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Presentation Making Guidelines
The document outlines essential guidelines for creating effective presentations, focusing on idea clarity, information collection, content formatting, and design styling. It emphasizes the importance of knowing the audience, keeping slides structured with concise text, and utilizing appropriate templates and visuals. Tips for avoiding common pitfalls, such as excessive text and poor design choices, are also provided to enhance presentation quality.
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Introduction to presentation making focusing on key points and structured content organization.
Guide on defining core topic ideas utilizing mind mapping; emphasizes on clarity for audience engagement.
Methods for gathering presentation content through various sources such as blogs and colleagues.
Importance of organized content structure and the initial steps to create a presentation framework.
Key principles in text formatting including sentence length, contrasting colors, and slide text limits.
Strategies for effectively arranging and splitting content into digestible slides for better understanding.
Guidelines on appropriate background, font, and colors to enhance presentation visibility and professionalism.
Definition and benefits of using PowerPoint templates for efficient presentation design and layout.
Recommendations on visually enhancing presentations without distractions and keeping relevance to the topic.
Advice on using media and animations effectively while summarizing the key aspects discussed in the presentation.
Recap of main topics covered in the presentation making guidelines.
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- 1. Presentation Making GuidelinesKey Points of Making Presentations Doncho Minkov Telerik Corporation www.telerik.com Technical Trainer
- 2. Table of ContentsClearing the Idea Collecting the Information Getting Started Formatting the Content Styling of the Content Using PPT Templates Decorations Tips and Tricks Summary
- 3. Clearing the IdeaWhat to Include? What to Exclude?
- 4. Use mindmappings Draw a circle Clearing the Idea
- 5. Use mindmappings Draw a circle Write the topic Clearing the Idea Topic
- 6. Use mindmappings Draw a circle Write the topic Make more circles Clearing the Idea Smth Smth Smth Smth Topic
- 7. Use mindmappings Draw a circle Write the topic Make more circles Connect with the first Clearing the Idea Smth Smth Smth Smth Topic
- 8. Use mindmappings Draw a circle Write the topic Make more circles Connect with the first Select the most important circles Clearing the Idea Topic Smth Smth Smth Smth
- 9. Use mindmappings Draw a circle Write the topic Make more circles Connect with the first Select the most important circles Remove the rest Clearing the Idea Smth Smth Smth Topic
- 10. Presentation making BeforeCollect Mind mapping Research Clear the Idea Making Styling Arranging
- 11. Clearing the Idea(2) At the end you should have something like a Table of Contents Or at least a blueprint, something to begin with Mind mapping software FreeMind iMindMap Etc…
- 12. While Clearing theIdea Know your audience! Remember the complexity How detailed should it be?
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- 14. Collecting the Information How to do it? Blogs Books Google Colleagues
- 15. Collecting the InformationLive Demo
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- 17. Getting Started Whatwe have so far? Table of Contents ( mind map ) Bunch of materials
- 18. Getting Started Youshould make sure that your presentations are well structured, organized and consistent Not a random list of bullet points with no logical order
- 19. Formatting the ContentHow to Format the Information?
- 20. Key Principles Keyprinciples of presentation creation Keep the sentences short Keep the text on slide small Use high contrast colors Use as large fonts as possible
- 21. Example of Bad Presentation Hello! My name is Doncho Minkov and today we will talk about HTML Fundamentals. We will see the basics of the H yper- T ext- M arkup L anguage and will explain what is a tag in HTML, the parts of a HTML document, and some of the tags…. <a> this is the tag 'a'. 'a' comes from anchor and this tag is used for redirecting from one HTML document to another… bla bla bla
- 22. Content Formatting Avoid" all words slides " Keep lines up to 7 (+/-2) for a slide Limit the bullet points to 4-8 Make text into bullet points Words
- 23. Content Formatting (2)When too much text on a slide The audience starts reading and not listening The audience could fall asleep Less flexible for the speaker
- 24. Arranging the ContentExample of a bad slide This could be split into at least four bullet points (4 sentences) The title is not fully corresponding with the content
- 25. Arranging the ContentCan be easily transformed in two slides
- 26. Styling of theContent What Background, Font and Colors to Use?
- 27. Use contrast background and foreground ! Dark background and light foreground? Light background and dark foreground? or
- 28. Example of aBadly Selected Background and Colors Can anything be seen? Hardly Image if the sun is lighting the screen This looks much better! But generally this background is too fancy
- 29. Font Contrast to the background Consistent Large Use common font faces Gives impression of professionalism
- 30. Example of a Badly Selected Font What if I choose such a Font? Does it look Good? Does it look good? Does it look good? Does it look good? Does it look good? Does it look good? No it doesn't!
- 31. Avoid Fancy Colors!Sample text with different colors This is an example how not to use colors This is an example how not to use colors This is an example how not to use colors This is an example how not to use colors Sample text with non contrast colors This is an example how not to use colors This is an example how not to use colors This is an example how not to use colors
- 32. Using PPT TemplatesBuild-In and Professional Templates
- 33. What is aPTT Template? This is a ready template for your presentations Defined font colors and faces Defined places for the titles, contents, etc. Defined background Etc. Sometimes it is a good idea to use templates Not all ready templates are good Spares you thinking of the right color They are made by designers
- 34. PowerPoint Templates Thereare some built-in templates But can also be downloaded from the web Examples of free PPT templates: http://www.presentationpoint.com/powerpoint-templates / http://www.templateswise.com /
- 35. Styling the ContentLive Demo
- 36. Decorations It isAlmost Over
- 37. What to decorate ? Title slides Contents slides In all empty places of the presentation
- 38. Final Touches (2)The pictures/images should not be random This only makes the presentation more distracting The pictures should be connected with the subject i.e. if the title is " C# OOP " Good picture is Bad picture is
- 39. Tips and TricksMedia, Animations
- 40. Animations? Very pretty So Shiny ! But Harmful Or may be… Takes time to make
- 41. Summary Clearing theIdea Collecting the Information Getting Started Formatting the Content Styling of the Content Using PPT Templates Decorations Tips and Tricks Summary
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