GIVING A PRESENTATIONSOME GOOD IDEASSOME 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 ISTHE 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!!!