Presentation Design and Delivery Tips

MaryBeth Dunning

Catch the audience’s attentionhttp://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20100000/dog-funny-animal-humor-20158126-700-525.jpg

Don’t use built in themes

• Be unique!

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Use Quality Pictures

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Use Solid Colors

Use good fontsGood Fonts Bad Fonts

Ayuthaya Baoli SC RegularCalibri Braggadocio

Arial Black Mistral

Comic Sans MS Xingkai SC LightTimes New Roman Chalkduster

Lucida Grande CY Playbill

KISS

Spellling is immportant

Make a layout before starting presentation

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Practice

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Delivery

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Pronunciate your words

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Speak Loud Enough

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Avoid Verbal Fillers

UM.. Like..

Okay so..

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Keep Eye Contact

Watch your gestureshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/27027945

Watch your facial expression

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Posture

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References

• “Delivering a Presentation”– http://www.capital.edu/oc-presentation-delivery/

• “10 Tips for Designing a Presentation that Doesn’t Suck”– http://designshack.net/articles/graphics/10-tips-for-designin

g-presentations-that-dont-suck-pt-1/• “Great Presentation design”

– http://www.ted.com/pages/tedx_presentation_design• “Designing a Great Presentation”

– http://www.extremepresentation.com/design/• “Presentation Tips”

– http://www.washington.edu/doit/TeamN/present_tips.html