This document provides tips for making presentations more powerful. It emphasizes the importance of preparation such as brainstorming ideas offline before creating slides. The main message of the presentation should be distilled into a single sentence. Storytelling is recommended to engage audiences. Simplicity is key - slides should have minimal text and empty space. Overcrowding slides and reading slides verbatim should be avoided. Using colorful pictures and focusing on the presenter rather than the slides can make presentations more memorable and impactful.
The document provides 10 tips for creating more effective PowerPoint presentations:
1. Write a script before creating slides to ensure a logical flow and storytelling structure.
2. Only include one main point per slide to avoid getting ahead of the presentation.
3. Avoid using large blocks of text on slides; use bullet points and keep slides concise.
4. Pay attention to design elements like fonts, alignment, and use of images/effects.
The document provides advice on what NOT to do when creating a presentation. It advises against putting all text from your speech on slides, as it will lead to crowded, boring slides. It also warns against grammatical errors, distracting backgrounds, excessive bullet points, hard to read fonts, unnecessary sounds, and using Comic Sans font. The document emphasizes keeping the audience engaged and not overloading them with poorly organized information.
The document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations. It recommends keeping presentations concise with sparse text on each slide. No more than 8 lines with 8-10 words per line is suggested. Graphics and charts should be limited as well, with additional details provided in handouts if needed. The presentation should tell a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and focus on the speaker augmenting the slides rather than relying on them.
The document provides tips for effectively using PowerPoint for presentations. It recommends:
1) Writing a script before designing slides to ensure slides illustrate talking points.
2) Displaying one main point per slide and revealing details incrementally to keep the audience engaged.
3) Avoiding large blocks of text on slides and using notes functions to display additional details.
4) Using images sparingly and only when they provide important information or make concepts more concrete.
Ban the Bullet 1: Improving Your PowerPoint Presentations, pt. 1Alan Hoffman
PowerPoint presentations don't need to be slide after slide of bulleted lists! Follow PowerPoint guru Alan Hoffman, dubbed "The Prince of PowerPoint" by syndicated columnist Richard Louv, as he shows how to go beyond conventional thinking to create more effective and compelling presentations. In this first lesson, we learn to move beyond bulleted lists to call greater attention to your core messages..
Effective use of power point as a presentation toolJM Malgapo
Slide presentation software like PowerPoint is commonly used in instructional settings but can hinder learning if not used carefully. While PowerPoint can engage students through visuals and interactivity, it risks being teacher-centered and failing to promote active learning. Effective use involves designing presentations that facilitate interaction, provide feedback opportunities, include student activities, and help students organize notes rather than replace them. PowerPoint should enhance learning rather than just information delivery.
The document provides tips for creating an effective PowerPoint presentation. It recommends writing a detailed script before creating slides, keeping slides concise with short text and no more than one image per slide. Presenters should use basic fonts, label charts, maintain consistent backgrounds, engage the audience with questions, and avoid distractions like screensavers to ensure their presentation is clear, focused and professional.
Copywriting Tips for the Three Most Important Pages on Your WebsiteBarry Feldman
Your home page, landing page, and about page are crucial to your online marketing success. I've crammed 20 years of website copywriting experience into this concise, action-oriented tutorial.
The document provides 10 tips for creating more effective PowerPoint presentations:
1. Write a script before creating slides to ensure a logical flow and storytelling structure.
2. Only include one main point per slide to avoid getting ahead of the presentation.
3. Avoid using large blocks of text on slides; use bullet points and keep slides concise.
4. Pay attention to design elements like fonts, alignment, and use of images/effects.
The document provides advice on what NOT to do when creating a presentation. It advises against putting all text from your speech on slides, as it will lead to crowded, boring slides. It also warns against grammatical errors, distracting backgrounds, excessive bullet points, hard to read fonts, unnecessary sounds, and using Comic Sans font. The document emphasizes keeping the audience engaged and not overloading them with poorly organized information.
The document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations. It recommends keeping presentations concise with sparse text on each slide. No more than 8 lines with 8-10 words per line is suggested. Graphics and charts should be limited as well, with additional details provided in handouts if needed. The presentation should tell a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and focus on the speaker augmenting the slides rather than relying on them.
The document provides tips for effectively using PowerPoint for presentations. It recommends:
1) Writing a script before designing slides to ensure slides illustrate talking points.
2) Displaying one main point per slide and revealing details incrementally to keep the audience engaged.
3) Avoiding large blocks of text on slides and using notes functions to display additional details.
4) Using images sparingly and only when they provide important information or make concepts more concrete.
Ban the Bullet 1: Improving Your PowerPoint Presentations, pt. 1Alan Hoffman
PowerPoint presentations don't need to be slide after slide of bulleted lists! Follow PowerPoint guru Alan Hoffman, dubbed "The Prince of PowerPoint" by syndicated columnist Richard Louv, as he shows how to go beyond conventional thinking to create more effective and compelling presentations. In this first lesson, we learn to move beyond bulleted lists to call greater attention to your core messages..
Effective use of power point as a presentation toolJM Malgapo
Slide presentation software like PowerPoint is commonly used in instructional settings but can hinder learning if not used carefully. While PowerPoint can engage students through visuals and interactivity, it risks being teacher-centered and failing to promote active learning. Effective use involves designing presentations that facilitate interaction, provide feedback opportunities, include student activities, and help students organize notes rather than replace them. PowerPoint should enhance learning rather than just information delivery.
The document provides tips for creating an effective PowerPoint presentation. It recommends writing a detailed script before creating slides, keeping slides concise with short text and no more than one image per slide. Presenters should use basic fonts, label charts, maintain consistent backgrounds, engage the audience with questions, and avoid distractions like screensavers to ensure their presentation is clear, focused and professional.
