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Slideshow Presentation
Tips
Adapted from: Corina Yen -
12/03/2007
Consider using less text on a slide - just include
enough to prompt you, the speaker, and to keep the audience on track
Use powerful visuals. they can be iconic. (Check out
Corbis or Veer for stock photography or do a
Google image or
Flickr search).
Remember where you are presenting - size of the
auditorium and lighting conditions (images may be difficult to see and if the
text is too low on the slide it'll be hard to read)
More slides don't necessarily have to take more time
- sometimes it's better to spend less time on each slide so you can add more
(bigger) visuals to your presentation and make each slide easier to
digest
Focus not on what you did but what you learned and
insights you came to - start with a vision, then use your activities this
quarter to explain why that is the path - don't just chronologically list every
benchmarking activity and prototype you built
Number your slides so that audience members can refer
to specific slides with their questions
Be sure to explain unfamiliar terms or
abbreviations
Consider using other media and presentation options:
a short, well editted video clip, a prop, or a demo
Presentation Tips
From: Gary Karp -
03/24/2008
PowerPoint - Is It For Them, Or For You?
The concept is "Speaker Support".
PowerPoint - or whatever you use for presentation graphics - is supposed to
reinforce the information you're sharing.
Is that what you do with it? Or do you use it as a
prompt for yourself?
Worse yet, do you read your PowerPoint slides to the
audience? (Just don't.)
If you need something to prompt you during your talk,
use paper. Reading off the screen is boring (frankly) and also makes you turn
away from the group. They get your message better when you face them and make
eye contact.
Keep your slides simple with minimal text. Otherwise
you're dividing people's attention between trying to read what's on the screen
and listening to you. They can't do both at once.
And the more text on the screen, the less likely
anyone in the back can read them at all. More type equates to smaller, harder
to read font.
Bullets are simply to keep people oriented to the
point you're on. Use as few words as possible, and no more than five per
bullet.
Learn how to use the "build" feature to
bring up one point at a time. Again, it limits distraction. You'll find it in
Slideshow: Animations: Custom...: Options.
Better yet, consider simply using a large title. I
often use a single word or an image on the screen as I speak. Just as often, I
use nothing.
These rules are violated on a vast scale, as
well-intentioned presenters fail to communicate their important information and
insights.
With these few simple methods, the power of your
presentations will explode!
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