Presentation Tips
At the Beginning... ● Introduce yourselves and your topic
DO: ● Prepare, practice ● Engage with your audience ● Be present (mentally and physically) ● Make additional comments, if relevant ● BE ON TIME
DO: ● Use bullets! ● They’re useful for info bytes ● Key info, names, dates etc.
ABSOLUTELY DO NOT ● Write out full-length paragraphs because they’re really long and people will stop reading them about a third of the way through and they’re bulky and look terrible on a presentation and they’re boring unless they have a punchline which is rare dorsal fin hockey puck monkey monkey underpants
Do: Make Eye Contact
DON’T: ● STRICTLY READ OFF OF YOUR SLIDES ● Look down at a script ● Have a script ● Stare into space when it’s not your turn ● Be unsure of what you’re talking about
Do ● Use images ● They provide visual interest as well as visual information
DON’T: Go overboard. This ain’t cute. And this is too hard to read.
Don’t ● Make presentations so long that you have to speed through slides ● Make presentations so short you average 1 slide per 6 minutes
Further Tips and Advice ● You will flub a line/word ● You will gesticulate more than normal ● Your voice will do weird things ● You may lose the thread of what you were talking about ● Roll with it
At the End ● Thank the audience ● Be prepared to answer questions ● Don’t end with “Ummm… So that’s it.”
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