[fvc-wat-disc] Sept 8: KPL presentation

[Paul Nijjar]

I agree that fancy screens can be a distraction. In this case I think
that having some effective graphs can be a real help for regular
people struggling to understand electoral reform. When giving my talk
last year I found that graphing results of actual elections really
helped people visualize how FPTP works (and doesn't work). 

In these presentations people generally are not trying to take notes,
so the context is a little different than in high school or university
courses. 

If you are going to take on one of the library presentations I would
encourage you to look at Byron's presentation here (
http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/resources/presentation-make-every-vote-count/
) and see what is useful out of it. There is a LOT of information in
the presentation but there is some really good stuff in it as well.

- Paul 


On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 05:59:45AM -0700, Donald Fraser wrote:
> OK everyone ... my input is this
> 
> an old adage from high school teaching days ... KISS ... "KEEP IT SIMPLE,
> STUPID"
> 
> from my student and teaching days at UofW engineering ... overheads and
> fancy screens charm the presenter more than the audience ... how often as a
> student I just gave up trying to follow the prof's lecture as he flipped
> from one fancy overhead to the other ... I could never write anything down
> in time ... or go back to relate the present point to a previous one
> 
> much better is to use a blackboard or create the overhead AS YOU SPEAK so
> that the audience can follow the logic.
> 
> one more thing ... AVOID JARGON.
>