Building and Giving Presentation Tips

Tips for Building a Good Presentations:

When you build your presentation think about the following tips:

Title each screen
Use larger fonts and perhaps different style/colours for titles
Don't use too many colours/fonts.
Stick to one font with different sizes and styles (Bold, Italics)
All cards (Screens) must be simple, stand-alone
No more than six bullet points per slide
Use graphics symbols where possible to show ideas
Use pie charts for comparison of components
Use line charts to show trends
Use bar charts to do both
Order points by order of importance - most important first
For impact - combine sound, image and motion (multi-media)
Use lots of white space on screen
Try it out before, eg. Rehearse - is monitor big enough?
Add any missing information
Reasons for converting foils to computer presentation:
easier to revise
easier to navigate (add buttons)
add graphics to slides
add sound and movies to presentation
you can print summaries & output to slides if you really need to.


Tips for Giving the Presentations:

Print out a summary of the presentation and/or create speakers notes for the presentation.
Try out the presentation on a friend, Rehearse and check how long it takes.
Know your audience
Be organized
Don't use jargon
Stand beside monitor not in front of it.
Repeat question asked, if large group
Talk to your audience not to your monitor.
Encourage people to ask questions throughout
Maintain eye contact
Pay attention to the non-verbal signals your audience is giving you and adjust your presentation accordingly.
Hints for giving Video Conferencing presentations