how to give a high-quality powerpoint presentation

How to Give a High-Quality PowerPoint Presentation

Eduard StefanescuLSU 1

Michael Alley provides useful information on how to use PowerPoint in the right way.

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www.edwardtufte.com

Edward Tufte hates PowerPoint:

PowerPoint “strongly enforces a certain type of cognitive style, which is not truth oriented, but rather marketing oriented”.

Edward Tufte

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Professor emeritus of statistics, information design, interface design, and

political economy at Yale University

Edward Tufte

Engineering Communication Professor at Penn State University

Michael Alley

www.edwardtufte.comhttp://www.engr.psu.edu/LeonhardCenter/eec/alley.pdf4

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So, what about oral presentations?

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SEM images of: a) LRD60%-PEO40% with PEO 1000 kg/mol b) LRD60%-PEO40% with PEO 100 kg/mol

The polymer Mw strongly influences the structure ofthe PEO-Laponite multilayered film

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Outline

• Introduction

• Experimental

• Results

• Discussion

• Conclusion28

Outline

• Introduction

• Experimental

• Results

• Discussion

• Conclusion29

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Visual aids

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Can you read easily?

Can you read easily?

Can you read easily?

Can you read easily?

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We can split the making process into four stages:

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Critique!?

Edward Tufte can help you with this!Don’t forget to pick up your hand-out!

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My question for you:

Should we fill out evaluation forms on future PowerPoint presentations?

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