20 tips for a good

presentation T8T Team

Make simple presentations.

• Be concrete

Using too many slides

Not dynamic presentation

BORED PUBLIC

• Do not use too many images neither too many words.

•Use colors that contrast between them

•The audience will not damage their eyes

Contrast in colors

Use HD images• The aim is that the pictures can be well seen to give a

sense of professionalism.

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Do not use too many animation• The audience may not pay

attention to your presentation.

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The most important slide at the end

• If you put the best picture at the beginning, the audience will not pay attention to the rest of the presentation.

• In this slide you must show the message that you want your audience to remember.

Keep you presentation in the correct format

You don’t do itProblems when you open your presentation

Make your own intro

• Try to make a good introduction of your topic

• Catch you audience’s attention. Improves their curiosity about the topic.

First slide should be interesting• The objective is to catch the audience’s attention.

First slide not interesting

Do not catch the audience’s

attention

First slide is interesting

Catch the audience’s attention

Before starting the presentation

Ask for silence

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Keep eye contact with the audience

• If you look to the audience you will maintain their attention

• If you don’t look at the audience you will give a bad image about yourself (shy…) and they probably won’t pay attention

Try not to repeat yourself•Give your audience credit for being intelligent and attentive.

They will appreciate it.

During the first seconds…

It is very important to have a nice attitude and capture people’s attention

Never give your own opinion

• The audience has to create their own opinion about the topic

YOU SHOULD NEVER TELL YOUR OPINION BECAUSE IT CAN INFLUENCE THE AUDIENCE’S

Speak the language

• You don’t have to be perfect but you do have to speak fluently.

REMEMBER: THE AUDIENCE HAS TO GET YOUR MESSAGE CLEARLY

Do not learn by heart• Perform it• Do not read• If you learn it by heart, you probably forget some

information or you probably get confused.

• Learnt by heart = (normally) you don’t understand what your explaining.

Ideas organized by numbers• So it is easier to understand for everybody.• You will get a better understanding of the topic.

1.2.3.

Change the type of letter

• The important things should be highlighted •Color and font-size to emphasize key words.

Pointing

• Use your finger or a laser to point at your presentation so that the audience can follow you better.

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Make questions

It’s a good way to maintain the attention of

the audience

Try to search for copyleft• Look for information from Creative Commons License• There is too much information on the Internet, so we have

to select the one that is reliable.

No license webpages

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