How to Give a High-Quality PowerPoint Presentation
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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!
Questions???49
My question for you:
Should we fill out evaluation forms on future PowerPoint presentations?
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