Copywriting Tips for the Three Most Important Pages on Your WebsiteBarry Feldman
Your home page, landing page, and about page are crucial to your online marketing success. I've crammed 20 years of website copywriting experience into this concise, action-oriented tutorial.
This presentation includes science-based principles on how to attract an audience's attention, sustain it, and convert a presentation into memorable content.
Does the fear of public speaking keep you up all night? Well, you don't need to suffer any longer.
This presentation will give you the confidence and tips you need to become a better speaker and transform yourself in a 'Steve Jobs' style master.
I've collected all the tips and tricks I've picked up on my speaking travels and also from watching my clients speak at conferences.
If you like this presentation please give it a tweet, like or share. Thank you.
Effective Use of Powerpoint as a presentation tool recommends:
1. Writing a script before designing slides to control the flow of information and keep the audience engaged.
2. Displaying one new point per slide so the audience stays synchronized with the presenter.
3. Avoiding paragraphs of text on slides and using them to reinforce what is being said verbally.
4. Following best practices for slide design like using sans serif fonts, dark text on light backgrounds, and left or right alignment.
The document provides 8 tips for creating effective presentations: 1) Tell a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end; 2) Keep content simple using minimal words and focusing on the audience; 3) Leverage visuals like images which are processed faster than text; 4) Use colors deliberately to draw attention; 5) Thoughtfully select fonts that complement each other and the context; 6) Ensure technical and grammatical perfection to avoid distracting errors; 7) Craft a memorable call to action at the end; 8) Remember to engage the audience with an element of fun and keep content fresh. The overall message is to focus on the audience experience and needs above all else when designing a presentation.
Ever wonder how the world's greatest structures are built? There are many hands that go into building them. Engineers, architects, carpenters, resulting in many professionals being contracted and no matter the scope of the project, they were completed because the carpenter had the right tools. Just like any good carpenter, presenters should carry tool belts of their own.
21 Tips for Creating a Boring PresentationSketchBubble
Anyone can create a great presentation, but it takes a certain set of skills and determination to create a presentation that is painful to watch. Enjoy these 21 Tips to Create a Really Boring Presentation.
Prepare thoroughly by practicing your presentation until it becomes second nature. Arrive early to set up and get comfortable with your environment. Smile to appear confident and use pauses, varied vocal tones, and humor to engage your audience. Divide your presentation into ten-minute segments and actively involve the audience to maintain interest. Provide a clear bottom line and memorable takeaways for your listeners.
This is a minimal concept you should consider for your PowerPoint slides in order to make them more engaging and exciting.
I work as a presentation designer and help speakers and marketers with their pitches. If you need help with any of these concepts, drop me an email and I will be happy to help.
Principles Of Power Point Design- Readability ImprovementJohn Fallon
The document provides tips for designing effective PowerPoint presentations, including using readable backgrounds, limiting the amount of text per slide, and formatting slides for proper readability from a distance. Key recommendations include avoiding textured backgrounds that interfere with readability, spreading content across multiple slides to avoid overcrowding, and following formulas for appropriate font and graphic sizes based on expected viewing distances. The document emphasizes clear, audience-focused design principles for presentations.
Slides I prepared for a training session with Political Economy students in 2005.
Quick facts:
- This was the first presentation I made using Keynote 2 (yes, the irony of using Keynote to teach people to use Powerpoint is not lost on me).
- The actual presentation used plenty of animations (cube in/cube out effects, etc.). This was when I was fond of using complex animations to "wow" the audience. Now, I prefer simple animations, sometimes even just slide transitions.
- This was the first presentation I made incorporating live hyperlinks from slide to slide.
- The idea for the layout was borrowed from the demo presentation accompanying iWork. I would use the navigation bar template as my "default" template in future presentations.
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http://brianbelen.blogspot.com
http://brianbelen.wordpress.com
10 Tips For Making Beautiful Presentationmqamarhayat
This document provides 10 tips for creating beautiful slideshow presentations: 1) Know your goal and plan out the presentation in detail, 2) Avoid stock templates and choose your own color, font, and layout schemes to match the tone, 3) Use images wisely as they are more memorable than text, 4) Limit text on slides to 15 words or less for live presentations, 5) Play with typography to enhance impact, interest, and hierarchy, and 6) Remember to use whitespace on slides and don't overload them with too much information. The tips are from Edahn Small, a content manager and writer based in Los Angeles.
This document contains slides from a presentation by Andre Woolery on designing effective presentations by making slides visually appealing. The presentation covers various design elements like fonts, color, composition, shapes, and images that can be manipulated to grab audiences' attention and keep them engaged. It provides examples and tips for using these elements like using bold text or different font sizes to create emphasis, leveraging color to attract the eye or accentuate points, and guiding the viewer's eye through slide composition and alignment.
The 4 Most Important PowerPoint RULES for Successful PresentationsNed Potter
There are a million and one tips and tricks for using PowerPoint effectively, but what REALLY matters most? This presentation takes the 4 most important changes you can make to your presentations and explains simply how to go about them.
The focus is on use of images, making one point per slide, not using bullet points, and keeping things simple. Each of the rules is backed up by actual research, into multimedia learning principles, conducted at the University of California.
There's also several useful sites linked to, including 5 fantastic image resources, and a great place to download fonts.
See the associated blogpost for this slidedeck at http://www.ned-potter.com/blog/the-4-most-important-powerpoint-rules-for-successful-presentations.
If you're interested in more presentation tips, have a look at the other presentations on this Slideshare account, or head over to www.ned-potter.com/blog, where I've also written extensively about Prezi.
