Takahashi Method |
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| Written by Maureen Jane Tan | |
| Tuesday, 11 October 2005 | |
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In school, students are taught on how to make good presentations. The key in making one is to have images and short text on your slides. Moreover, the number of words and the font style and size matter in making effective presentations. Now, the art of making presentations is evolving, new ways of presentations are being developed. There are those who make movies for their presentations, while other uses the traditional PowerPoint in making slides. Allow me to introduce a new method of presentation called Takahashi method, named after Masayoshi Takahashi the creator of this method. Takahashi method can be described as using only big text on your slides. The objective is to use short words rather than long and complicated phrases. This method was first used four years ago. Takahashi gave a 5-minute presentation at a conference. In such a short time, he wanted to make his presentation clear and powerful. He did not have PowerPoint at that time; neither did he have photos nor drawing programs. Thus, he was stuck with text and to be differently effective, he pondered on how to use the best word for each slide as he took the audience through his presentation. The words he came up with resemble news headlines rather than sentences. Even though his slides are purely text, they are classified as visual in a sense that they are easily understood and support his talk. As oppose to having bullets and sentences in your slides, the audience tends to read them instead of listening to what you are saying. This kind of presentation is best for people who are not good at making presentations. It may also be good to people who are nervous with giving presentations. It gives the presenter more time to get organized during planning and keeps the presenter on track while he is presenting. To the audience, it gives clear visual support and helps make the content easier to remember. To see a sample of Takahashi method, click here. |
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