3 goals of a presentation
- Inform
- Educate
- Persuade
3 ways the audience learns
- Seeing
- Hearing
- Doing
PowerPoint slideshows include:
- Texts
- Charts and Graphs
- Photos and Graphics
- Audio, Video and other sound
Rules for good presentations
- Keep slides simple and easy to read
- State your purpose
- Add images to support your points
- Relax and use a friendly speaking style
- Don't just read the slides to your audience
What kind of colors should you use to make slides easy to read
- Use light-colored backgrounds with dark text
- Use dark backgrounds with bright text
Large Fonts make slides easy to read
- Limit how much text you put on each slide
- Make the text clean and big
How to Organize your presentation effectively
- State your purpose: make it clear what you want the audience to know
- Present information in multiple ways
- End with a summary
Supporting Images - Photos, graphics and charts
- Keeps the audience interested
- Reinforce key messages
- Help Visual learners understand
Avoid cluttering your slides with images
- Avoid slide clutter
- Don't use too many colors
Relax and be Friendly
- Avoid reading your slides word for word
- Don't talk too fast
- Be sure to add information and examples in your own words
- Allow time for note-taking
- Answer audience questions
- Practice your presentation
The Best presentations have
- Easy to read slides that support what is being said
- A clearly stated purpose
- Graphics, photos, and other visual objects used judiciously
- A speaker who is relaxed and confident
