Seara evenimentului a fost una incarcata, nu doar de emotii, ci si de premii! Pe langa discursurile cu care i-au incantat Calin Iepure, Bogdan Vaida, Mihai Zilahi, Victor Tomescu, Silviu Vert, Andreea Ecobici, Andreea Cosma si Flori Zilahi, participantii au fost inclusi, pe baza unui cupon de inscriere, intr-un concurs care a adus in prim plan 7 vouchere reprezentand o reducere considerabila aplicata la taxa de aderare la Toastmasters. Sortii i-au ales, ei s-au bucurat, iar noi ii asteptam sa isi revendice castigul pe urmatorii: Ionut Deaconescu, Adina Roatis, Marius Craiu, Denise Gal, Adrian Spiac, Cristina Campean si Ghintare Survilaite.</p>
<p>Pentru ca publicul a fost foarte numeros si variat si pentru ca suntem obisnuiti cu discursurile impromtu, tot impromtu s-a anuntat si un nou val a cate 7 premii, de data aceasta inmanate dupa un criteriu mai deosebit: cea mai buna intrebare a fost rasplatita!</p>
<p>Ne bucuram ca am putut sa le reiteram atat invitatilor cat si membrilor clubului ca “atunci cand ajung in fata unui public, cei mai multi oameni incep sa tremure, vad totul in ceata, le bate inima cu putere sau li se usuca gura”, amintindu-le ca de aceea exista clubul Toastmasters, pentru a oferi tuturor un mediu activ de suport si invatare, in care fiecare isi poate exersa si imbunatati abilitatile de orator si lider.</p>
<p>Va invitam alaturi de Timisoara Toastmasters la cat mai multe evenimente si asteptam cu nerabdare sa ii aplaudam pe castigatorii premiilor, dupa primul primul discurs pregatit in cadrul clubului nostru!</p>
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		<title>Clubul Timişoara Toastmasters are o nouă echipă de ofiţeri</title>
		<link>http://www.toastmasters.ro/2010/01/31/clubul-timisoara-toastmasters-are-o-noua-echipa-de-ofiteri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silviu Vert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marţi, 26 ianuarie 2010, în cadrul întâlnirii săptămânale a clubului Timişoara Toastmasters au avut loc alegerile pentru mandatele de ofiţeri ai clubului pe durata acestui an. Rolul de ofiţer reprezintă un exerciţiu de leadership ce contribuie la formarea membrilor Toastmasters ca oameni cu iniţiativă şi viziune în comunitatea lor.
Echipa de ofiţeri are sarcina de a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Marţi, 26 ianuarie 2010, în cadrul întâlnirii săptămânale a clubului Timişoara Toastmasters au avut loc alegerile pentru mandatele de ofiţeri ai clubului pe durata acestui an. Rolul de ofiţer reprezintă un exerciţiu de leadership ce contribuie la formarea membrilor Toastmasters ca oameni cu iniţiativă şi viziune în comunitatea lor.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Echipa de ofiţeri are sarcina de a se ocupa de toate aspectele functionale ale clubului, printre acestea numărându-se asigurarea continuităţii în dezvoltarea abilităţilor de vorbire în public şi leadership, gestionarea membrilor activi, atragerea de noi membri, coordonarea imaginii publice a clubului, administrarea finanţelor şi a documentelor clubului, asigurarea condiţiilor optime de organizare a întâlnirilor săptămânale.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="more-822"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Alegerile s-au desfăşurat într-o atmosferă foarte prietenoasă, dar competitivă. Candidaţii au susţinut un discurs în cadrul căruia şi-au prezentat viziunea lor asupra activităţii clubului în perioada care urmează. În urma votului exprimat de membrii activi ai clubului, noii ocupanţi ai funcţiilor de ofiţeri sunt:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Călin Iepure</strong> – President<br />
<strong>Maria Tomescu</strong> – Vice President Education<br />
<strong>Monica Micoroi</strong> – Vice President Membership<br />
<strong>Silviu Vert</strong> – Vice President Public Relations<br />
<strong>Andreea Cosma</strong> – Secretary<br />
<strong>Marius Pepu</strong> – Treasurer<br />
<strong>Călin Pascu</strong> – Sergeant at Arms<br />
<strong>Silviu Trebuian</strong> – Immediate Past President</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">În cadrul primului său discurs în calitate de Preşedinte al clubului Timişoara Toastmasters, Călin Iepure a declarat:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em style="font-style: italic;">&#8220;Toastmasters dă putere oamenilor să-şi descopere întregul potenţial şi îi ajută pe aceştia să-şi realizeze visele. Prin intermediul cluburilor membre, oamenii din întreaga lume îşi pot îmbunătăţi abilităţile lor de comunicare şi de conducere şi totodată curajul de a se schimba.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em style="font-style: italic;">În calitate de preşedinte voi veghea la menţinerea mediului pozitiv şi prietenos în cadrul clubului, la respectarea standardelor impuse de Toastmasters International, precum şi la dezvoltarea sa din punct de vedere calitativ şi cantitativ. De asemenea voi fi direct interesat şi de evoluţia mişcării Toastmasters în România.&#8221;</em></p>
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