Presentation Design and Delivery Tips MaryBeth Dunning
May 12, 2015
Presentation Design and Delivery Tips
MaryBeth Dunning
Catch the audience’s attentionhttp://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20100000/dog-funny-animal-humor-20158126-700-525.jpg
Don’t use built in themes
• Be unique!
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Use Quality Pictures
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Use Solid Colors
Use good fontsGood Fonts Bad Fonts
Ayuthaya Baoli SC RegularCalibri Braggadocio
Arial Black Mistral
Comic Sans MS Xingkai SC LightTimes New Roman Chalkduster
Lucida Grande CY Playbill
KISS
Spellling is immportant
Make a layout before starting presentation
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Practice
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Delivery
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Pronunciate your words
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Speak Loud Enough
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Avoid Verbal Fillers
UM.. Like..
Okay so..
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Keep Eye Contact
Watch your gestureshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/27027945
Watch your facial expression
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Posture
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References
• “Delivering a Presentation”– http://www.capital.edu/oc-presentation-delivery/
• “10 Tips for Designing a Presentation that Doesn’t Suck”– http://designshack.net/articles/graphics/10-tips-for-designin
g-presentations-that-dont-suck-pt-1/• “Great Presentation design”
– http://www.ted.com/pages/tedx_presentation_design• “Designing a Great Presentation”
– http://www.extremepresentation.com/design/• “Presentation Tips”
– http://www.washington.edu/doit/TeamN/present_tips.html