• Planning• Organizing your talk• Slides
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Hints & Tips For Good Presentations
• Audience• Goal• Time Available• Site Constraints
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Planning Considerations
Do not use long and wordy sentences in your PowerPoint and read from them. This drives people crazy. Use words and short phrases that help people navigate your presentation. Less is best.Also add graphics to break up the visual monotony of your words.By the way, this slide is horrible, the next one is better
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Your PowerPoint
Simple & Brief
Navigate, Emphasize, Don’t Ramble
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Your PowerPoint
Goal – clarityUse sans serif fonts (Arial, Tahoma) Serif fonts (Times) can get too complexSimple background -- light and dark workOne set of colors and fontsUse simple templates
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Design ‐ 1
Photo backdrops -- a contrast nightmarePlan for poor lighting. Red text usually does NOT workAnd
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Design ‐ 2
Photo backdrops -- a contrast nightmarePlan for poor lighting. Red text usually does NOT workAnd Never use silly transitions, especially sounds!
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Design ‐ 2
One goal – clarity
Use sans serif fonts (Arial, Tahoma)
Serif fonts (Times) can get too complex
Simple background. I use both light and dark
Stick to one set of colors and fonts
Use simple templates
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Design – Light Background
One goal – clarity
Use sans serif fonts (Arial, Tahoma)
Serif fonts (Times) can get too complex
Simple background. I use both light and dark
Stick to one set of colors and fonts
Use simple templates
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Design – Horrible Contrast
One goal – clarity
Use sans serif fonts (Arial, Tahoma)
Serif fonts (Times) can get too complex
Simple background. I use both light and dark
Stick to one set of colors and fonts
Use simple templates
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Design – Horrible Contrast
Avoid odd fonts, embed them Embedded videos can be a nightmare – codec hasslesThe RIGHT way to paste in imagesResize images – a PPT > 20 Mb has problemsMac compatibilityConsider using PPS versus PPT files (better yet, have both)Expect crummy lighting
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Tech Issues
6 word max
Simplicity – which one do you like?
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Keep It Simple
3-6 main points per slideConsider dropping them in one my one
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Keep It Simple
3-6 main points per slideConsider dropping them in one my oneGray out previous points to keep attention on current one
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Keep It Simple
NEVER read your slides or your talkUse PPT as a navigatorHumor?Eye contactEnthusiasmNotes are OKWalk your audience through complex graphics
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Delivery