This reminded me powerfully why I prefer flipcharts to projected presentations:
- They are more intimate
- They don't distract me or participants from each other
- They put me on the same level as participants - not some slick professional presenter (though of course I am...)
- My messy use of them makes it easier for participants when I ask them to prepare flips to summarise their discussions: I model that it doesn't matter about neat handwriting, writing in straight lines etc
- I only use them when I need to, whereas it is all to easy to use ppt or Keynote as a crutch/prompt, resulting in endless slides...
Must stay low-tech more often!
With you here!
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the fact that participants see the final product being organically and gradually created. It allows them to buy in to concepts more readily.
And, of course, it's a lot harder to mis-use a flipchart to create Death by Powerpoint!
The only downside is the quality of my hand-writing! :)
S