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Ed's Top Ten Rules for a Bad Presentation

Learn from Ed Coleman's humorous yet insightful top ten rules for delivering a subpar presentation, including tips like coming late, using excessive typography, and more unconventional advice. Find out why breaking presentation norms might actually help you stand out.

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Ed's Top Ten Rules for a Bad Presentation

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  1. The Craft of Scientific PresentationsBy Michael Alley Ed Coleman July 5, RET 2007

  2. Ed’s Top ten rules for a bad presentation By: Ed Coleman, Julian HS For: RET Fellows Prof. Andreas A. Linninger, Director Kedar Kulkarni

  3. Ed’s Top Ten • Murphy’s law is superstition • Come fashionably late • Don’t practice • Tell don’t show • Show a movie • Make it long • Make a puzzle • Love the rainbow • Shout • Be creative

  4. #10 Be creative

  5. The Font Typography Typography TypographyTypography TypographyTypography Typography

  6. Book Recommendations Typestyle Example Arial A body in motion will remain in motion Arial Narrow A body in motion will remain in motion Comic Sans MS A body in motion will remain in motion * Use bold face

  7. Type Size Size Use 28 Points Head lines of slides 24 points Primary type for body of slides 18 points Secondary type for body of slides 14 points Reference listings and logos

  8. #9 SHOUT

  9. Use Capitals TYPE SET IN ALL CAPITALS IS READ SLOWLY BECAUSE EVERY LETTER MUST BE READ Type set in lowercase is read more quickly because words can be recognized by their shapes

  10. #8 Love the rainbow

  11. Color How does this feel?

  12. More Color • Is this any better?

  13. My Recommendations • Use the colors of your school or favorite team • Don’t use warm colors • Use any background color you wish

  14. #7 Make a puzzle

  15. My Layout • Use a lot of detail • Use more than two lines of text • Use bullets, lots of them

  16. More Layout • Use illogical arrangements of information • Use sentence headlines to state purpose • Show images that support headlines

  17. Book Recommends

  18. #6 Make it long

  19. My Suggestions • List should be more than four items • Don’t consider grouping like items

  20. # 5 Show a movie

  21. Animation • Let your words fly • Use sounds or other tricks

  22. #4 Tell don’t show

  23. Words versus Images

  24. Words versus Images 2

  25. Book Recommendations • Well- designed presentations • Have title slide • Mapping slide • First slide for each section • Conclusion slide • Slides should show key results

  26. Key Results Suggestions

  27. #3 Don’t Practice

  28. #2 Come fashionably late

  29. Book Recommendations • Rehearse your presentation before the presentation. • Arrive early to the presentation • Check that the equipment works • Account for the worst and, if possible, have a back-up plan

  30. #1 Murphy’s Law is just superstition

  31. Why Use Slides? • The audience remembers • 10% of what is said • 20% of what is on the slide • 50% of details on well designed slides • The brain processes visual information 400,000 times faster than text

  32. Ed’s Top Ten • Murphy’s law is superstition • Come fashionably late • Don’t practice • Tell don’t show • Show a movie • Make it long • Make a puzzle • Love the rainbow • Shout • Be creative

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