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Slide shows can enhance your presentation. If your delivery is not particularly dynamic, you might camouflage this with visual aids.
Experts in graphics design suggest that projected slides ought to use san serif font rather than the default Times New Roman that you will find in Power Point. Change the master slide (go to view, master slide) to a font like Arial, Tahoma, or Verdana. In addition, change the default size of the font to something larger, 40 or larger.
Make your background a dark color (like deep blue) and your font colors white and/or yellow. This minimizes the glare that white screens can create.
How to avoid
death by Power Point™
Too often, speakers hide behind their slides. Remember that visual
aids, like Power Point, are designed to assist you in your presentation. The
slides are not your presentation.
Another problem that presenters may experience is the need to dim the lights when using a projecter. If you do not have a remote mouse, consider purchasing one to enable you to move from to engage the audience.
If possible, place the screen or monitor into a corner so that you remain front and center with your audience. Otherwise, you will need to move often so that you are not blocking your audience from seeing the slides.
Learn
some tricks for using slide presentations
When rehearsing your talk, you can time your presentation with
the Power Point slide rehearse timings. (Go to slide show, rehearse timings.)
When delivering your talk, blacken the screen if someone asks a question that does not directly relate to your slide. On the keyboard, press the "b." When you are ready to resume your slide show, press the "b" again to restore.
If you want to move to another slide, you need only press the number of the slide (# and then enter) to move to whatever slide you want. This is particularly useful if a question arises.
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To learn more about using computer-generated presentations, consider these resources:
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Develop a three-slide presentation introducing yourself to your instructor. The first slide should introduce your presentation. The second should describe three things that you have learned in this course that you didn't know before. The final slide should summarize your presentation and thank your instructor for viewing your slides. Be sure to use the tips from this website and your text in developing your presentation. |
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