How to make a good presentation
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This document provides advice for structuring a PowerPoint presentation and preparing slides. It recommends starting preparation early, telling a story with a logical sequence, keeping sentences short, and focusing slides. For visual elements, it suggests using large, bold fonts for subtitles and titles, simple graphics to clarify concepts, and placing text near the relevant part of an image for clarity. Key points are to avoid overloading slides with text, focus on a few powerful slides, and use the slide notes area to list what to say for each slide.
![PowerPoint Presentation Advice
Mike Splane –© 2006
Structuring Your Talk:
Preparing a talk always takes far longer than you anticipate. Start early!
• Write a clear statement of the problem and its importance.
• Research. Collect material which may relate to the topic.
• Tell a story in a logical sequence.
• Stick to the key concepts. Avoid description of specifics and unnecessary details.
• If you are making a series of points, organize them from the most to the least important. The less
important points can be skipped if you run short of time.
• Keep your sentences short, about 10-20 words each is ideal. This is the way people usually talk.
• Strive for clarity. Are these the best words for making your point? Are they unambiguous? Are
you using unfamiliar jargon or acronyms?
Preparing Your ݺߣs:
Presentation Design
• Don’t overload your slides with too much text or data.
• FOCUS. In general, using a few powerful slides is the aim.
• Let the picture or graphic tell the story. Avoid text.
• Type key words in the PowerPoint Notes area listing what to say when displaying the slide. The
notes are printable.
• Number your slides and give them a title.
• Use the “summary slide” feature in slide sorter view to prepare an Agenda or Table of Contents
slide.
• Prepare a company logo slide for your presentation.
• You can add a logo and other graphics to every slide using the slide master feature.
• Proof read everything, including visuals and numbers.
• Keep “like” topics together
• Strive for similar line lengths for text.
Visual elements
• A font size of 28 to 34 with a bold font is recommended for subtitles. The title default size is 44.
Use a san serif font for titles.
• Use clear, simple visuals. Don’t confuse the audience.
• Use contrast: light on dark or dark on light.
• Graphics should make a key concept clearer.
• Place... [continues]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/howtomakeagoodpresentation-130313121951-phpapp01/85/How-to-make-a-good-presentation-1-320.jpg)
How to make a good presentation
- 1. PowerPoint Presentation Advice Mike Splane –© 2006 Structuring Your Talk: Preparing a talk always takes far longer than you anticipate. Start early! • Write a clear statement of the problem and its importance. • Research. Collect material which may relate to the topic. • Tell a story in a logical sequence. • Stick to the key concepts. Avoid description of specifics and unnecessary details. • If you are making a series of points, organize them from the most to the least important. The less important points can be skipped if you run short of time. • Keep your sentences short, about 10-20 words each is ideal. This is the way people usually talk. • Strive for clarity. Are these the best words for making your point? Are they unambiguous? Are you using unfamiliar jargon or acronyms? Preparing Your ݺߣs: Presentation Design • Don’t overload your slides with too much text or data. • FOCUS. In general, using a few powerful slides is the aim. • Let the picture or graphic tell the story. Avoid text. • Type key words in the PowerPoint Notes area listing what to say when displaying the slide. The notes are printable. • Number your slides and give them a title. • Use the “summary slide” feature in slide sorter view to prepare an Agenda or Table of Contents slide. • Prepare a company logo slide for your presentation. • You can add a logo and other graphics to every slide using the slide master feature. • Proof read everything, including visuals and numbers. • Keep “like” topics together • Strive for similar line lengths for text. Visual elements • A font size of 28 to 34 with a bold font is recommended for subtitles. The title default size is 44. Use a san serif font for titles. • Use clear, simple visuals. Don’t confuse the audience. • Use contrast: light on dark or dark on light. • Graphics should make a key concept clearer. • Place... [continues]