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Tips to be Covered

  • Title slide and outlines
  • Slide Structure
  • Fonts
  • Color
  • Background
  • Graphs
  • Spelling and Grammar
  • Conclusions
  • Questions
  • References

Title and Outline

  • Include a title slide with the title of your presentation, your full name and affiliation.
  • Make your second slide an outline of your presentation

Ex: previous slide

  • Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the presentation
  • Only place main points on the outline slide

Ex: Use the titles of each slide as main points

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Slide Structure

  • Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation
  • Write in point form, not complete sentences
  • Include 4-5 points per slide
  • Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only

Slide Structure

  • This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.

Slide Structure

  • Show one point at a time:

Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying

Will prevent audience from reading ahead

Will help you keep your presentation focused

Slide Structure

  • Do not use distracting animation

  • Do not go overboard with the animation, if you decide to use any

  • Be consistent with the animation that you use

Fonts

  • Use at least an 18-point font
  • Use different size fonts for main points and secondary points

this font is 24-point, the main point font is 28-point, and the title font is 36-point

  • Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial

Fonts

  • If you use a small font, your audience won’t be able to read what you have written

  • CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ

  • Don’t use a complicated font

Color

  • Use a color of font that contrasts sharply with the background

Ex: blue font on white background

  • Use color to reinforce the logic of your structure

Ex: light blue title and dark blue text

  • Use color to emphasize a point

But only use this occasionally

Color

  • Using a font color that does not contrast with the background color is hard to read
  • Using color for decoration is distracting and unprofessional.
  • So is using color to creative.
  • Using a different color for each point is unnecessary

Using a different color for secondary points is also unnecessary

Background

  • Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive but simple

  • Use backgrounds which are light, with dark text

  • Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation

Background

  • Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from
  • Always be consistent with the background that you use

Graphs

  • Use graphs rather than just charts and words

Data in graphs is easier to comprehend & retain than is raw data

Trends are easier to visualize in graph form

  • Always title your graphs

Graphs

Compare this table to the graph on the next slide. Which is easier to read?

Good

20.4 30.6
27.4 38.6
90 34.6
20.4 31.6
Blue Balls
Red Balls
Items Sold in First Quarter of 2002

Bad

20.4 30.6
27.4 38.6
90 34.6
20.4 31.6
Blue Balls
Red Balls

Sheet1

January February March April
Blue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4
Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6

Sheet2

Sheet3

Graphs

Good

20.4 30.6
27.4 38.6
90 34.6
20.4 31.6
Blue Balls
Red Balls
Items Sold in First Quarter of 2002

Sheet1

January February March April
Blue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4
Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6

Sheet2

Sheet3

Graphs

Good

20.4 30.6
27.4 38.6
90 34.6
20.4 31.6
Blue Balls
Red Balls
Items Sold in First Quarter of 2002

Bad

20.4 30.6
27.4 38.6
90 34.6
20.4 31.6
Blue Balls
Red Balls

Sheet1

January February March April
Blue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4
Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6

Sheet2

Sheet3

Graphs

Why is the graph on the previous page difficult to read?

  • Minor gridlines are unnecessary
  • Font is too small
  • Colors are illogical
  • Title is missing
  • Shading is distracting

Spelling and Grammar

  • Proof your slides for:

speling mistakes

the use of of repeated words

grammatical errors you might have make

  • If English is not your first language, have someone else check your presentation

Conclusion

  • Use an effective and strong closing

Your audience is likely to remember your last words

  • Use a conclusion slide to:

Summarize the main points of your presentation

Suggest future avenues of research

Questions

  • If appropriate, you can also end your presentation with a simple question slide to:

Invite your audience to ask questions

Provide a visual aid during question period

Avoid ending a presentation abruptly

References

  • If you used any external resources for the information presented, include a list of references, in APA style.

Adapted from: www.iasted.org/conferences/formatting/Presentations-Tips.ppt

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