presentation tips

1. Make it…love it…live it
that’s how all presenters
should feel about their
presentations

2. Enjoy!!!

3. Tips for an effective presentation.
1. Do not read your own slides
2. Don’t not pace up and down but also… do
not stand rigid
3. Do not wave your pointer all over the slide
4. Do not talk to the screen
5. Show enthusiasm and vary the tone of your
voice
6. Do practice beforehand
7. Do ask your friends for feedback
8. Do face the audience and make eye contact

4. Slide do’s
 Know your audience
 Know your work
 Be loud enough
 Look presentable
 Be on time
 Use eye contact
 Make use of facial expressions
 Prepare questions and answers
 Make jokes relating to the topic

5. Slide don’ts
 Use too bright colors like yellow
 Don’t use a dark background
 Don’t point at the computer… point at the screen
 Do not make jokes that have nothing to do with the
topic
 Do not be afraid to say that you don’t know the
answer to the question
 Do not use too many visuals
 Do not use small font size
 Do not be too loud
 Do not turn your back on the audience

6. Look presentable
Males Females

7. Know your audience
Promote happy students Avoid bored learners

8. The use oh humour
 Make sure that the joke relates to the topic at
hand…and it should be funny

9. Be loud enough
Everyone should be able to clearly hear you

10. Avoid bright colors
 Like the use of too many different bright colors

11. Prepare questions for the end of the
presentation
 Do not make the mistake of providing too much information
and think that everyone in your audience understood you

12. Make use of punctuations

13. Use facial expressions

14. Make sure that the slide is visual enough

15. Slides
 Your slides should be summarized
 The font should be big enough
 Try and use bold colors
 Make sure that the background of the slide is dark
 Be enthusiastic and passionate about your presentation
 Remember communication is a two way street so interact with
your audience
 Highlight key points in the presentation and headings too
 Use the same font and color in all the slides
 Present the information in bullet points
 If you include graphs or tables make sure that the audience can
see them
 Avoid the use of animation and unnecessary pictures
 Do not use more than one topic per slide

16. Reference list
• Stinsondesign.com
• http://www.slideshare.net/tabzraza/presentationskills-130210001946phpapp02-
1?qid=8354d044-f31c-42a8-9380-e468045ca3b9&v=&b=&from_search=2
• http://www.slideshare.net/PlusOrMinusZero/slide-presentation-
guidelines?qid=0c5ba154-55f3-4f08-b7dd-3e6f059989dd&v=&b=&from_search=1
• http://www.slideshare.net/67renat/6-presentation-guidelines1-
presentation?qid=27ec19e2-c5c7-4b43-a767-c29afc4391a0&v=&b=&from_search=4
• http://www.slideshare.net/kharth/powerpoint-guidelines?qid=a888c820-7ea5-
4b9a-9367-6bce26620cb5&v=&b=&from_search=12

17. Thank you.