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Presentation AidsLecture 8.4

University of Alberta

ALES 204

Nancy Bray

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Housekeeping

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Lecture Outline

1.How to prepare a speech

2.Thinking about presentation aids

3.Developing powerful slides

4.Tips for presenting

5.Some common mistakes

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How to prepare a speech

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Presenter’s triangle

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Tip 1: Go analogue

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Tip 2: Ask “so what?”

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Tip 3: Pass the elevator test

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Tip 4: Think about visuals offline

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Thinking about presentation aids

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The limitations of PowerPoint

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Alternatives to PowerPoint Other presentation

software

Prezi (www.prezi.com)

Powtoon (www.powtoon.com)

SlideRocket (www.sliderocket.com) $

Can you use a physical prop?

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Religion and babieshttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.html

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3. Developing powerful slides

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Background and colours

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Font

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Animation

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Image

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Text

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Graphs and charts

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Types of graphs

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Pie graph

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Bar graph with illustrations

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Line graph

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4. Tips for presenting

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Learn your software

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Learn to use a remote

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Figure out the technology

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5. Common mistakes

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Common mistakes

1.Presentation aids overwhelm speech

2.Not enough practice (danger for those comfortable with speaking!)

3.Voice is not loud enough (danger for women!)

4.Intro and conclusion are too short

5.Standing behind podium

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Take away

Design deliberately

Plan everything

Know your technology

Have a backup plan

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Photo Credits

Take away by Jim Moran Bad PowerPoint examples from

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://elmhurst.edu/~jacobh/WorstPresentationEverStandAlone.ppt and http://www.pcworld.com/article/203396/worlds_worst_powerpoint_presentations.html

butterfly by Property#1 charts by Marc_Smith colours by @Doug88888 death-by-powerpoint by death-by-powerpoint elevator by vistavision fire by john curley fonts by clared23 good powerpoint slide by Presentation Zen great speaker by outlan2000 happy audience by delhibloggers presenters view by davidking sliderocket_product_hero so what by dandooo sticky note elevator by pni writing by lowjumpingfrog yousuckatpowerpoint