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Basics of a good presentation

Basics of a good presentation. Lin Zhong ELEC424, Fall 2008. Presentation skills. Be friendly to audience Larger fonts No more than three levels of hierarchy Rule of 7-7 7 words per line 7 lines per slide Define esoteric terms or acronyms

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Basics of a good presentation

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  1. Basics of a good presentation Lin Zhong ELEC424, Fall 2008

  2. Presentation skills • Be friendly to audience • Larger fonts • No more than three levels of hierarchy • Rule of 7-7 • 7 words per line • 7 lines per slide • Define esoteric terms or acronyms • Esoteric: intended for or understood by only a particular group

  3. Presentation skills • Be friendly to audience (Contd.) • Be consistent in style • Explain everything on screen • Embed short pauses to allow questions • Listen to questions carefully • Repeat/rephrase to make sure • Eye contact with audience

  4. Be effective • The first three slides tell all • Use pictures or figures • Google image • Use color • Some colors do not work well with projectors • Yellow, light green etc. • Use animation less often • Do not abuse them • Cheap, unprofessional

  5. Be dramatic • Excited about the subject • Smile, happy, energetic • Be colloquial • Adequate body/hand movement • Story line • First three slides Movie trailer • Motivation  Murder in a happy family • Solutions  Crime investigation • May present incrementally, or even setbacks • Results/Conclusions  Criminal caught

  6. Tricks • Must inspire questions • Audience participates when Q&A • Questioner can never be wrong • “That could be true if……. But” • Presenter can not afford to be wrong • Politely take time-consuming Q&A offline • Not every inch of the screen is the same • People read from left to right, top down Put unimportant but required material here

  7. Tricks (Contd.) • How to buy time for questions? • Ask the questioner to repeat or rephrase the question (pretending you didn’t get it) • Repeat or rephrase the question yourself (and ask the questioner whether it is correct) • Say something about the question itself while you are desperately searching for answers • “It is a very good question” will buy you three seconds

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