Presentation Skills
- 2. Top fears 41% speaking 32% heights 24% insects 23% to a group & bugs financial problems 22% deep 20% water sickness 19% death 18% flying
- 3. What’s your presentation nightmare? What are your dreams of presentation success?
- 6. Death by powerpoint Right now, someone out there is actually dying from a boring presentation, hopefully it’s not yours
- 12. It’s not just “know your audience” It’s love your audience
- 14. Ditch the notes… You don’t need them
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- 16. When someone puts all their text in their presentation I say to myself: “Dude?! What’s the point of being here ?! Just email me your slides and I’ll read it on my own time without you.”
- 17. Rehearse and use images to remind you of each point
- 20. No bullet points
- 21. Explain the events of the last 24 hours
- 24. KISS the video
- 25. If you can’t use colour wisely, then avoid it entirely! Take care to match colours and backgrounds Take care to match colours and backgrounds Take care to match colours and backgrounds
- 26. • Do use formatting and color to emphasize (e.g. POPTA) • Don’t include unrelated pictures
- 27. • Do chek yor speling for mestakes • Do acknowledge previous work and help
- 28. GRAPHS ARE OK, BUT REMEMBER: It’s not just about the number, it’s about what the numbers mean Percentage of People Needing Presentation Skills 100 80 Percentage 60 40 20 0 Yes No Yes No Academia Industry Conclusion - It is important to learn presentation skills!
- 29. Few things about Fonts
- 31. • The ice breaker • Evidence • Quotation • A true story • The shock tactic
- 32. Inderpreet T & P, BFGI
- 34. How many slides were used? How many pictures were repeated? How many fonts were used?
Editor's Notes
- #7: your presentation shouldmove & inspire peopleDon’t bore your audience, Gore them!
- #16: And make the people jealous of you
- #17: @nancyduarteare you giving a documentor a presentation?75+ words/slide= document
- #18: It takes a little bit of practice but this alone will make your presentation 100% better
- #19: People remember simple messages that are fun to remember
- #24: twirlingtwirlingtwirlingblinking,sparkling ortwirling text isjust not coolblinking……. interestingbut adding a slightrotation to text or imagesmakes your slides a little morebut go easy tiger,don’t overdo it.
- #25: But keep it short, simple & relevant.2-3 min is good, 30 seconds is bestand save yourselffrom the awkwardsilence and alwayspreload your videos.
- #29: Do include written conclusion for every graph --Don’t forget to add meaningful labels, titles, captions, etc. to graphs
- #30: never use morethan 2-3 styles.(it’s not cute)few things about fonts: