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How To Give A "Knockout" Presentation: Meenu Walia
How To Give A "Knockout" Presentation: Meenu Walia
Meenu Walia
Outline
General Guidelines
Slide Dos and Donts
Handouts
Final Thoughts
General Guidelines
General Guidelines
Purpose
General Guidelines
Organization
General Guidelines
Preparation
General Guidelines
Time
Be sure you know how much time you have while preparing the presentation
Youll never have enough time to tell everything so stick to the most important Rule of thumb
General Guidelines
Audience
Slide Dos and Donts You shouldnt put everything on the slide
Dont overuse it
Slide Dos and Donts Do include written conclusion for every graph
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Yes No Academia
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Typos instantly destroy credibility and convey lack of preparation Do have someone else read through presentation
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Slide Dos and Donts Dont use a dark background like this
Even if using a lighter font color Harder to read, especially from the back More likely to put people asleep
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Humor
Pictures
Sound Animation
For example . . .
A pace breaker can do this for your audience
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Lateral Thinking ! ! !
Stand 1. -----------i
2. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/ 3. cycle /cycle/cycle 4. ababaabbbbaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb.. 5.
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If your audience doesnt know why your topic is important, youve lost them
Record yourself, tape yourself, or use a mirror Reading through slides does not count as practice
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Um . . um
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Or transition points
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For you to make sure you understood it For audience to make sure they heard it
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Final thoughts
POPTA Good slides go a long way Practice, practice, practice Remember that the audience wants you to succeed
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Thank You ! ! !
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