Como Debe Ser Una Presentation

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Instructions for PowerPoint(by WSEAS)

Avoiding the Pitfalls

of Bad Slides


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From: Munter, Mary.Guide to ManagerialCommunication.Effective Business

Writing and Speaking.4th Edition. New ersey:Prenti!e "all, #$$%.

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Tips to be Covered

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Slide Stru!ture Fonts 'olour Ba!(ground

)ra*hs S*elling and )rammar 'on!lusions +uestions


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Outline

Ma(e your #stor ndslide an outline of your

*resentation- E: *revious slide

Follow the order of your outline for the rest of

the *resentation

&nly *la!e main *oints on the outline slide- E: /se the titles of ea!h slide as main *oints


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Slide Structure Good

/se #0 slides *er minute of your *resentation

1rite in *oint form, not !om*lete senten!es 2n!lude 403 *oints *er slide

Avoid wordiness: use (ey words and *hrases

only


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Slide Structure !"d

his *age !ontains too many words for a

*resentation slide. 2t is not written in *ointform, ma(ing it diffi!ult 5oth for your audien!eto read and for you to *resent ea!h *oint.

Although there are ea!tly the same num5er of*oints on this slide as the *revious slide, itloo(s mu!h more !om*li!ated. 2n short, youraudien!e will s*end too mu!h time trying toread this *aragra*h instead of listening to you.


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Slide Structure Good

Show one *oint at a time:

- 1ill hel* audien!e !on!entrate on what you aresaying

- 1ill *revent audien!e from reading ahead

- 1ill hel* you (ee* your *resentation fo!used


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#onts Good

/se at least an #70*oint font

/se different si8e fonts for main *oints andse!ondary *oints- this font is 40*oint, the main *oint font is 70*oint,

and the title font is 90*oint

/se a standard font li(e imes New ;oman orArial


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#onts !"d

2f you use a small font, your audien!e won


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Colour Good

/se a !olour of font that !ontrasts shar*ly with

the 5a!(ground- E: 5lue font on white 5a!(ground

/se !olour to reinfor!e the logi! of your

stru!ture

- E: light 5lue title and dar( 5lue tet

/se !olour to em*hasi8e a *oint- But only use this o!!asionally


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Colour !"d

/sing a font !olour that does not !ontrast withthe 5a!(ground !olour is hard to read

/sing !olour for de!oration is distra!ting andannoying.

/sing a different !olour for ea!h *oint is

unne!essary- /sing a different !olour for se!ondary *oints is alsounne!essary

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!"c$%round Good

/se 5a!(grounds su!h as this one that are

attra!tive 5ut sim*le

/se 5a!(grounds whi!h are light

/se the same 5a!(ground !onsistently

throughout your *resentation


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!"c$%round !"d

Avoid 5a!(grounds that are distra!ting or

diffi!ult to read fromAlways 5e !onsistent with the 5a!(ground that

you use


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Gr"p&s Good

/se gra*hs rather than @ust !harts and words-

6ata in gra*hs is easier to !om*rehend retainthan is raw data

- rends are easier to visuali8e in gra*h form

Always title your gra*hs


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Gr"p&s Good

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Gr"p&s !"d

Minor gridlines are unne!essary

Font is too small'olours are illogi!al

itle is missing

Shading is distra!ting


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Spellin% "nd Gr"''"r

Proof your slides for:-

s*eling mista(es- the use of of re*eated words

- grammati!al errors you might have ma(e

2f English is not your first language, *leasehave someone else !he!( your *resentationC


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Conclusion

/se an effe!tive and strong !losing-

?our audien!e is li(ely to remem5er your last words

/se a !on!lusion slide to:- Summari8e the main *oints of your *resentation

- Suggest future avenues of resear!h


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uestions++

End your *resentation with a sim*le Duestion

slide to:- 2nvite your audien!e to as( Duestions- Provide a visual aid during Duestion *eriod

- Avoid ending a *resentation a5ru*tly

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