Make it
- 1. Make it…love it…live it that’s how all presenters should feel about their presentations
- 2. Enjoy!!!
- 3. Tips for an effective presentation. 1. Do not read your own slides 2. Don’t not pace up and down but also… do not stand rigid 3. Do not wave your pointer all over the slide 4. Do not talk to the screen 5. Show enthusiasm and vary the tone of your voice 6. Do practice beforehand 7. Do ask your friends for feedback 8. Do face the audience and make eye contact
- 4. Slide do’s Know your audience Know your work Be loud enough Look presentable Be on time Use eye contact Make use of facial expressions Prepare questions and answers Make jokes relating to the topic
- 5. Slide don’ts Use too bright colors like yellow Don’t use a dark background Don’t point at the computer… point at the screen Do not make jokes that have nothing to do with the topic Do not be afraid to say that you don’t know the answer to the question Do not use too many visuals Do not use small font size Do not be too loud Do not turn your back on the audience
- 7. Know your audience Promote happy students Avoid bored learners
- 8. The use oh humour Make sure that the joke relates to the topic at hand…and it should be funny
- 9. Be loud enough Everyone should be able to clearly hear you
- 10. Avoid bright colors Like the use of too many different bright colors
- 11. Prepare questions for the end of the presentation Do not make the mistake of providing too much information and think that everyone in your audience understood you
- 12. Make use of punctuations
- 14. Make sure that the slide is visual enough
- 15. Slides Your slides should be summarized The font should be big enough Try and use bold colors Make sure that the background of the slide is dark Be enthusiastic and passionate about your presentation Remember communication is a two way street so interact with your audience Highlight key points in the presentation and headings too Use the same font and color in all the slides Present the information in bullet points If you include graphs or tables make sure that the audience can see them Avoid the use of animation and unnecessary pictures Do not use more than one topic per slide
- 16. Reference list • Stinsondesign.com • http://www.slideshare.net/tabzraza/presentationskills-130210001946phpapp02- 1?qid=8354d044-f31c-42a8-9380-e468045ca3b9&v=&b=&from_search=2 • http://www.slideshare.net/PlusOrMinusZero/slide-presentation- guidelines?qid=0c5ba154-55f3-4f08-b7dd-3e6f059989dd&v=&b=&from_search=1 • http://www.slideshare.net/67renat/6-presentation-guidelines1- presentation?qid=27ec19e2-c5c7-4b43-a767-c29afc4391a0&v=&b=&from_search=4 • http://www.slideshare.net/kharth/powerpoint-guidelines?qid=a888c820-7ea5- 4b9a-9367-6bce26620cb5&v=&b=&from_search=12
- 17. Thank you.