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PresentationsPresentations

It Will Not Do The Job!It Will Not Do The Job!

Be sure to remember that presentations are Be sure to remember that presentations are meant to compliment what you’re talking meant to compliment what you’re talking about. about.

Your presentation is an Your presentation is an extensionextension that makes that makes what you’re discussing easier to grasp and to what you’re discussing easier to grasp and to grab your audience’s attention.grab your audience’s attention.

Image Relevance!

• If you’re going to use images, be sure they are relevant to the topic.

• Be sure the image is not too distracting, or you will lose your audience.

Over Doing ItOver Doing It

When giving a presentation, do not make When giving a presentation, do not make it incredibly fancy. It will be distracting for it incredibly fancy. It will be distracting for your audience!your audience!

Avoid using hard to read text fonts and if Avoid using hard to read text fonts and if possible avoid switching fonts repeatedly.possible avoid switching fonts repeatedly.

Don’t make your presentation’s Don’t make your presentation’s information shake or fly everywhere; it will information shake or fly everywhere; it will be a distracting and can be difficult to be a distracting and can be difficult to follow.follow.

Keep it Interesting

Sneaking in elements that your audience will find entertaining is a wonderful way to keep their attention!

Avoid littering your presentation with walls of small text, your audience will shut off and lose focus!

Slide LengthsSlide Lengths

• Keep it short and sweet!*

*Unless you’re not there to present it and fill in the blanks with your speaking role!

Inspiration

If you’re finding it difficult to find a unique way to present your topic, look at Technology, Entertainment, and Design(TED)

TED is a website with brilliant professionals presenting revolutionary ideas and more!

Notes…in my Presentation?! The goal of presentations is to aid you

in getting the message across. Make the bullets short and quick to

write so the audience can write relevant notes.

Key words are wonderful as they allow your audience to recall that section you spoke of from a word or two.

I Made One, What Now? Once you’ve created a presentation, be

sure to review it for errors! Got it memorized? No? Well then…

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

Where Did This Fabulous Stuff Where Did This Fabulous Stuff Come From?!Come From?!

My speech class!My speech class! Teaching and Learning with Teaching and Learning with

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