min wu december 2012 hanoi community college presentation design
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Min WuDecember 2012
Hanoi Community College
Presentation Design
Introduction
• Min Wu• Born in China• Moved to Toronto,
Canada• Work for World University
Service Canada (WUSC)• Communication and Soft
Skills Advisor at Hanoi Community College
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Today’s Agenda
• Introduction about using PowerPoint presentation
• Basic Contents
• Additional Contents
• Alternatives to PowerPoint
• Conclusion
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What Makes a Good Presentation?
• In a small group discuss the following two questions:
1.What is the best presentation you have been to? Why was it so good?
2.What is the worst presentation you have been to? What makes it so bad?
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Why is it important?
• Make your classes more engaging and effective
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• Your chance to be noticed
• Effectively get your point across
Before You Start
• Things to consider:
• Why are you using a PowerPoint?
• Who are your audiences?
• What kind of presentations you want to give?
• How much time do you have?
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Why Use PowerPoint?
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Advantages Disadvantages
• Visual aid
• Add interest
• Get the key points across
• Distracting
• Rigid
• User friendly
Remember
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You are the presenter
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Audience
• Know who your audience is– age group, position, gender
• You audience determines what kind of presentation you will deliver
• Do not assume too much knowledge – But do not patronize either
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a)Business executives or managersb)Young childrenc)College students
Title Page
Title Page
Things to include in the title page• Title that explains the core
• Date of presentation
• Name of presenter
• Place where you will be presenting
• Your logo
Title Page
Font• Size:
– Title should be at least 40+ – Subtitle should be at least 30+
• Style– Choose a font that is appropriate with your
audience– For formal presentations a sans-serif font– i.e. Arial,
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Font
Serif
T
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Serif
Examples:
Times New Roman
GeorgiaBookman Old
Style
Cambria
Sans-Serif
T Examples:
Arial
CalibriMicrosoft Sans
SerifVerdana
Sans= without
Title Page
Font• Different fonts convey different mood and
message
• Arial• Time New Roman
•Comic Sans MS•Old English Text•Elephant
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Title Page
Background• Blank
• Solid colour
• Picture or graphic
• Microsoft template (online)
• http://www.powerpointstyles.com/
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Blank Background
Simple and easy. In most cases, a white background is the safest and most recommended choice
Solid Colour
You can also choose from the many ready-made templates by
Microsoft or found online
Picture or Graphic
Have to be careful about how your text appear against your background photo
Unreadable
Picture or Graphic
Insert a solid colour background and adjust its degree of transparency with “Format Shape” to show the picture.
Picture or GraphicChange the layout so both your text
and picture can be seen properly
Too colourful makes your presentation seem childish. So keep in mind of your audience
Basic Contents
Basic Contents
Colour• colour palate/colour schemes
www.adbo.com/colortbl.htm
• Background fill: white
• Text colour: black, dark blue, dark green
• Highlight: red
Basic ContentsBasic Contents
• It is always better to have dark text on light background and not the other way around
• Stick with safe and basic colours
Basic Contents
FontSize
– Title: between 36 and 48 point– Body: between 24 and 32 point – Standard sizes for title, body, footer
Style– Should be uniform throughout your presentation – Maximum of 2 different fonts– One sans-serif; one serif
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Basic Contents
Layout• Bullet points, not paragraphs• Max 8 words a line• Max 8 lines a slide• Absolutely avoid copying paragraphs of text
or quotes• Footer gives you extra publicity space
(logo/website)
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Basic Contents
This is an example of a GOOD layout• Easy to read fond and colour scheme
• Simple and concise is the key
• Deliver one key point per slide – You can use sub-bullets to organize your
information – You can use Bold, Colour or ALL CAP to
emphasize key points
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Basic Contents
This is an example of a BAD layout
“Basically, a quotation is an exact copy of somebody's words. (However, exactness does not normally imply using the same layout and fonts.) If you explain somebody's opinions or reports in your own words, it is not a quotation and should be presented as normal text (without any special markup).Since BLOCKQUOTE is a block element, it is normally used for relatively long quotations. As regards too short quotations to be presented with no paragraph breaks around them, present them using text level markup”.
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Additional Contents
Additional ContentsAnimation • Use appropriately• Stick to the basics and be consistent
Fly-in Appear
• Be careful when using effects such as:
• Emphasize and path are not often used but can be helpful
Bounce Boomerang Magnify
Additional Contents
Animation
Very Important Information
Path
Emphasize
Additional Contents
Pictures• Pictures are great for
illustration and breaking up sections
• Use good quality graphics
• Also use charts and graphs to illustrate results
• Keep it simple
Other Additional Contents
• Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i68a6M5FFBc
• Music or other sounds– Insert Sound, Movie
Remember
Simple is Beauty
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Remember
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You are the presenter
Alternative to PowerPoint
Prezi Presentation• Register on
http://prezi.com/
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Practice
• Practice by yourself to get the timing correct
• Know your presentation well
• Practice with an audience
• Be confident
• Make eye contact and smile
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Group Presentation
• In your group, think about what the difference were between the best and worst presentations you discussed earlier
• Prepare a 5 minute presentation on these differences
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Resources
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Five golden ruleshttp://people.ucsc.edu/~pullum/goldenrules.html
Oral Presentation advicehttp://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/conference-talk.html
Effective Presentationshttp://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html
WUSC Resources http://rbmsystems.net/