Gap filling: Chap 12

6-x-6 rule: Specifies six bullets per screen and six words per bullet maximum on a PowerPoint slide.

Blueprint slide: A slide that provides an overview of major points and later provides transitions as the speaker moves from point to point.

Chartjunk: Crowded or otherwise poorly prepared multimedia slides and other unclear graphics. 

Extemporaneous: Speaking freely without reading from notes or a manuscript after preparing and rehearsing.

Fight-flight-freeze-response: Involuntary reactions of the human body to frightening situations.

Glossophobia: The fear of public speaking.

Impromptu: Speaking that’s improvised, unrehearsed, and spontaneous.

Performance anxiety: Stage fright, the fear of performing before an audience. 

Pictorial superiority: A scientific concept suggesting that information conveyed in images is more memorable than text alone.

PowerPoint Phluff: A term coined by Edward R. Tufte describing poor, misused PowerPoint presentations.

Rapport: A feeling of mutual trust and respect; a bond established between the speaker and audience.

Software as a service (SaaS): A cloud-based software licensing model allowing users to access software online on demand.

Stage fright: Nervousness before or during a presentation/appearance before an audience.

Take-away: A specific audience benefit or thought-provoking idea resulting from a presentation; the main message of a talk.

Visual clichés: Overused templates and clip art that come preinstalled with PowerPoint, Canva, and Prezi and can weary viewers who have seen them repeatedly in presentations.