1. Guide to Presentation
Somsak Walairacht, Computer Engineering, KMITL

2. Outlines Slide Structure Color and Font Choices Animations Graphs
Rehearsal, Preparation, Presenting
Conclusions
Questions

3. Slide Structure
Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your presentation
Ex: previous slide
Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the presentation
Only place main points on the outline slide
Ex: Use the titles of each slide as main points

4. Slide Structure – Good Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation
Write in point form, not complete sentences
Include 4-5 points per slide
Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only
If a simple graphic will illustrate your point, use it rather than text

5. Example

6. Slide Structure - Bad
This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.

7. Color and Font Choices
Good contrast between the slide background color and the text color
Avoid script type fonts
Keep the fonts simple
Don't use less than a 30 point font

8. Color - Bad
Using a font color that does not contrast with the background color is hard to read
Using color for decoration is distracting and annoying.
Using a different color for each point is unnecessary
Using a different color for secondary points is also unnecessary
Trying to be creative can also be bad

9. Contrasting Foreground and Background Colors
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Black
White
Gray
Poor
Good
Foreground

10. Use different colors on every slide

11. Use monochromatic, low contrast colors for text and background
Color - Bad

12. Fonts - Bad CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ
If you use a small font, your audience won’t be able to read what you have written
CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ
Don’t use a complicated font
Scripting font

13. Use lots of fancy fonts

14. Go ahead and use a circus theme for an executive budget meeting!
Don’t worry about matching the design of your slides to the situation and topic.
Go ahead and use a circus theme for an executive budget meeting!

15. Don’t wory about checking speling or gramar.

16. Animations Grab the audience's attention for an important point
As soon as a point is introduced, the animation should stop
Use them sparingly and your presentation will be much more effective, "less is more”
Avoid too many different transitions

17. Animations – Good Show one point at a time:
Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying
Will prevent audience from reading ahead
Will help you keep your presentation focused

18. Use many special effects
and lots of animation;
everyone will be very impressed!

19. Graphs - Good Use graphs rather than just charts and words
Data in graphs is easier to comprehend & retain than is raw data
Trends are easier to visualize in graph form
Always title your graphs

20. Graphs - Bad

21. Graphs - Good

22. Graphs - Bad

23. Graphs - Bad Minor gridlines are unnecessary Font is too small
Colours are illogical
Title is missing
Shading is distracting

24. Don’t rehearse, and don’t check out the equipment or facility before your presentation starting time.

25. Memorize your talk word-by-word.
Then, if you lose your place, you can start all over again!

26. Don’t prepare any handouts.
Everyone will be paying attention
to your every word,
and will remember everything
next week,
so who needs paper?

27. Using PowerPoint as a crutch
Many presenters rely on PowerPoint as being their presentation
YOU are the presentation
PowerPoint is an enhancement to the presentation

28. TMI - KISS T.M.I. = Too Much Information
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Silly Simple)

29. Rule of Third
Guideline to the process of composing visual images such as paintings, photographs and designs
Important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections
More tension, energy and interest than simply centering the subject

30. กฎ 3 ส่วน ขนาดและสัดส่วนในงานถ่ายภาพมีความสัมพันธ์กับจุดเด่นของภาพ
นิยมแบ่งสัดส่วนของภาพเป็น 3 ส่วน หรือที่เรียกว่า กฎ 3 ส่วน (Rule of Third)
พื้นที่ตามแนวนอนและแนวตั้ง
จุด 4 จุดซึ่งเป็นจุดตัดของเส้นต่างๆ
เป็นบริเวณตำแหน่งที่วางจุดแห่งความสนใจ ที่สำคัญ

33. Conclusions Use an effective and strong closing
Your audience is likely to remember your last words
Use a conclusion slide to:
Summarize the main points of your presentation
Suggest future avenues of research

34. Questions End your presentation with a simple question slide to:
Invite your audience to ask questions
Provide a visual aid during question period
Avoid ending a presentation abruptly

35. And be sure to end with this view…!