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+ | ====== Some Rules for Making a Presentation ====== | ||
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+ | ==== General thoughts ==== | ||
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+ | There are thousands of persons that compiled on thousands of websites their individual rules for improving presentations. Time for me to add my thoughts. Let me start with the most important rule: <font inherit/ | ||
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+ | The following websites are a good starting point. I visited those while I wrote my lines to crosscheck my compilation: | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | Let us assume that you have worked on a specific theme. Let us also assume that you have gained knowledge that is interesting enough to be shared with a more or less interested audience. A presentation is // | ||
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+ | I am a big fan of good delivered presentations. There is not much better then to follow a great story with the support of <font inherit/ | ||
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+ | ==== Designing a presentation ==== | ||
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+ | - Reduce the amount of slides (my thumb-rule: 1 slide per 1 minute. If you have a 20 minutes presentation slot you should not have more then 20 slides incl // | ||
+ | - Structure your presentation (Introduction, | ||
+ | - Less is more (use an unobtrusive template design, see below). | ||
+ | - No visual twaddle: Practice design – not decoration. | ||
+ | - If you show a picture, show it big. | ||
+ | - Show infographics that are understandable and contain actual information. | ||
+ | - Never stretch a font. It is all about readability – Typography rules! | ||
+ | - Never use more than two typefaces. | ||
+ | - Reduce bullet-point lists where possible. | ||
+ | - Do not use acronyms. | ||
+ | - Remember [[https:// | ||
+ | - Use visual effects or transitions between slides __only__ | ||
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+ | ==== Giving the presentation ==== | ||
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+ | - Know your software | ||
+ | - Know your hardware | ||
+ | - Use slides as visual backdrop | ||
+ | - Name your colleagues and other sources | ||
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+ | ==== Using the NYUAD Engineering Template for Keynote ==== | ||
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+ | There is a Google Slides template that got horrificly used by a student and [[https:// | ||
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