This document provides a summary of a longer document that criticizes the typical ineffective use of PowerPoint presentations and provides suggestions to create more impactful presentations. The summary is:
1) PowerPoint is often used as a teleprompter, written record, or memory aid rather than for true communication, which requires transferring emotion.
2) Microsoft templates and tools encourage overuse of bullet points and poor design that hinders communication.
3) Effective presentations combine logical facts with emotional engagement of the audience and are used to persuade rather than just inform.
4) The document provides tips to improve presentations, such as limiting words on slides, using evocative images, and creating an emotional experience for the audience.
12 Things You Should Never Say During Your PresentationSketchBubble
Don’t do this; don’t do that! Yes, there are a number of “don’ts” connected with good presentations. If you keep these “don’ts” in mind, beyond any doubt your presentation is going to improve. Good luck.
Stop Breaking The Basic Rules of PresentingNed Potter
Blog post at http://bit.ly/hGhaFK. Some people are confident public speakers, other people get nervous. Either way, you still see a lot of people breaking the most basic rules of presenting, and those presentations would be a lot better if they didn't.
How to deliver a great speech (every time)Hugh Culver
The document provides 11 tips for delivering a great speech every time. The tips include preparing the equipment and space, warming up the audience beforehand, focusing on serving the audience's needs over delivering a message, reducing slides to highlight the key points, using stories to teach lessons and apply ideas, crafting an outstanding opening and closing, avoiding wasting time with unnecessary details, varying vocal tones for emphasis, purposefully moving around the stage, adopting powerful body language, and engaging the audience during the speech. The overall message is to focus on preparing well and serving the audience.
Why Presentation Matter. PowerPoint is installed on at least 1 billion computers but 95% of presentations still miss the mark. One great presentation can change the world, win hearts and minds, and convince people of your ideas.
In this SlideShare presentation, we've put together some helpful tips to improve your presentation designs and how to make your presentations more engaging.
Every presentation should understand its audience and convey your message clearly. Tell people why it matters to them, not only the what and how.
Because we truly believe presentations matter and every slide counts.
We hope you enjoy this SlideShare and if you need help with your presentation designs you know where you can find us.
This SlideShare was designed by The Presentation Designer, a presentation design agency based in the UK.
Covering some of the key Dos and Don'ts of creating presentations under the following headings:
Preparation & Planning
Consistency of Style & Tone
Visual Accessibility
Slide Layout & Content
Timing & Delivery
This presentation includes science-based principles on how to attract an audience's attention, sustain it, and convert a presentation into memorable content.
Does the fear of public speaking keep you up all night? Well, you don't need to suffer any longer.
This presentation will give you the confidence and tips you need to become a better speaker and transform yourself in a 'Steve Jobs' style master.
I've collected all the tips and tricks I've picked up on my speaking travels and also from watching my clients speak at conferences.
If you like this presentation please give it a tweet, like or share. Thank you.
Effective Use of Powerpoint as a presentation tool recommends:
1. Writing a script before designing slides to control the flow of information and keep the audience engaged.
2. Displaying one new point per slide so the audience stays synchronized with the presenter.
3. Avoiding paragraphs of text on slides and using them to reinforce what is being said verbally.
4. Following best practices for slide design like using sans serif fonts, dark text on light backgrounds, and left or right alignment.
The document provides 8 tips for creating effective presentations: 1) Tell a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end; 2) Keep content simple using minimal words and focusing on the audience; 3) Leverage visuals like images which are processed faster than text; 4) Use colors deliberately to draw attention; 5) Thoughtfully select fonts that complement each other and the context; 6) Ensure technical and grammatical perfection to avoid distracting errors; 7) Craft a memorable call to action at the end; 8) Remember to engage the audience with an element of fun and keep content fresh. The overall message is to focus on the audience experience and needs above all else when designing a presentation.
Ever wonder how the world's greatest structures are built? There are many hands that go into building them. Engineers, architects, carpenters, resulting in many professionals being contracted and no matter the scope of the project, they were completed because the carpenter had the right tools. Just like any good carpenter, presenters should carry tool belts of their own.
21 Tips for Creating a Boring PresentationSketchBubble
Anyone can create a great presentation, but it takes a certain set of skills and determination to create a presentation that is painful to watch. Enjoy these 21 Tips to Create a Really Boring Presentation.
Prepare thoroughly by practicing your presentation until it becomes second nature. Arrive early to set up and get comfortable with your environment. Smile to appear confident and use pauses, varied vocal tones, and humor to engage your audience. Divide your presentation into ten-minute segments and actively involve the audience to maintain interest. Provide a clear bottom line and memorable takeaways for your listeners.
This is a minimal concept you should consider for your PowerPoint slides in order to make them more engaging and exciting.
I work as a presentation designer and help speakers and marketers with their pitches. If you need help with any of these concepts, drop me an email and I will be happy to help.
Principles Of Power Point Design- Readability ImprovementJohn Fallon
The document provides tips for designing effective PowerPoint presentations, including using readable backgrounds, limiting the amount of text per slide, and formatting slides for proper readability from a distance. Key recommendations include avoiding textured backgrounds that interfere with readability, spreading content across multiple slides to avoid overcrowding, and following formulas for appropriate font and graphic sizes based on expected viewing distances. The document emphasizes clear, audience-focused design principles for presentations.
Slides I prepared for a training session with Political Economy students in 2005.
Quick facts:
- This was the first presentation I made using Keynote 2 (yes, the irony of using Keynote to teach people to use Powerpoint is not lost on me).
- The actual presentation used plenty of animations (cube in/cube out effects, etc.). This was when I was fond of using complex animations to "wow" the audience. Now, I prefer simple animations, sometimes even just slide transitions.
