Effective
presentation
How To
Make an
effective
Presentation
Great speakers aren’t born,
they are trained.”
Presenting is a Skill
Developed through training and experience
8 secrets of Steve Jobs’s presentation
1) Create a Story Behind A Presentation
2) keep it Simple but not stupid (Visually Powerful Slide)
3) Use the Rule of Three
4) Help Your Audience to Understand Statistic and Data
5) Practice for Perfection
6) Have Fun, Enjoy Your Presentation
7) Show Your Passion
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8. Use Powerful But Easy to Comprehend Words
you are a great
presenter not because
you use complicated
words to show your
education
level.
Rule of 3 !
How long
Who is the audience
Environment
:How long
The shorter the talk, the more difficult .
Who is the audience (Analyzing your audience(:
Needs
Knowledge level
Age
culture and language
Number
What environment:
Place or Department
Audio/Visual equipments
Illumination
Preparing
great content
Developing
great design
Conducting
great delivery
Preparing
great content
If you fail to
Prepare,
prepare to
Fail
(Prepare or Faaail)
•Steps in preparing content
Introduction body conclusion
Gathering relative data and information
What do I want my audience to gain
Converting your data into outline
introduction
Introduction
Your agenda (outlines) (home slide)
Overview of a situation
Strategies help to get attention;
•creative image,
•sharing of emotions,
•question.
Body
Break up
the topic.
Have
chronological
order.
Make your
slides as a
reference not
as a paper
reading from.
cConclusion
Conclusion
Summarize
main points
of your
presentation
Provide
closure and
leave
impression
May consist of
recommendation
future
directions.
Developing
great design
Layout
•Consistency
•Color
•GREAT DESIGN
LAYOUT (skeleton)
4-6 lines in text or 7x7 rule or 7 words per slide.
Use phrases not full sentences
One idea per slide
Limit use of bullets
Consecutive bullets may kill your presentation
Slide Structure - Bad
•This page contains too many words
for a presentation slide. It is not
written in point form, making it
difficult both for your audience to
read and for you to present each
point. In short, your audience will
spend too much time trying to read
this paragraph instead of listening to
you.
CONSISTENCY
Font style and size
Your background
Your visual aids
Your animation
Font
Fonts-Good
•Use at least an 24-point font
•Use different size fonts for main points and
secondary points
–this font is 24-point, the main point font is 28-
point, and the title font is 36-point
•Use a standard font like Times New Roman or
Arial
Fonts - Bad
•If you use a small font, your audience won’t be able to read what you have written
•CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS
DIFFICULT TO READ
•Don’t use a complicated font
Background
Avoid backgrounds
that are distracting
or difficult to read
from
Visual aids
Visual Aids
Audio-visual Aids
•Image or charts or video(hyperlink).
•To explain or identify a point
•To emphasize, clarify or reinforce a
point
•To summarize a point
10%
30%
20%
50%
Charts
➢Have title
➢Simple form
This table summarizes the cumulative suspected
cases and deaths of H5N1 in some governorates in
Egypt
Deathscumulative
suspected cases
Governorate
211323Cairo
2378Giza
240Luxor
31225Dakahlia
11399Gharbia
Animation
Animation
•Attract attention of your audience
•Highlight something
•Point to important things.
•Limit the density of lines in the slide
RECOMMENDATION
•Raising the public health awareness towards
important issues related to respiratory hygiene.
•updating the National Influenza Pandemic
Preparedness Plan
• Putting anticipating scenarios and giving training
to health care workers to face outbreaks.
• Conducting researches and studies for production
of new vaccines against the influenza.
• Supporting the surveillance system in Egypt and
development of well trained surveillance teams in
each governorate.
•Increased global and national resources for the
advancement of surveillance.
Age Distribution Of H1N1 Deaths
colors
•Can be used to highlight
keywords
• Brain likes colors, they
improve retention by more
than 75%
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COLOR WHEEL
Secondary
colors
Primary colors
(outside)
(inside –
combine
adjacent primary
colors)
Magenta
Yellow
Cyan
Red Blue
Green
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COLOR TEMPERATURES
•Cool colors (blues, greens) – use for
background
•Warm colors (reds, yellows) – use for
foreground elements
GOOD
This shows warm
foreground color
on a cool
background color
POOR
This shows cool
foreground color
on a warm
background color
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CONTRASTS
•Greatest contrast – pairs of primary colors
•Least contrast – pairs of secondary colors
GOOD
This pair of
primary colors has
good contrast
POOR
This pair of
secondary colors
has poor contrast
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COMPLIMENTARY CONTRASTING
PAIRS
Secondary color + primary color that falls
opposite on the wheel
Greatest
light/dark
contrast
Yellow / Blue
Greatest
cold/warm
contrast
Red / Cyan
Most vivid
contrast
Magenta / Green
Red/Blue Conflict
Red letters on blue background
creates “flicker effect”
Blue letters on red background
just as bad
The most perfect
NOW
The presentation
and the presenter
play
complementary role
like a cowboy and a
horse
Preparing
great
content
Developing
great
design
Conducting
great delivery
Creating effective slides
is
just half the battle
Delivery
is another challenge
How to alleviate your fear
Practice well
“Practice Makes You Perfect”
Use affirmation(I can do this, I
am prepared, I will go well.
Handsome look
When you start:
• great the audience
• Smile
•Introduce your self
•Be yourself
•Try to be relaxed
and familiar with them.
•Find a few friendly faces in the
audience, for reassurance
Great
Delivery
Voice
Language usage
Movement
Body language
voice
Manage your voice
Volume
Intonation
Reading slides in a monotonous
tone leading to a big catastrophe
Maintain The attention Of Your
Audience.
•Surprise element through
questions in a loud voice
•Eliciting opinions from the
audience.
•Take short breaks to maintain
attention
engage audience every 4 minutes by asking question
Tell me and I will forget,
Show me and I will remember,
Involve me and I will understand”.
language
•Speak with feeling.
•Use short, simple sentences.
•Practice well on the perfect
language
Movement
•Move all around but slowly.
•Make sure everyone can see
you
let your body react how u feel.
Body language
•Use your hands,Don`t keep hands in
your pockets.
•DON’T speak with your back to the
audience
Make Eye Contact,…but
move your focus around the
audience
Moreover you can control your audience with
Eye contact
The Power of Silence
Pause till it hurts
Recommendation
✓In the hours before ppt :Make sure that
all equipments are working properly.
✓In advance of your presentation practice
a lot.
✓Prepare for emergencies
✓After all, your audience came to listen to
you notto read your slides so don`t
read.
People will forget
what you said
,forget what you did,
BUT
never forget how
you made them feel