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    An effective presentation

    ◦ Conveys message to the target


    audience well
    ◦ May be the best way to connect
    with a target audience
     Use font size 24 or bigger as
    much as possible
     Anything below 24 points is too small
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     Use a sans-serif font (Arial,
    Verdana)
     Serif fonts are harder to read on-
    screen
     Italics are harder to read on-screen
     Use bold or color for emphasis
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     The audience will read faster than
    you will talk.
     Maintain eye contact with the
    audience.
    6 words per line
     6 lines per slide

     Shoot them with bullets

     Understanding vs. Overload


    Needs Improvement
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     Basic light colored background
    and dark text
     Avoid distracting images
     Limit transitions, animations,
    and sound effects
     Don’t get hung up on looks
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     Don’t get carried away with
    flashy videos, music clips or
    graphics
     “flashing slide” is a bad slide
    Needs Improvement
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     Check grammar and spelling
     “American if American, British if
    British”
     Title
    slide – includes the
    following:
    ◦ Title of presentation
    ◦ Venue of the presentation
    ◦ Date of presentation
    ◦ Name of presenter/s
     Closing slide may be one of
    the ff:
    ◦ “Thank you” or “Open Forum”
    ◦ A statement such as “We are
    now ready to answer your
    questions.”
     Use design templates
     Standardize position, colors and
    styles
     Be consistent with effects,
    transitions and animation
     Oral
    communication is different
    from written communication
    ◦ K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid)
    ◦ make your audience want to read
    your paper
     Think about your audience

    some are experts in your sub-area,


    some are experts in your general area,
    and others know little or nothing
     Practice
    your talk before the
    presentation

    it is hard to distill one’s work down to a few


    minutes
    Mediodia, H. 2009. How to Make a Good Research Presentation.
    Handouts.

    PowerPoint presentations of students from Research 1, SY 2009-


    2010.

    Effective PowerPoint. Retrieved from


    http://www.slideshare.net/rushaw/effective-power-point

    Montecino, V. 1999. Creating and Effective PowerPoint


    Presentation. Retrieved from
    http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Tips-on-How-to-Make-Effective-
    Powerpoint-Business-Presentations
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