HOW TO MAKE A GOOD PRESENTATION

CONTENTS

Before you start TIPS Slides continent’s (Material)

BEFORE PRESENTATION

Before you start preparing your presentation, you must know Who are your audience? How much time you have for the

presentation?

KEEP IN MIND THAT…

First impression matter! Try to motivate your audience. Choose

the right words. Keep it simple and focus on a few key

points. Make the audience want to learn more. Know at least the first few minutes of

your talk by heart to get over the butterflies and set the right tone.

TIPS

Be neat Avoid trying to cram too much into one

slide Don’t be a slave to your slides. Be brief,

use keywords rather than long sentences

Understand EVERYTHING you present . Avoid covering up slides Keep text to a minimum

TIPS

Use colors to emphasize Use illustrations to get across key

concepts May include animation Make eye contact. Face your audience at

all times. Be ready to skip slides if time is short SMILE . A bit of humor is always

appreciated P R A C T I C E !!!

PRESENTATION CONTENTS

Background and motivation. Information that puts “what you are going to

tell them” in context. why “what are you are telling them” is critical

and important. Research done

“what you are telling them” should be understandable to all audience.

Conclusion “what you told them”

SLIDE STRUCTURE (GOOD)

Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation

Write in point form, not complete sentences

Include 4-5 points per slide Avoid wordiness: use key words and

phrases only

SLIDE STRUCTRE (BAD)

This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.

AND FINALLY…HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE AUDIENCE

A successful talk is dynamic between the speaker and the audience; a lousy audience is just as bad as a lousy speaker

Be engaged in the talk. You’re not watching TV; you’re at work. Sit up front. Concentrate. Don’t tune out.

ASK QUESTIONS! Questions are part of the ritual. Don’t be a wall flower.

There’s nothing that helps a speaker more than to see you nodding your head in approval!