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POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SKILLS

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SKILLS. Tran Anh Thong, MA. Department of Foreign Languages. KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION Think of your audience Make it clear Why should visual aids be used? Things to be considered. Think of Your Audience. Purpose of your talk Talk to your audience

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POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SKILLS

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  1. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SKILLS Tran Anh Thong, MA. Department of Foreign Languages

  2. KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION • Think of your audience • Make it clear • Why should visual aids be used? • Things to be considered

  3. Think of Your Audience • Purpose of your talk • Talk to your audience • Engage your audience by asking questions • Keep it interesting: • Share interesting tidbits • Give unique examples or analogies • Humor disturbs slumber • Make sure you can be heard! If you’re bored, your audience is snoring

  4. Verbal Skills Slow down Don’t read your slides – use as cues Vary voice tone Genuine enthusiasm Speak up Body Language Eye contact Stand straight – breathe Don’t over-gesture with pointer Face your audience Think of Your Audience

  5. Make it Clear • Controls number of slides and provides balance • Style and format: • Use colors to highlight and organize • Be consistent • Read through presentation and see if main points stand out • One concept per slide

  6. Why Should Visual Aids Be Used? • Use visuals whenever possible • Good visuals are: • Visible • Clear • Simple Text 7% Visual 55% Vocal 38% (Results from Professor Albert Mehrabian – UCLA)

  7. Why Should Visual Aids Be Used? • Message Retention (Study at the Wharton Research Centre ) A picture is worth a thousand words

  8. Why Should Visual Aids Be Used? • Objectives Achievement (Study by Decker Communications)

  9. Things to be considered • Don’t crowd with too much information • Unreadable information wastes time and annoys audience • Timing • Don’t memorize entire talk • Font size • Text animations • Layouts (background, font color)

  10. Thank you for joining us!

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