1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Tricks (Contd.)
How to buy time for questions?