How to do a good

Cikgu FadzliFaculty of Informatics & Computing

Presentation

Outline

Planning the presentation1

Preparing the materials

Delivering the presentation

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Planningthe Presentation

1

Why?

Why?Show the examiners and make them

understand clearly what you have achievedafter about 400 hours of work over

two semesters

Why?

Demonstrate to the examiners that you

know very well what you have done

Why?Keep the examiners

happy :)

Think about your slides last

Think about your main message. Structure its supporting points.

Practice it and time it.

Structure

Prepa ringthe Materials

2

note card could be very helpful.

Write down keywords or main ideas.

Content

Clearly say what

you have done

Content

List thetechnical

challenges you faced

Content

Show off what you

have learnt

Content

Slid

es

Keep onlynecessary words onthe slides

Slid

esText is evil. With text, less is almost always more. One thing to avoid, slides with a lot of text, especially if it’s a repeat of what you’re saying out loud. It’s like if you give a paper handout in a meeting, everyone’s head goes down and they read, rather than staying heads-up and listening. If there are a lot of words on your slide, you’re asking your audience to split their attention between what they’re reading and what they’re hearing. That’s really hard for a brain to do, and it compromises the effectiveness of both your slide text and your spoken words. If you can’t avoid having text-y slides, try to progressively reveal text (like unveiling bullet points one by one) as you need it.

Slid

es

Let youslidesbreathe

Slid

esUseImage/ Figureswheneverpossible

Slid

esKeep the variety of fonts to minimal

Slid

es

I am Serif

I am San-SerifSerif is better

in slides

✓✗

Slid

es

San-Serif

Serif

Slid

esKeep a set of backup slides

Slid

esCheck four typos

Typo�Misunderstanding

Bad Reputation

Slid

es

Play withcontrast

Big

is beautiful

Deliveringthe Presentation

3

Timing

Keep yourpresentationwithintime limit

Timing

Be agile

AnsweringListen

carefully to the

questions

AnsweringAnswer

directlyto the point of the questions

Do notsmoke

Answering

:) Always

Make eye contact

Be confident

Practice.Practice.Practice.Practice.Practice.

Thank

you Cikgu Fadzli

FaCulty of Informatics & Computing1st August 2016