21 TIPS FORCREATING A

PRESENTATION

BORING

START BYDISQUALIFYING

YOURSELF

Eg: “I’m not exactly an expert on this subject”

“I hope you don’t find my presentation boring”

MAKE A LONG

Don’t be afraid to dedicate

10-15 minutes of your

Presentation to the

introduction before your

move on to your topic.

INTRODUCTION

READ FROM

Turn your back to

audience and read

from the slides. It

might make your

job as a presenter

easier.

YOUR SLIDES

SWINE FLU

AVOID HUMOR LIKE

There really is

nothing worse for your audience

than making them laugh.

They’re there to be subjected to

a painful experience, so

give them one

VISUALS

Visual aids are perfect for

turning even the dullest of

topics with tons of statistics

into an interesting presentation

SO DO NOT USE VISUALS

AVOID THEUSE OF

COMPLICATEDMAKE THINGS

Move from one point

to the next in an

illogical manner,

never come to an

overall conclusion

THE ICE

DO NOT BREAK

NEVER Crack jokes, Tug on their heart

strings, tell a personal story, Use

metaphors or draw comparisons

ANIMATE

Every slide, title, word, bullet

point, graphic,

and photo needs its

own unique animation.

Why do you think PowerPoint gives

you so many animation options?

ANIMATE

ANIMATE

EXTRAVAGANT

Use swirly and extravagant fonts,

as those will really get your point

across.

USE

FONTS

KILL YOURAUDIENCEWITH BULLETS

Make every slide

look the same

(i.e. Title, Bullets;

Title, Bullets).

USE

TONSGRAPHS WITH

OF DATA

Design data-centric slides

with numerous graphs

and tons of data

Do not conclude! Let

your audience draw

their own conclusions

USE TINYHARD TOREADFONTS

Because your

audience will

most likely be

viewing your

presentation

from a

distance

MONOTONE

SPEAKONLY IN

Varying the pitch of

your voice wastes

valuable energy and

could possibly excite

your audience

REPEATIt's important that your

audience understands

exactly where you're

coming from,

so tell them.

Over and over and over

EYE

This is a great way to let

your audience feel

disconnected from you

NEVERMAKE

CONTACT

Moving around the

stage confidently and

gesticulating will only

keep your audience

engaged in what

you’re saying, and

that’s the LAST thing

you want to do.

IGNORE

YOURBODY

LANGUAGE

Once all the texts

are placed on the

slides, there is no

need to prepare for

your presentation

PRACTICEDON’T

After all, they are the reason

why you had a sleepless night

and now you’re so nervous.

IGNORE

YOURAUDIENCE

FAST

TALKTOO

You've got a lot of material to

cover, so you can talk fast to

get through all of it

ON TIMEDON’T FINISH

A little overtime never killed anybody

If You feel you don't have sufficient time to

communicate your important information,

you can request extra time to communicate it