- This was the first presentation I made incorporating live hyperlinks from slide to slide.
- The idea for the layout was borrowed from the demo presentation accompanying iWork. I would use the navigation bar template as my "default" template in future presentations.
-------------------
http://brianbelen.blogspot.com
http://brianbelen.wordpress.com
10 Tips For Making Beautiful Presentationmqamarhayat
This document provides 10 tips for creating beautiful slideshow presentations: 1) Know your goal and plan out the presentation in detail, 2) Avoid stock templates and choose your own color, font, and layout schemes to match the tone, 3) Use images wisely as they are more memorable than text, 4) Limit text on slides to 15 words or less for live presentations, 5) Play with typography to enhance impact, interest, and hierarchy, and 6) Remember to use whitespace on slides and don't overload them with too much information. The tips are from Edahn Small, a content manager and writer based in Los Angeles.
This document contains slides from a presentation by Andre Woolery on designing effective presentations by making slides visually appealing. The presentation covers various design elements like fonts, color, composition, shapes, and images that can be manipulated to grab audiences' attention and keep them engaged. It provides examples and tips for using these elements like using bold text or different font sizes to create emphasis, leveraging color to attract the eye or accentuate points, and guiding the viewer's eye through slide composition and alignment.
The 4 Most Important PowerPoint RULES for Successful PresentationsNed Potter
There are a million and one tips and tricks for using PowerPoint effectively, but what REALLY matters most? This presentation takes the 4 most important changes you can make to your presentations and explains simply how to go about them.
The focus is on use of images, making one point per slide, not using bullet points, and keeping things simple. Each of the rules is backed up by actual research, into multimedia learning principles, conducted at the University of California.
There's also several useful sites linked to, including 5 fantastic image resources, and a great place to download fonts.
See the associated blogpost for this slidedeck at http://www.ned-potter.com/blog/the-4-most-important-powerpoint-rules-for-successful-presentations.
If you're interested in more presentation tips, have a look at the other presentations on this Slideshare account, or head over to www.ned-potter.com/blog, where I've also written extensively about Prezi.
This document provides a summary of a longer document that criticizes the typical ineffective use of PowerPoint presentations and provides suggestions to create more impactful presentations. The summary is:
1) PowerPoint is often used as a teleprompter, written record, or memory aid rather than for true communication, which requires transferring emotion.
2) Microsoft templates and tools encourage overuse of bullet points and poor design that hinders communication.
3) Effective presentations combine logical facts with emotional engagement of the audience and are used to persuade rather than just inform.
4) The document provides tips to improve presentations, such as limiting words on slides, using evocative images, and creating an emotional experience for the audience.
12 Things You Should Never Say During Your PresentationSketchBubble
Don’t do this; don’t do that! Yes, there are a number of “don’ts” connected with good presentations. If you keep these “don’ts” in mind, beyond any doubt your presentation is going to improve. Good luck.
Stop Breaking The Basic Rules of PresentingNed Potter
Blog post at http://bit.ly/hGhaFK. Some people are confident public speakers, other people get nervous. Either way, you still see a lot of people breaking the most basic rules of presenting, and those presentations would be a lot better if they didn't.
How to deliver a great speech (every time)Hugh Culver
The document provides 11 tips for delivering a great speech every time. The tips include preparing the equipment and space, warming up the audience beforehand, focusing on serving the audience's needs over delivering a message, reducing slides to highlight the key points, using stories to teach lessons and apply ideas, crafting an outstanding opening and closing, avoiding wasting time with unnecessary details, varying vocal tones for emphasis, purposefully moving around the stage, adopting powerful body language, and engaging the audience during the speech. The overall message is to focus on preparing well and serving the audience.
Why Presentation Matter. PowerPoint is installed on at least 1 billion computers but 95% of presentations still miss the mark. One great presentation can change the world, win hearts and minds, and convince people of your ideas.
In this SlideShare presentation, we've put together some helpful tips to improve your presentation designs and how to make your presentations more engaging.
Every presentation should understand its audience and convey your message clearly. Tell people why it matters to them, not only the what and how.
Because we truly believe presentations matter and every slide counts.
We hope you enjoy this SlideShare and if you need help with your presentation designs you know where you can find us.
This SlideShare was designed by The Presentation Designer, a presentation design agency based in the UK.
Covering some of the key Dos and Don'ts of creating presentations under the following headings:
Preparation & Planning
Consistency of Style & Tone
Visual Accessibility
Slide Layout & Content
Timing & Delivery
Maximizing your research impact through kick-ass presentationsEsther De Smet
This document provides tips for giving effective research presentations. It discusses the importance of developing strong presentation skills as researchers will often need to present their work. It emphasizes keeping presentations concise by focusing on the main message and avoiding overwhelming details. Some key tips include storyboarding the structure before making slides, using storytelling techniques to engage audiences, rehearsing to feel comfortable, and tailoring the presentation to the audience's background and interests. The goal is to clearly communicate the research in an accessible and engaging way.
Presentation mistakes Common Presentation Mistakes : Avoiding Common Pitfalls...Emma Yaks
This document discusses 10 common mistakes made in presentations and how to avoid them. It recommends thoroughly preparing, familiarizing yourself with the venue and equipment, and tailoring the presentation to the audience's level of knowledge. Presenters should use concise language and effective visual aids, speak clearly at an understandable pace, and engage the audience with eye contact and body language. Taking the time to plan and rehearse can help presenters deliver an informative presentation and avoid common pitfalls.
