How to do an Impressive
Powerpoint Presentation?
Tips you may use to make your
presentation better.
Use bigger fonts
What is wrong if you see this?
• I like to think of Microsoft PowerPoint as a test of basic marketing
skills. To create a passing presentation, I need to demonstrate
design skills, technical literacy, and a sense of personal style.
• If the presentation has a problem (like an unintended font, a broken
link, or unreadable text), then I’ve probably failed the test. Even if my
spoken presentation is well rehearsed, a bad visual experience can
ruin it for the audience. Expertise means nothing without a good
presentation to back it up.
• No matter your topic, successful PowerPoints depend on three main
factors: your command of PowerPoint's design tools, your attention
to presentation processes, and your devotion to consistent style. […]
Information from http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/easy-powerpoint-design-tricks-ht
Use bigger fonts
Why?
1. Nobody will be able to see the words in a font
less than 20 (including yourself)!
2. Remind you to include only necessary
information.
3. Your audience can get important information
you want to say during the presentation.
Charts, Graphs, Photos, please
Using Words
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Making A List
1. A test of
marketing skills
2. Any error => fail
the test
3. Three main
factors
Charts, Graphs, Photos, please
PPT Presentation
Use of
Tools
Attention
Style
Design Tools
Attention
Style
• Use lists, charts,
graphs, images,
photos, or even
audios and videos to
get your audience’s
attention rather than
words.
Don’t simply read the words!
Here is the definition from
Wikipedia:
A global network is any
communication network which
spans the entire Earth. The term,
as used in this article refers in a
more restricted way to bidirectional
communication networks, and to
technology-based networks. Early
networks such as international
mail and unidirectional
communication networks, such
as radio and television, are
described elsewhere.
Don’t simply read the words!
If you do not understand the content, your
audience will not understand, too.
Any pause or mispronunciation will minus
your points.
If any of the listeners ask questions, how can
you answer them?
You will lose your audience’s attention in five
seconds.
Cite your information source
What if someone used your creation/work, but
did not inform you first?
How would you feel?
What would you do?
Please respect others and properly cite the
websites (sources) you found the information
and images.
Cite your information source
It is easy to find information from the internet,
and it is as easy to cite the sources. Just copy
website addresses and put them in your slides
like this:
http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/publications/oral_presentation_skills.pdf
By this way, no one would accuse you of
plagiarism for using some other’s materials.
Practice &
Get Prepared
Stage Fright
This is normal,
for we all get
nervous in
front of a group
of people.
What can we do?
Practice, practice,
and practice
(There is no other way.
Rome is not built in a day)
Volume & Eye contacts
• Make sure everyone
can hear you.
• Look at your
audience (not your
notes!).
• Use gestures (Move
your hands and body.)
Don’t write down everything and
memorize it!
This is an oral presentation, not an essay!
This is not a test of your memory!
You are not a robot or a computer, move and
show your energy.
Add your (group’s) unique style into the PPT
design.
Not something like this!
Fail to use the tools in PowerPoint
=>A plain PPT slide design is not OK.
Slides are not visible => Words are too
small that people at the last row cannot see.
Without a unified style => Our English
instructor asked us to do a presentation, so
we just put everyone’s slides together right
before the class.
Not something like this!
The audience cannot understand you
=> I finish my part as fast as I can.
The audience cannot see you =>
I lower my head to read prepared materials.
The audience cannot hear you =>
I am shy, so I whisper.
Not something like this!
I did not practice => If I cannot say
something, I stop and ask other group
members in Chinese.
I did not move on stage => I just stand
there all the time.
I did not mention my references => My
slides do not point out that I used someone
else’s stuffs