Min WuDecember 2012

Hanoi Community College

Presentation Design

Introduction

• Min Wu• Born in China• Moved to Toronto,

Canada• Work for World University

Service Canada (WUSC)• Communication and Soft

Skills Advisor at Hanoi Community College

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Today’s Agenda

• Introduction about using PowerPoint presentation

• Basic Contents

• Additional Contents

• Alternatives to PowerPoint

• Conclusion

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What Makes a Good Presentation?

• In a small group discuss the following two questions:

1.What is the best presentation you have been to? Why was it so good?

2.What is the worst presentation you have been to? What makes it so bad?

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Why is it important?

• Make your classes more engaging and effective

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• Your chance to be noticed

• Effectively get your point across

Before You Start

• Things to consider:

• Why are you using a PowerPoint?

• Who are your audiences?

• What kind of presentations you want to give?

• How much time do you have?

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Why Use PowerPoint?

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Advantages Disadvantages

• Visual aid

• Add interest

• Get the key points across

• Distracting

• Rigid

• User friendly

Remember

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You are the presenter

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Audience

• Know who your audience is– age group, position, gender

• You audience determines what kind of presentation you will deliver

• Do not assume too much knowledge – But do not patronize either

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a)Business executives or managersb)Young childrenc)College students

Title Page

Title Page

Things to include in the title page• Title that explains the core

• Date of presentation

• Name of presenter

• Place where you will be presenting

• Your logo

Title Page

Font• Size:

– Title should be at least 40+ – Subtitle should be at least 30+

• Style– Choose a font that is appropriate with your

audience– For formal presentations a sans-serif font– i.e. Arial,

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Font

Serif

T

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Serif

Examples:

Times New Roman

GeorgiaBookman Old

Style

Cambria

Sans-Serif

T Examples:

Arial

CalibriMicrosoft Sans

SerifVerdana

Sans= without

Title Page

Font• Different fonts convey different mood and

message

• Arial• Time New Roman

•Comic Sans MS•Old English Text•Elephant

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Title Page

Background• Blank

• Solid colour

• Picture or graphic

• Microsoft template (online)

• http://www.powerpointstyles.com/

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Blank Background

Simple and easy. In most cases, a white background is the safest and most recommended choice

Solid Colour

You can also choose from the many ready-made templates by

Microsoft or found online

Picture or Graphic

Have to be careful about how your text appear against your background photo

Unreadable

Picture or Graphic

Insert a solid colour background and adjust its degree of transparency with “Format Shape” to show the picture.

Picture or GraphicChange the layout so both your text

and picture can be seen properly

Too colourful makes your presentation seem childish. So keep in mind of your audience

Basic Contents

Basic Contents

Colour• colour palate/colour schemes

www.adbo.com/colortbl.htm

• Background fill: white

• Text colour: black, dark blue, dark green

• Highlight: red

Basic ContentsBasic Contents

• It is always better to have dark text on light background and not the other way around

• Stick with safe and basic colours

Basic Contents

FontSize

– Title: between 36 and 48 point– Body: between 24 and 32 point – Standard sizes for title, body, footer

Style– Should be uniform throughout your presentation – Maximum of 2 different fonts– One sans-serif; one serif

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Basic Contents

Layout• Bullet points, not paragraphs• Max 8 words a line• Max 8 lines a slide• Absolutely avoid copying paragraphs of text

or quotes• Footer gives you extra publicity space

(logo/website)

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Basic Contents

This is an example of a GOOD layout• Easy to read fond and colour scheme

• Simple and concise is the key

• Deliver one key point per slide – You can use sub-bullets to organize your

information – You can use Bold, Colour or ALL CAP to

emphasize key points

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Basic Contents

This is an example of a BAD layout

“Basically, a quotation is an exact copy of somebody's words. (However, exactness does not normally imply using the same layout and fonts.) If you explain somebody's opinions or reports in your own words, it is not a quotation and should be presented as normal text (without any special markup).Since BLOCKQUOTE is a block element, it is normally used for relatively long quotations. As regards too short quotations to be presented with no paragraph breaks around them, present them using text level markup”.

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Additional Contents

Additional ContentsAnimation • Use appropriately• Stick to the basics and be consistent

Fly-in Appear

• Be careful when using effects such as:

• Emphasize and path are not often used but can be helpful

Bounce Boomerang Magnify

Additional Contents

Animation

Very Important Information

Path

Emphasize

Additional Contents

Pictures• Pictures are great for

illustration and breaking up sections

• Use good quality graphics

• Also use charts and graphs to illustrate results

• Keep it simple

Other Additional Contents

• Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i68a6M5FFBc

• Music or other sounds– Insert Sound, Movie

Remember

Simple is Beauty

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Remember

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You are the presenter

Alternative to PowerPoint

Prezi Presentation• Register on

http://prezi.com/

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Practice

• Practice by yourself to get the timing correct

• Know your presentation well

• Practice with an audience

• Be confident

• Make eye contact and smile

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Group Presentation

• In your group, think about what the difference were between the best and worst presentations you discussed earlier

• Prepare a 5 minute presentation on these differences

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Resources

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Five golden ruleshttp://people.ucsc.edu/~pullum/goldenrules.html

Oral Presentation advicehttp://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/conference-talk.html

Effective Presentationshttp://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html

WUSC Resources http://rbmsystems.net/

Questions?Iewu.min@gmail.com