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Presentation skills Be friendly to audience Larger fonts Rule of 7-7
No more than three levels of hierarchy Rule of 7-7 7 words per line 7 lines per slide Define esoteric terms or acronyms Esoteric: intended for or understood by only a particular group
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Presentation skills Be friendly to audience (Contd.)
Be consistent in style Explain everything on screen Embed short pauses to allow questions Listen to questions carefully Repeat/rephrase to make sure Eye contact with audience
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Be effective The first three slides tell all Use pictures or figures
Google image Use color Some colors do not work well with projectors Yellow, light green etc. Use animation less often Do not abuse them Cheap, unprofessional
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Be dramatic Excited about the subject Adequate body/hand movement
Smile, happy, energetic Be colloquial Adequate body/hand movement Story line First three slides Movie trailer Motivation Murder in a happy family Solutions Crime investigation May present incrementally, or even setbacks Results/Conclusions Criminal caught
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Put unimportant but required material here
Tricks Must inspire questions Audience participates when Q&A Questioner can never be wrong “That could be true if……. But” Presenter can not afford to be wrong Politely take time-consuming Q&A offline Not every inch of the screen is the same People read from left to right, top down Put unimportant but required material here
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Tricks (Contd.) How to buy time for questions?
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