EDHI297© 1997 University of Vermont, Design by Geoffrey Duke

How to Survive a Presentation

Style

Techniques

Preparation

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How to Survive a Presentation Plenty of reasons for stage fright. If you’re not worried, you should be. Worry now; prepare; relax.

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Style Tips

Color Contrast Fonts, sizes Information density Great built-in features Not-so-great features

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Color and Contrast

Contrast between text and background

Rules for print and display differ

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Diagonal Blue, Light Background Contrast between text and

background Rules for print and display differ

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Diagonal Blue, Overhead Colors Contrast between text and

background Rules for print and display differ

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Magenta Color Scheme Contrast between text and

background Rules for print and display differ A built-in color scheme

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Design Templates

Contrast between text and background

Rules for print and display differ A built-in color scheme

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Font Choices

Rules for print and display differ Serif fonts work well on paper

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Font Choices, Continued Rules for print and display differ San-serif fonts are easier to read on-

screen and projected

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Font Sizes

Default title size: 44 points Default text size: 32 points Minimum size: 16 points

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Less Is More

Some believe a presenter should make sure to include every word to be said in the slide itself, while others discipline themselves to place only the core concepts and key words in the presentation, using them as prompts, or ticklers, to expound upon when giving the presentation.

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Less Is More

If it’s all in the slides, you can sit down now.

Bullet your key points. Provide details verbally. No more than 6 or 7 points per slide. Use “notes” for details.

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Animation

Animation … can make your audience nauseous.

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Animation Tips

Animation can also keep their interest.

Use with care. Be consistent?

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Clip Art

Can keep interest. Stereotypical and

insulting? Illustrative or

distracting?

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Tech Tips: Getting Started Office Assistant Design templates Slide masters Title masters Color schemes

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Tech Tips: Oops

Autosave! Undo … and undo again

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Tech Tips: Terms

Presentation file Slide

Object• Title• Text• Clip art• Image

Toolbars

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Tech Tips: Webizing

File/ Save as Web Page Whose JAVA?

Internet Explorer Netscape Communicator

Universal format

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Tech Tips: Take With You

File/ Pack and Go Include PowerPoint Viewer

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Murphy Must’ve Used PowerPoint Check out the room. Bring your own equipment. Have a Plan B (and C).

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What Can Go Wrong? Forgot your file PowerPoint formats incompatible PowerPoint not installed Computer crashes Computer-projector interface Cable and adapter problems Internet … and that’s just the technical stuff!

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Check out the room

Light controls? Screen? Projector

Have you used this brand and model? Who has the remote? Where are the connections? How to match screen resolution?

Audio? Internet? Computer provided with familiar OS?

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Bring your own equipment Computer you have bonded with Internet access

Modem Ethernet adapter

Projector Cables, adapters

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It’s Lonely Up There …Part 1: Projectors Connections Matching screen resolution to

projector Focusing & zooming Selecting inputs Hiding the screen Light level Audio

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It’s Lonely Up There …Part 2: Internet Modem

Long cables, digital line adapter 9, … *70, ISP’s toll-free number (or credit

card) TCP/IP settings, PPP Help Desk number

Ethernet Adapter, long cable, barrel connector TCP/IP settings, IP address, DHCP

Hotel room and presentation room different?

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Plan B

Bring universal file format, … on universal medium … or media. Multiple copies. Bring your own equipment. Use Web version. Have a Plan C. Good acting: this was plan A all

along.

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Plan C

Printed handouts & notes Overheads Web pages on your own disk

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Plan D

Send out for pizza? The end.