Principles ofEffective Presentations

(In Ten Minutes or Less)

Oscar RettererDirector, Instructional & Emerging Technologies

Franklin & Marshall

10 Minutes ...

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1Plan

‘‘By failing to prepare, you are preparing to

fail.

Benjamin Franklin

What’s the StoryWhat are the goals of the presentation? Who’s the audience? How much time do you have?

Use paper and pencil first.Adopt a structure.Create a rough storyboard.

(Overly) Simple Plan❶ Tell them what you’re going to say

❷ Say it

❸ Tell them what you said

To PowerPointor Not to PowerPoint?

2Produce

‘‘Simplicity is theultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

Basic Design Guidelines❶ Font Size and Style (30 point or greater)

❷ Lines per slide (6-8 lines per slide)

❸ White space is your friend.

❹ Appropriate use of color and graphics

❺ Use animations and transitions to help clarify an idea - not just because you can.

Keep it simple.

Ask Google

“effective presentation tips”

“effective presentations”

“effective powerpoint presentations”

“worst powerpoint presentation ever”

Simple Design Rules*❶ One point per slide

❷ Very Few Fonts

❸ Few matching colors

❹ Photos, not clipart.

Death By PowerPoint and How to Avoid ItAlexei Kapterev

* Pun intended

Source: http://blogs.fd.nl/frontrunner/2007/04/de_powerpointpr.html

Chilean Exports• Fresh fruit leads Chile's export mix - Chile emerges as major supplier of fresh fruit to world

market due to ample natural resources, consumer demand for fresh fruit during winter season in U.S. and Europe, and incentives in agricultural policies of Chilean government, encouraging trend toward diversification of exports and development of nontraditional crops - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Report

• Chile is among the developing economies taking advantage of these trends, pursuing a free market economy. This has allowed for diversification through the expansion of fruit production for export, especially to the U.S. and Western Europe. Chile has successfully diversified its agricultural sector to the extent that it is now a major fruit exporting nation. Many countries view Chile's diversification of agriculture as a model to be followed.

• Meanwhile, the U.S. remains the largest single market for Chile's fruit exports. However, increasing demand from the EC and Central and East European countries combined may eventually surpass exports to the U.S., spurring further growth in Chile's exports.

• If you’ve read this far, your eyes probably hurt and you’ve been reading this tedious long-winded text instead of listening to me. I’m insulted- can’t you see I’m doing a presentation up here? Look at me! Congratulations, however, on having such good eyesight.

From Quite Possibly The World's Worst PowerPoint Presentation EverSource: http://elmhurst.edu/~jacobh/WorstPresentationEverStandAlone.ppt

Edward TufteThe Visual Display of Quantitative InformationSource: http://tinyurl.com/chartjunk

Produce What?

Slides • Notes • Handouts

Presentation Zen - Garr Reynolds

Slideuments =slide + document

Garr Reynolds

❶ Keep your slides simple and employ good design techniques

❷ Don’t overload your slides with too much information.

❸ Use speaker notes and handouts to reinforce your slides.

❹ Avoid slideuments and chart junk.

T!PS

3Practice

‘‘I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be

good, you have to practice, practice, practice.

Ray Bradbury

T!PS❶ Practice

❷ Practice

❸ Practice

4Present

‘‘Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

T!PS❶ Speak loudly and clearly.

❷ Make eye contact.

❸ Speak to the audience; don’t read from your slides.

❹ Have a back-up plan.

❺ Have fun!

SharingSlideShare

YouTube

Google Docs

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