This document provides 10 tips for the effective use of PowerPoint in presentations:
1. Write a script to provide structure and flow to the presentation.
2. Only present one main point or idea per slide to avoid overwhelming the audience.
3. Avoid long paragraphs of text on slides and instead use them to reinforce what is being said verbally.
4. Pay attention to design elements like animations and only use them sparingly.
5. Include images carefully and only when they provide important information or make concepts more concrete.
6. Engage the audience through your presentation style beyond just the slides.
7. Use an attention-grabbing hook at the beginning to
The document provides 10 tips for making great presentations:
1. Start with a specific objective
2. Write down your main message
3. Organize the presentation with an introduction, body, and conclusion and summarize key points
4. Keep the presentation short and avoid diluting the main point
5. Make the presentation persuasive by focusing on the audience's interests and needs
6. Keep the audience engaged through interactive activities
7. Energize the audience by sticking to specifics and encouraging actionable takeaways
8. Add surprises like multimedia to make the presentation more memorable
9. Use pictures that meaningfully support points rather than just as decoration
10. Ensure the presentation style reflects the company's branding
The document provides tips for creating effective presentations without overusing PowerPoint. It recommends writing a script before creating slides, planning to reveal one point at a time, and considering alternatives to PowerPoint for short talks. Tips include establishing a clear purpose and understanding the audience, developing a structured presentation with a beginning, middle, and end, and using design elements like images and formatting to enhance readability without unnecessary animations or effects. The document stresses using PowerPoint as a visual aid rather than the main presentation content.
This document provides tips for creating effective presentation slides. It recommends writing a script, only including one main point per slide, using bullet points instead of paragraphs of text, using simple designs with sans serif fonts and dark text on light backgrounds. Images should be used sparingly, and the presenter's delivery is also important, through gestures, attire and audience engagement with questions. Slides should have a maximum of 6 points per slide with 6 words per point. Font size should allow readability from a distance.
The document provides 15 creative presentation ideas to inspire audiences, including telling a story to organize facts and keep audiences engaged, asking questions at crucial moments to involve audiences, and organizing the presentation into 3 clear points to help audiences remember the key takeaways. It also recommends using humor to make presentations more lighthearted, designing PowerPoint slides to enhance rather than distract from the presentation, using visuals like graphs and images to explain abstract concepts, and personalizing examples to show how the content directly benefits the audience.
The document provides a 12-step process for preparing and delivering an effective presentation: 1) Know your audience, 2) Research thoroughly, 3) Document sources, 4) Write the speech, 5) Prepare visual aids, 6) Rehearse alone, 7) Do a dress rehearsal with feedback, 8) Tweak based on feedback, 9) Prepare yourself mentally, 10) Introduce and present the material, 11) Take questions, and 12) Conclude thanking the audience. Additional tips are provided for small group settings, including facilitating discussion and maintaining audience focus. Warnings are given such as not distributing materials in advance or overusing filler words.
The document provides dos and don'ts for giving presentations. It recommends keeping bullet points simple and focused on important points. Presenters should deliver a strong opening, plan any multimedia elements carefully, and frame their story to change perspectives. Text on slides should be minimized to 10 words per slide and rehearsal is important. Presenters should follow up after their presentation, edit themselves to stay focused, and avoid unpracticed humor or irrelevant information that wastes time.
The document provides tips for giving a good research talk. It emphasizes focusing on motivation, clearly communicating the key idea, using examples to illustrate concepts, avoiding dense technical details, being enthusiastic, and finishing on time. Good talks are important for communicating ideas, getting feedback, and building relationships. With practice of these skills, one does not need to be outstanding to stand out from other presenters.
The document provides tips for giving successful presentations. It recommends thoroughly knowing your material, not memorizing but rehearsing out loud, pacing your presentation to the allotted time, being familiar with the room and equipment, having backups in case of technical issues, focusing on the audience rather than the slides, and learning how to navigate slides during the presentation. The overall message is to properly prepare and rehearse while keeping the audience engaged.
How to make a presentation perfect- Take some tips, master some skills and p...Babu Appat
Presentation skills can be acquired and developed. This slideshow will familiarise you with some useful tips. Practice it regularly to acquire the required skills. Then it goes on to discuss ten common presentation mistakes. Avoid them and make your presentation great.
The document provides guidance for creating and delivering effective presentations. It discusses key principles such as knowing the purpose and audience, keeping presentations concise yet engaging, and leaving time for questions. Tips are provided for various aspects of presentations, including content development, use of visual aids, rehearsal, and delivery techniques. The overall message is that presenters should thoroughly understand their topic and audience, practice their presentation, and focus on actively engaging the audience through their delivery.
Stories to help you better your presentationsSticky SPY
This is a compilation of stories and ideas to help you better your presentations. Includes examples of slide design and others. Also available in multi-touch ibooks version for the iPad. Most information is also available from www.stickyspy.com.
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The document provides 11 commandments for using PowerPoint effectively when presenting information. Some key points include using large font sizes, limiting text and bullet points per slide, choosing clear colors with good contrast, citing references, practicing the presentation, and allowing time for the audience to process slides. The overall message is that PowerPoint should enhance a presentation without overcomplicating slides or distracting from the core information being conveyed.
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Ideas that are good for business and good for the world that we live in, are what I’m passionate about.
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1. A few tips on
How to make your presentations
more
powerful
By Adomas Baltagalvis
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2. Content:
Preparation 3
NO Turning Back 6
Story Telling 6
Simplicity 7
OVERCROWDED 8
Space 9
Avoid Black & White 10
Make it COLOURFUL 10
Using Pictures 11
Reliable Fonts 24
CONNECT 25
Body Language 26
Pecha Kucha 28
Learn from Others 29
TIPS and TRICKS 33
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3. Preparation
The first very important thing to remember is that PowerPoint is NOT an
application for generating ideas. Its main purpose is to make your ideas
visible.
