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How to Make Great Presentations

Guidance for Students’Final Project

DIAS AGATA, S.S., M.Pd.

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Tips to be Covered

Outlines

Slide Structure Fonts Colour  Background

Graphs Spelling and Grammar  Conclusions Questions

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Outline

Make your st or !nd slide an outline of your

presentation " #$% pre&ious slide

Follo' the order of your outline for the rest of

the presentation

Only place main points on the outline slide " #$% (se the titles of each slide as main points

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Slide Structure Good

(se )! slides per minute of your presentation

*rite in point form+ not complete sentences ,nclude -). points per slide

 /&oid 'ordiness% use key 'ords and phrases

only

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Slide Structure ! "ad

0his page contains too many 'ords for a

presentation slide1 ,t is not 'ritten in pointform+ making it difficult 2oth for your audienceto read and for you to present each point1

 /lthough there are e$actly the same num2er ofpoints on this slide as the pre&ious slide+ itlooks much more complicated1 ,n short+ youraudience 'ill spend too much time trying toread this paragraph instead of listening to you1

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Slide Structure Good

Sho' one point at a time%

 " *ill help audience concentrate on 'hat you aresaying

 " *ill pre&ent audience from reading ahead

 " *ill help you keep your presentation focused

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Slide Structure ! "ad

3o not use distracting animation

3o not go o&er2oard 'ith the animation

Be consistent 'ith the animation that you use

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#onts ! Good

(se at least an 4)point font

(se different si5e fonts for main points andsecondary points " this font is !-)point+ the main point font is !4)point+

and the title font is 67)point

(se a standard font like 0imes 8e' 9oman or /rial

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#onts ! "ad

,f you use a small font+ your audience 'on’t 2e a2le to read 'hat you ha&e 'ritten

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Don’t use a complicated font

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Colour ! Good

(se a colour of font that contrasts sharply 'ith

the 2ackground " #$% 2lue font on 'hite 2ackground

(se colour to reinforce the logic of your

structure

 " #$% light 2lue title and dark 2lue te$t

(se colour to emphasi5e a point " But only use this occasionally

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Colour ! "ad

(sing a font colour that does not contrast 'iththe 2ackground colour is hard to read

(sing colour for decoration is distracting andannoying1

(sing a different colour for each point is

unnecessary " (sing a different colour for secondary points is alsounnecessary

0r ying to 2e cr eati&e can also 2e 2ad

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"ack$round ! Good

(se 2ackgrounds such as this one that are

attracti&e 2ut simple

(se 2ackgrounds 'hich are light

(se the same 2ackground consistently

throughout your presentation

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"ack$round "ad

 /&oid 2ackgrounds that are distracting or

difficult to read from /l'ays 2e consistent 'ith the 2ackground that

you use

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Grap%s ! Good

(se graphs rather than just charts and 'ords "

3ata in graphs is easier to comprehend > retainthan is ra' data

 " 0rends are easier to &isuali5e in graph form

 /l'ays title your graphs

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Grap%s ! "ad

Minor gridlines are unnecessary

Font is too smallColours are illogical

0itle is missing

Shading is distracting

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Spellin$ and Gra&&ar 

Proof your slides for% "

speling mistakes " the use of of repeated 'ords

 " grammatical errors you might ha&e make

,f #nglish is not your first language+ pleaseha&e someone else check your presentation

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Conclusion

(se an effecti&e and strong closing "

<our audience is likely to remem2er your last 'ords

(se a conclusion slide to% " Summari5e the main points of your presentation

 " Suggest future a&enues of research

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'uestions++

#nd your presentation 'ith a simple Duestion

slide to% " ,n&ite your audience to ask Duestions

 " Pro&ide a &isual aid during Duestion period

 "  /&oid ending a presentation a2ruptly