The Best Presentations: Were carefully prepared and practiced Had colorful, easy-to-read, error-free PPTs Filled the 7 minutes with important and interesting info put into own words Did not use videos or info cut and pasted from the Internet Had speakers with easy-to-hear voices and good eye contact and body language

Things to Avoid: Reading from your notes on the computer Using videos to substitute for your content Cutting and pasting info from the internet Not thinking carefully about what you want to tell your audience Not practicing or timing yourself ahead of time Using weird or too-small fonts