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Lecture 6:How to make an effective Presentation
English for Electrical Engineers
Fall 2014Reza Mohammadkhani
University of Kurdistan
http://eng.uok.ac.ir/mohammadkhani
Making An Effective Presentation2
� Planning Content
� Choosing Slide Structure
� Displaying Text
� Displaying Graphs
� Animating
� Presenting
Planning Content3
� Think about possible audience questions
� Think about your subject and organise your talk from large to small
� Explain your method(s)
� Explain your data
� Conclude it
Slide Structure4
Choosing Slide Structure5
� Choose appropriate template
� Slide Master
� Format
� Background
� Slide Layout
� Font
� …
Font6
� Clear Font Type and Size
� Choose a font style/size that your audience can read from a distance.
Example: Font Size & Style7
Font Size & Type8
� This is Arial 12
� This is Arial 18
� This is Arial 24
� This is Arial 32
� This is Arial 36
�This is Arial 44
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Displaying Text10
Displaying Text11
� Use bullets
� Use short phrases
� Use grammatical parallelism
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Displaying Visuals14
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Falling Leaves16
Falling Leaves17
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January March May July September November
GoaMumbaiDelhi
Much Simpler
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Animating19
Animation20
� Use animations to help audience understand your message
Animation Example21
This transition is annoying,
not enhancing
This transition is Fine.
Presenting22
Presenting23
� Adapt to Physical, Cultural Environment
� Stance� Body language
� Handling notes
� Gestures
� Eye contact
� Voice quality� Volume
� Inflection
� Pace
Keep In Mind 24
� Communication is the key
� Text to support the communication
� Pictures to simplify complex concepts
� Animations for complex relationships
� Visuals to support, not to distract
� Sounds only when absolutely necessary
Example25
EXCITED
By
Animations, sound
and
Clip art
In PowerPoint?
You
Are
A Bad ppt Slide
Adapted from S. Taylor
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References 28
� Course webpage at: http://eng.uok.ac.ir/mohammadkhani/courses/English_93_1.html
� Course pages by Dr H. Bevrani at: www.bevrani.com
� Satyajeet Singh, Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentations. Available at: https://www.nursing.arizona.edu/PDF/how-to-
make-effective-presentation.ppt
� Using PowerPoint to Design Effective Presentations, available online at: www.owlnet.rice.edu/~cainproj/presenting.ppt
� Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentations, available online at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/686/01/