How to Give a High-Quality PowerPoint Presentation Eduard Stefanescu LSU 1

Michael Alley provides useful information on how to use PowerPoint in the right way. 2

Edward Tufte hates PowerPoint: PowerPoint “strongly enforces a certain type of cognitive style, which is not truth oriented, but rather marketing oriented”. Edward Tufte 3

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 4

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So, what about oral presentations? 7

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b) a) 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 of the PEO-Laponite multilayered film 21

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Outline Introduction Experimental Results Discussion Conclusion 28

Outline Introduction Experimental Results Discussion Conclusion 29

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Visual aids 34

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Can you read easily? 36

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We can split the making process into four stages: 42

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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? 50