GIVING A PRESENTATION SOME GOOD IDEAS SOME BAD IDEAS BY ANDREA CARBONELL
ORGANIZATION CLEAR INTRODUCTION USE ONLY ONE IDEA PER SLIDE ONLY ONE “CONCLUSION” SLIDE DON’T COUNT WITH THE AUDIENCE TO REMEMBER ANY DETAILS FROM ONE SLIDE TO ANOTHER TRY TO BUILD A UNIFYING THREAD TRY TO CUT OUT AS MUCH AS POSIBLE HELP THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE GOING
MECHANICS USE A GOOD PRESENTATION-BUILDING A GOOD TOOL, LIKE MS POWER POINT HUMOR IS VERY USEFULL BUT…IMPROVISING HUMOR IS VERY DANGEROUS!! THE MORE YOU REHEARSE THE TALK, THE BETTER IT WILL BE. 5 REHEARSALS IS A MINUMUM FOR AN IMPORTANT TOLK NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE WRITTEN DOWN BE ENTUSIASTIC ACT YOUR TALK LISTEN TO THE QUESTIONS VERY CAREFULLY DO NOT TREAT YOUR AUDIENCE AS MENTALLY-IMPAIRED GOOD MORNING, COULD YOU TELL ME  WERE IS THE  GOOD MORNING, COULD YOU TELL  ME WHERE IS THE JOKE?
TEXT SLIDES SHOULD HAVE SHORT TITLES ALL THE TEXT ON THE SLIDES SHOULD HAVE THE SAME STRUCTURE PUT A VERY LITTLE TEXT ON A SLIDE DON’T USE SMOLL FONTS DON’T PUT USELESS GRAPHICS ON EACH SLIDE SPELL-CHEK
ILLUSTRATIONS PREFER IMAGE TO TEXT (MORE 80%) DON’T  “WASTE”  INFORMATION   BY   USING  UNNECESSARY  COLORS . HAVE HIGHT-CONTRAST COLORS REAL PHOTOS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE RECTAGLESESO WITH SHADOWS SEEM TO LOOK MUCH BETTER THAT WITHOUT DO NOT USE FANCY ANIMATION EFFECTS IF NOT NECESSARY USE STRONG COLORS FOR   IMPORTANT STUFF ,  PASTEL COLOR FOR THE UNIMPORTIONAL MAKING A  PRESENTATION!! !
RESULTS DON’T PUT USELESS INFORMATION IN RESULT GRAPHS DISCUSS THE RESULTS NUMBERS IN DETAIL PLEASE USE  GRAPHICS!!!

Giving A Presentation

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    GIVING A PRESENTATIONSOME GOOD IDEAS SOME BAD IDEAS BY ANDREA CARBONELL
  • 2.
    ORGANIZATION CLEAR INTRODUCTIONUSE ONLY ONE IDEA PER SLIDE ONLY ONE “CONCLUSION” SLIDE DON’T COUNT WITH THE AUDIENCE TO REMEMBER ANY DETAILS FROM ONE SLIDE TO ANOTHER TRY TO BUILD A UNIFYING THREAD TRY TO CUT OUT AS MUCH AS POSIBLE HELP THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE GOING
  • 3.
    MECHANICS USE AGOOD PRESENTATION-BUILDING A GOOD TOOL, LIKE MS POWER POINT HUMOR IS VERY USEFULL BUT…IMPROVISING HUMOR IS VERY DANGEROUS!! THE MORE YOU REHEARSE THE TALK, THE BETTER IT WILL BE. 5 REHEARSALS IS A MINUMUM FOR AN IMPORTANT TOLK NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE WRITTEN DOWN BE ENTUSIASTIC ACT YOUR TALK LISTEN TO THE QUESTIONS VERY CAREFULLY DO NOT TREAT YOUR AUDIENCE AS MENTALLY-IMPAIRED GOOD MORNING, COULD YOU TELL ME WERE IS THE GOOD MORNING, COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE IS THE JOKE?
  • 4.
    TEXT SLIDES SHOULDHAVE SHORT TITLES ALL THE TEXT ON THE SLIDES SHOULD HAVE THE SAME STRUCTURE PUT A VERY LITTLE TEXT ON A SLIDE DON’T USE SMOLL FONTS DON’T PUT USELESS GRAPHICS ON EACH SLIDE SPELL-CHEK
  • 5.
    ILLUSTRATIONS PREFER IMAGETO TEXT (MORE 80%) DON’T “WASTE” INFORMATION BY USING UNNECESSARY COLORS . HAVE HIGHT-CONTRAST COLORS REAL PHOTOS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE RECTAGLESESO WITH SHADOWS SEEM TO LOOK MUCH BETTER THAT WITHOUT DO NOT USE FANCY ANIMATION EFFECTS IF NOT NECESSARY USE STRONG COLORS FOR IMPORTANT STUFF , PASTEL COLOR FOR THE UNIMPORTIONAL MAKING A PRESENTATION!! !
  • 6.
    RESULTS DON’T PUTUSELESS INFORMATION IN RESULT GRAPHS DISCUSS THE RESULTS NUMBERS IN DETAIL PLEASE USE GRAPHICS!!!