Quickly, what comes to your mind first when I yell the word "Storyboarding"?
Animation movies? Motion picture? Illustrators?
Did it ever occur that it could be used in a presentation, perhaps?
That's right. Traditionally all we have heard of storyboarding is in the world of interactive graphics and motion pictures like animation movies. Last week when I went to a "presentation skills" course I was really taken aback when I was told that "storyboarding" is in fact one of the neatest tricks to use while building your presentation. WITHOUT A COMPUTER!
How cool can it get?
I often find it distracting to use the computer (I mean Internet more, when I say computer) to build my presentations. In fact, that should be the second last step in your presentation preparing process (the last step being practice delivering!).
Why you ask?
Because..Powerpoint or Google Docs or whatever the heck you use is not designed for you to quickly organize your thoughts.
Because..It is more human to take a wad of stick notes, scribble one thought on each sticky note and move them around in your workspace.
Because..you can pull down a sticky note and then tack another which feels more appropriate. Imagine the amount of time it takes to move around slides, think about fonts, draw and arrange shapes...These are distractions. You should be focussing on content and building a story at this time not worry about beautifying things.
It is time to take that sticky pad gathering dust on it and put it to use :-)
Build your narrative and tell your story to the world.
Recommended watch: The Pixar Story. I watched this documentary on Netflix and it was fascinating to see how animators build their stories.
Animation movies? Motion picture? Illustrators?
Did it ever occur that it could be used in a presentation, perhaps?
That's right. Traditionally all we have heard of storyboarding is in the world of interactive graphics and motion pictures like animation movies. Last week when I went to a "presentation skills" course I was really taken aback when I was told that "storyboarding" is in fact one of the neatest tricks to use while building your presentation. WITHOUT A COMPUTER!
How cool can it get?
I often find it distracting to use the computer (I mean Internet more, when I say computer) to build my presentations. In fact, that should be the second last step in your presentation preparing process (the last step being practice delivering!).
Why you ask?
Because..Powerpoint or Google Docs or whatever the heck you use is not designed for you to quickly organize your thoughts.
Because..It is more human to take a wad of stick notes, scribble one thought on each sticky note and move them around in your workspace.
Because..you can pull down a sticky note and then tack another which feels more appropriate. Imagine the amount of time it takes to move around slides, think about fonts, draw and arrange shapes...These are distractions. You should be focussing on content and building a story at this time not worry about beautifying things.
It is time to take that sticky pad gathering dust on it and put it to use :-)
Build your narrative and tell your story to the world.
Recommended watch: The Pixar Story. I watched this documentary on Netflix and it was fascinating to see how animators build their stories.
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