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A good PowerPoint presentation



• prepare presentation- Font size- Font choice- Colors and Backgrounds- Slide Structure

- Timing & Content- Graphs- Spelling and Grammar

• Deliver presentation- Before presentation

- During Presentation- Ending Presentation- Conclusion slide- References

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Have a very clear introductionshould be one or two smallparagraphsShould be to attract the audience

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10 point

12 point

14 point

16 point

18 point … can use this if the room is small & the screen is big

20 point

24 point

26 point … size used in this presentation

28 point … the main point

32 point

36 point … for the title

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Bad fonts … don’t use allcaps. Avoid fancy fonts as well

Avoid using bold except in headings

Examples of good fonts … Century Gothic (a san-serif font)

Constantia (a serif font)

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ALL ARE EASY TO READ WHEN WRITTEN AS A

WORD OR A PHRASE

ALL ARE DIFFICULT TO READ WHEN THERE ISMORE TEXT THAN A NORMAL HEADINGCONTAINS

THE MORE WRITING THERE IS, THE MOREANNOYING THIS FONT BECOMES

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All are easy to read when written as a word or a phrase

All are difficult to read when there is more text than a normal heading contains

The more writing there is, the more annoying this font

becomes

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All are easy to read when written as a word or a

phrase

All are difficult to read when there is more text than

a normal heading contains

The more writing there is, the more annoying this

font becomes

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All are easy to read when written as a word or a phrase

All are difficult to read when there is more text than anormal heading contains

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Using a font color that does not contrast with thebackground color is hard to read (presentation)

Using color for decoration is distracting andannoying.

Using a different color for each point is unnecessary

Trying to be creative can also be bad

O (the colure is bad)

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How much attention are you giving to this text?

How easy is this to read?

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Be consistent

◦ More professional

◦

Easier to read◦ Less distracting

Use theme colors , fonts, & backgrounds

Use the same background for all slides

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Font color should contrast with background

◦ E.g.: dark font on a light background

Use color to reinforce structure

◦ E.g.: light blue title and dark blue text

Can use color to emphasize a point◦ But only use this occasionally

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This page contains too many words for a presentation

slide. It is not written in point form, making itdifficult both for your audience to read and for thepresenter to continue speaking. It appears to have a lot

of information, but really the slide doesn’t say muchat all. The biggest problem is that almost all of you inthe room will read all the way to the end of thisparagraph before you pay any attention to anythingI’m saying. Don’t believe me? Well what did I just

say? This bad slide just wasted about 20 seconds of the presentation time, because it averted your attentionaway from me.

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5 x 5 rule:◦ About 5 points per slide (or less)

◦ About 5 words per point (or more)

Incomplete sentences

Speed◦ 1 slide per 2 minutes

around 25-35 words

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Show one point at a time:

◦ Helps audience to concentrate

◦ Prevents audience from reading ahead

◦ Helps you stay focused

or …

Show the whole slide at once, but pause long enoughfor the audience to read all of it

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Avoid animation

It’s very distracting

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January February March April

Blue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4

Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6

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January February March April

Blue Balls

Red Balls

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Use graphs when possible

◦ Easier to understand data

◦ Easier to see trends

Graphs should be

◦ Clear

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Appropriately titled

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Proof your slides for:

◦ Spelling (speling) mistakes

◦ The use of (of ) repeated words

◦ Grammatical errors you might have make

Heading consistencies

Get someone else to check it

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Speak loudly and clear.

Vary your voice for dramatic effect.

Don’t forget to leave time for questions.

When you are asked a question, move towards theperson who asked it.

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Question slide

◦ Encourage your audience to ask questions

◦ Give a visual aid during questions

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Listen very carefully◦ Answer succinctly and clearly

Ending by thanking the audience

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http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/Presentation.html

http://www.maa.org/students/present

ation.pdf

http://www.effectivemeetings.com/pre

senting/delivery/taboos.asp

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/presentation-rules.html

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http://www.maa.org/students/presentation.pdf


http://www.effectivemeetings.com/presenting/delivery/taboos.asp














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