Thus, the first thing to do is to turn off your laptop/PC.
-> Go analog - take a pen and paper - and brainstorm!
Advantages:
• You can write down all your ideas much faster.
• You can see the overall picture very easily.
• It is very easy to make connections between your ideas and group them.
Generate as many ideas as possible concerning the topic that you are
working on. Think of all the things you want your audience to know and how
you could present it. After you have a sufficiently large amount of different ideas
(at least 20 mins of brainstorming), your aim is to think of the overall picture of
your presentation and to work on a logical flow of your ideas.
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4. It is also the time to think of the main
MESSAGE that you want to get across.
The message is probably the most important thing of a presentation, yet,
so many times it’s completely forgotten.
To put it simply: think of the “message” as
a one sentence pitch
If something really bad happened and you cannot deliver your entire
presentation:
• what would be this one sentence that would sum up your entire presentation?
• What would be the core idea of your speech?
• If it was the only thing you wanted your audience to remember, what would it
be?
• If it was a summary of something, how would you summarize it in one
sentence and sell it to the audience?
How would you sell your entire
presentation with only one sentence?
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5. You are the presenter1 and, after you have practiced
a lot2 and know everything you want to say by heart3, the
impact of what you say4 can be much greater if you use
memorable supporting visuals5 and keep simplicity6 ,
clarity and essentialness in your mind all the time.
To make it even clearer, notice that there is a difference between the topic and
the message. An example:
• Topic (what is it about?) - “4th quarter results”.
• Message (what is the core point of the presentation?) - “Due to
extremely bad weather conditions, the results were worse than expected
in the UK but they were offset by a tremendous increase in our sales
overseas.”
1 The presenter - You are the presentation. You are the one who is delivering it and you should be the main
focus point.
2Having practiced a lot - a key to successful delivery is practice. Spend time and run through all your
presentation several times until you feel comfortable with it.
3It is necessary to know all the information by heart, otherwise you will struggle with delivering your
presentation (making mistakes with overcrowding and reading the slides) and will not be able to get your
message across.
4What you say is the most important thing in the presentation, not the PowerPoint slides. People have
come to listen to you and your stories, not to look at your slides.
5Memorable supporting visuals - again, PowerPoint slides can make your presentation much more impactful
but they have to be only a support. The most memorable are photos accompanied with stories.
6 You can make the presentation more powerful by remembering to strive for simplicity and essentialness
in your slides. Make it as easy understandable as possible and get rid off all the things that do not add value
to your slides and your presentation.
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6. NO Turning Back
One of the mistakes that many people do is reading the information from the
slides on the big screen. It is not a good thing because:
• The audience can read the slides by themselves (hopefully) and they can
actually do it faster than you can talk.
• The presenter turns his back to the audience and loses eye-contact, thus,
the audience feels less appreciated.
• The audience might assume that the presenter doesn’t know the
information on his slides or what he actually wants to say.
Now, it is actually very easy to get rid of such habit. The only thing you have to
do is switch to the “Presenter’s View”.
Story Telling
A very quick advice - incorporate stories in your presentations! They are
personal, they are emotional and that’s why we remember different stories so
well. It might even be the case that the only thing the audience remembers from
your presentation is a story!
We tend to attach our own feelings to those stories and image ourselves as
different characters. We like to see a character who develops and overcomes
major problems.
A conflict/problem is a crucial element of a story - don’t forget that the next
time you are telling one!
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7. Simplicity
Less is More.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo da Vinci
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
- Albert Einstein
“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes
and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. “
- Frederic Chopin
Whenever you are designing your slides, it is important that you strive for
simplicity. The simplicity that I am talking about incorporates clarity,
directness, essentialness, minimalism and elegance. Stop yourself
from putting unnecessary things into your slides and always remember what is
your main message.
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8. OVERCROWDED
Very often you will see slides that are overcrowded with information. Even more
often you will find that the presenter is actually reading the slides that are in front
of you - avoid doing that at all costs!
Why is it bad? For the same reasons why turning your back is bad as well.
More importantly, the audience cannot focus completely on two things at the
same time.
If they see a lot of text in front of them, they will try to read it. But at the same
time the presenter will be talking about some other things! If the audience
cannot focus on any of the material, they will loose their interest and the
presentation will be a failure.
How can it be fixed? With good preparation. Remove the information from the
slides and actually memorize it, use pictures instead of text and, if you
desperately need to provide them with a lot of different information, give proper
handouts! Your slides are not supposed to be handouts!
1x7x7 - A simple guideline for
not overloading your slides.
On 1 slide 7 bullet points,
there should be no more than
each of them should NOT be longer than 7 words.
Of course, very often you will need to put a sentence or two on a slide (i.e. a
quote), don’t be afraid of that but remember to keep it as simple as possible.
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9. Don’t be afraid of leaving a lot of ‘empty’
Space
It will help your audience to focus on
what is really important in your slides.
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10. Avoid Black & White
Black and white is the simplest design. It might save a lot of your time but what
matters is the time of the audience - you don’t want them to waste an hour
of their life listening to a boring presentation! Put some efforts and show that
you really care about the visual part of your presentation, that is, you care
about the audience and what they see. So...
Make it COLOURFUL
Everyone is bored to death with black and white slides. Put some life into your
presentations by using a few colours. Probably the best way of doing that is to
highlight the words that are the most important:
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- Leonardo da Vinci
Don’t overdo it either, try not to use more than 2-3 different colors in
one slide.
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11. Using Pictures
A good way to make your presentation more memorable is to use a picture as a
background without leaving empty spaces on the sides. Pictures leave a
lasting impression because they are much better at illustrating things.
