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Kitty WooleyCAC.OPHONY is a weblog on communication-intensive instruction at the college level and its implications for students about to face the challenges of writing and speaking publicly in professional settings. Baruch College, CUNY
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Sarah ThorneycroftConversations in communication and curriculum at university level.
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Clay BurellAnthony's comments about lending narrative structure and "juice" to Powerpoints is just what my students need to hear. I've been coaching them on their oral presentation skills, and trying to get them not just to transmit information, but to find the "wo
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The problem with bullet points and slide headings, says Atkinson, is that they typically do nothing more than establish dry, lifeless categories of information. What is usually missing is a story, something “juicy, coherent and full of life.” Hence, “some of the world’s largest organizations have adopted the word ’story’ as their new mantra for corporate communictions.”
Atkinson cites Aristotle in his definition of ”story”: it should include “action, a plot, central characters,” and even “visual effects.” He adds that classical notions of rhetorical persuasion should also play a part in the formulation of presentations. PowerPoint slides should thus articulate a story, an old-fashioned narrative incorporating ancient ideas of how to be persuasive.
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