How to Survive a Presentation: Style Techniques & Preparation

1. How to Survive a Presentation Style Techniques Preparation Dean.Williams@uvm.edu http://www.uvm.edu/~djw/presentations/powerpoint-2003-psyc15/ University of Vermont

2. How to Survive a Presentation  Plenty of reasons for stage fright.  If you’re not worried, you should be.  Worry now  Prepare  Relax University of Vermont

3. Style Tips  Color  Contrast  Fonts, sizes  Information density  Rely on built-in features University of Vermont

4. Color and Contrast  Contrast between text and background  Rules for print and display differ University of Vermont

5. Font Choices, Font Choices  Rules for print and display differ  San-serif fonts are easier to read  on-screen  projected  Rules for print and display differ  Serif fonts work well on paper University of Vermont

6. Font Sizes Default title size: 44 points  Default text size: 32 points Minimum size: 16 points  University of Vermont

7. Less Is More  Bullet your key points.  Provide details verbally.  No more than 6 or 7 points per slide.  Use “notes” for details. University of Vermont

8. Animation  Animation …  can  make  your  audience  nauseous. University of Vermont

9. Animation Tips  Animation can also keep their interest  Use with care  Be consistent? University of Vermont

10. Clip Art  Can keep interest.  Stereotypical and insulting?  Illustrative or distracting? University of Vermont

11. Tech Tips: Getting Started  Office Assistant  Design templates  Slide layouts & color schemes  Slide masters & title masters  Slide show controls  PowerPoint vs. PowerPoint University of Vermont

12. Saving Your Work  Floppy disk  Email to yourself  The zoo.uvm.edu server  Start/Zoo Files  2 > 1 University of Vermont

13. Know the equipment  Projector  On & Off  Screen resolution  Connections  Remote  Whiteboard  Software  Control  Saving drawings University of Vermont

14. Murphy Must’ve Used PowerPoint  Check out the room  Bring your own equipment  Have a Plan B University of Vermont

15. Plan B  Bring universal file format  … on universal medium … or media  Multiple copies  Bring your own equipment  Use Web version  Have a Plan C  Good acting: this was plan A all along University of Vermont

16. Plan C  Printed handouts & notes  Overheads  Web pages on your own disk University of Vermont

17. Plan D  Send out for pizza? University of Vermont

18. PowerPoint Resources  Calderon , P. (1998). Anatomy of a great presentation. Windows Magazine, (June) http://content.techweb.com/winmag/library/1998/0601/fea0111.ht m  Includes downloadable sample  "Night before" checklist  University of Washington. (2000). PowerPoint Resources. http://courses.washington.edu/~hs590a/weblinks/ppt.html  References to style and effectiveness guides University of Vermont

19. PowerPoint Resources  Health Sciences Communications Association. (Site visited September, 2000). Effective PowerPoint Presentations. http://www.hesca.org/pptutor.htm  Effective presentations and technical guide  Basic, Brief and useful  Medical Library Association. (2000). How to Give a Good Presentation. http://www.mlanet.org/publications/tool_kit/presentation.html  Organizing, preparing, and delivering a presentation -- index cards and flip charts to computer presentation software University of Vermont