1. Choose pictures that have enough of free space.
2. Make sure the picture “bleeds” - occupies the entire slide.
3. Of course, high quality pictures are a necessity.
4. Add text and make it stand out. Make sure that the you use high quality
pictures
BAD GOOD
Now, take a look at the examples below. Without the presenter, most of them
would make no sense! The same picture is used in telling different stories and
that’s what makes them so powerful and memorable.
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12. A picture is the best tool in making your points more valid and memorable.
“a PICTURE is
worth a thousand words”
One of most amazing experiences in my career was the opportunity to film... King
Kong.
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13. Using Black & White slides is NOT good.
Black &
White
Nothing in my life is so important as a well-planned checkmate.
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14. Go analog. Use pen and paper to generate all your ideas.
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NAper rm -
A d Pa deas
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Go Pen an o
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B rai a
G ener
Is it crucial to take notes during lectures? Or is it better to just listen?
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15. One of my favourite hobbies is snowboarding. The adrenaline and the incredible
feeling that I get in the mountains makes me feel young again.
My passion: feeling the
adrenaline rush!
92% of accidents in the mountains occur for people who are taking risks without
knowing their true capabilities.
92% of
accidents
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16. My father took me to the mountains when I was nine years old and I was
passionate of them ever since. The harmony of all the shapes and colours is just
breathtaking.
You have to get up very early and have all your equipment prepared long before
the sunrise. Only then you will take the incredible shots.
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17. You would always find so many frogs around the place where I spent my
childhood. No wonder why I chose it to be the symbol of my company as well.
20times Frogs can jump up to
their own body length!
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18. I love cycling! I do it every day and I haven’t found a better way to stay fit.
Cycling -
a perfect way to
stay fit!
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19. It was the first time I tried surfing and I loved it!
And what are your
dream holidays?
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20. One time - One moment.
And then continue with telling the audience about the traditional Japanese tea
ceremony, while explaining it with pictures, NOT bullet points!..
I think you get the idea by now!☺
PowerPoint was invented to make the presentation more powerful by assisting
your speech with visual data.
REMEMBER: you are the presentation! All the attention of the audience has to
be on you and on your speech. Use photos to make your speech more
powerful, credible and memorable and it will definitely rock the house!
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21. Simple steps to improve your text
What countries would you like to visit?
Step 1.
Change the font from Arial to Verdana, Optima or Helvetica Neue
Light (or any other that looks “decent”: a bit stylish, still very simple and
understandable)
What countries would you like to visit?
(font used: Optima)
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22. Step 2.
Make an emphasis on the most important word. This time it is “you”. Make it
much bigger, bold and italic.
What countries would you like to visit?
Step 3.
Change the colour to something else than black. Try dark grey, dark red or
brown. And center the text.
I even prefer to change the “you” font to “Baskerville”.
What countries would you like to visit?
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23. Step 4.
You can add colour if you want the word to stand out even more.
What countries would you like to visit?
SUM UP
By taking these simple steps you will put an emphasis on “you”. It will make the
audience feel much more appreciated which is our main objective!
It is very easy to do it in all different situations. If you have a quote, make some
words stand out, it will be the main attraction point and will make the flow of
your presentation much easier as well.
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24. Reliable Fonts
It is not a rule, it is more of a suggestion or a guideline for making your text
simple but clear and effective.
Baskerville
Bodoni
Big Caslon
Franklin Gothic
Futura
Garamond
Gill Sans
Helvetica Neu
Myriad Pro
Optima
My personal favourites are Optima, Helvetica Neu and Myriad Pro. I usually
use Gill Sans when I need something big and bold.
By the way!
VERY OFTEN I will make the space between paragraphs (or the “Line
Spacing”) smaller to make it more compact! Compare:
GILL SANS GILL SANS
What do you think?
What do you think?
(Line spacing: 0.6) (Line spacing: 1)
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25. CONNECT
If you want to make your audience understand your material and accept it, one
of the main tasks for you is to make a connection with them. Otherwise, if you
are perceived as a cold person, no matter how good the information or how
credible your sources will be, the presentation will not be a 100% success!
First, don’t stand behind a lectern/podium or a table(where a typical lecturer
would be) because they are barriers between you and the audience. Instead,
move closer to people and try to really engage them.
Second, my personal recommendation for you is to get rid off any notes
(especially A4 size), because:
1) if you are holding your notes in one of your hands, it limits your gestures and
your entire body language, thus, limits how well/impactfully you can convey
the message.
2) if you have any notes, you will most probably read them instead of keeping
eye contact with the audience and you will not be seen as a credible/honest/
natural person which is very bad. And if you don’t even look at your notes,
why should you have them with you?
3) if you need any notes, you have to go back to the preparation stage. It is
necessary that you know all the information by heart and it will allow you to
make any of these mistakes.
However, if you do think that you might become slightly
nervous and forget the information, you can have notes but
they have to be small. Don’t put all the information on
them, instead of that, write down only a few bullet points of
the core things that you want to say.
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26. Third, Body Language
BODY
LANGUAGE
You have to be aware of your body language.
Start with a simple thing - smile throughout your presentation and be
passionate! Show them how interesting the topic is for you, how beneficial it
can be for them, and they will surely listen to you.
• Don’t cross your arms on your chest, people usually do that unconsciously
when they are bored.
• Don’t put your hands into your pockets, you want to use your hands and
gestures to illustrate different points.
• Avoid leaning on one of your legs, instead, stand straight, shoulders back - it
will make a good impression on the audience and you will be seen as a
confident and strong presenter.
Some of you might also have some ticks, things that you unconsciously do
again and again. It can be words, such as “like.. like.. like... aaahh... ummm..
you know... okay...” or different hand gestures (clapping, pointing with your
fingers, “shooting” people...) as they might be very distracting to the audience.
It is possible to get rid of your ticks but it might take some time. But don’t
worry- even the greatest leaders sometimes find it difficult.
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27. Finally - eye contact.
It is very important that you remember to maintain eye contact with everyone in
the audience, especially with people sitting in front corners.
A very simple concept that can help you remember this, is “the lighthouse
effect”. It suggests to maintain eye contact with every individual (depending on
the size of the group) for at least 2-3s while “scanning” them from one side to
another.
You can also practice it with a very simple task. During a training session on
presentational skills or anytime when someone has to present in front, everyone
in the audience have to raise their hand and can only put it down when the
presenter has maintained eye contact for at least 3 seconds. Thus, the
presenter is forced to look at everyone and it greatly improves the connection
between him and the audience.
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28. Pecha Kucha
20x20
PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20
images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk
along to the images. So, the total duration of the presentation is exactly 6min
40s.
“Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit
chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea:
20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations
concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.”
- www.pecha-kucha.org
PechaKucha can be a very powerful tool for becoming better at presenting. It is
a very strict format which requires a lot of practice and a very good timing.
When delivering such presentation, try to tell the audience a story and assist it
with memorable photos - it will certainly leave a lasting impression.
You can find examples of PechaKucha presentations on internet, here are
some two of them:
A shocking story about a mountaineer who lost his fingers but never gave up his
passion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsEk5pkaQis
A story of an adventurer who has cycled around the world and much more:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/27
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29. Learn from Others
“One of the best ways to master something is to learn from others.”
From my point of view, Steve Jobs is the one of the greatest presenters in the
world and you can learn amazing things from his presentations.
Notice:
• the words he uses (phenomenal, works like magic, incredible,
extraordinary...) to describe how enthusiastic and passionate he is,
• the humor and the simplicity of his slides,
• how he uses photos to support his message
and keep in mind that he spends an incredible amount of time practicing his
presentations and making it seem almost effortless.
Even a person with no technological background is able to follow his
presentations with no problems.
You can find all the recent presentations on:
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/
Some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftf4riVJyqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBhYxj2SvRI
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30. I learned many different things about effective presentations from this
amazing book:
Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds
I highly recommend it to everyone who is really interested in presentations and
how to make them powerful.
He has also published two other books that are just incredible. It’s amazing how
he takes all the information he knows and presents it in a such understandable
manner.
Presentation Zen: DESIGN and Naked Presenter
All these books are amazing. And if you really want to have an advantage
among your peers, these are the right books to learn from.
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31. Some very valuable sources:
Phil Waknell’s blog: Phil Presents
philpresents.com
Presentation Zen Blog
www.presentationzen.com
Nancy Duarte Blog
blog.duarte.com/
Present Like Steve Jobs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ntLGOyHw4
Killer Presentation Skills
www.youtube.com/watch?v=whTwjG4ZIJg
Duarte Design's Five Rules for Presentations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT9GGmundag
What is Presentation Zen?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFDm1-DVdyc
Engage Through Storytelling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY3u6QuZXEs
And if you are nervous in front of an audience, relax - even the
greatest presenters experienced the same at the beginning.
Practice will help you become more confident.
Steve Jobs early TV appearance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDBiUemCSY
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32. Finally, a great source of inspiration can
be the slideshare.net webpage.
Many great examples of brilliantly designed PowerPoint slides can be found
there. A few examples:
http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/you-suck-at-powerpoint
http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/steal-this-presentation-5038209
http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/100cannes
( http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee )
http://www.slideshare.net/mrcoryjim/tedx-presentation-design-tips-ep
http://www.slideshare.net/garr/brain-rules-for-presenters
http://www.slideshare.net/mzkagan/what-the-fk-is-social-media-one-year-later
http://www.slideshare.net/garr/sample-slides-by-garr-reynolds
http://www.slideshare.net/garr/career-advice-08
http://www.slideshare.net/garr/garrs-slides-pptlive-08-presentation
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33. TIPS and TRICKS
1. Buy a clicker to advance the slides.
2. Set up the “presenterʼs view”.
3. Turn off your computer during the preparation stage.
4. Use a pen and paper to brainstorm your ideas.
5. Write down the key message of your presentation as a one sentence
pitch.
6. Donʼt look at the slides.
7. Prepare proper handouts if necessary.
8. Remember to strive for simplicity - get rid of all unnecessary things from
your slides.
9. Avoid complicated transitions.
10. Donʼt overcrowd your slides.
11. Contrast things.
12. Make some words stand out.
13. Use pictures.
14. Tell stories.
15. Start the presentation with a punch.
16. Avoid all the barriers between you and the audience, i.e. a lectern
(podium), tables...
17. Remember to keep eye contact with the audience, especially with people
in front, in the corners.
18. Donʼt cross your arms on your chest.
19. Keep your hands out of your pockets.
20. Smile while you are presenting.
21. No chewing gums.
22. Get to know the room, if you can, see how much space you have to walk
around the room.
23. Usually, the multimedia will darken all the colours - keep that in mind and
check it before the presentation.
24. Copy good presentations... and...
25. Practice, practice, practice!
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34. And although I still have some ideas left, I think it’s time
to stop...
I hope you found this guide useful and will incorporate
some of these ideas in your next presentation! Farewell,
and I wish you...
GOOD
LUCK!
Finally, a huge thanks goes to Daniel Bell from AIESEC
City for showing the true beauty of presentations.
Kind regards,
Adomas Baltagalvis
AIESEC Nottingham, UK
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