A good presentation design
should grab its audience attention in the first couple slides. Therefore, there
is no point doing good work if others don’t know about it or can’t understand
what the presentation is about. Just like most things in life, first impressions
matter! So, when creating a presentation with supporting visual aids, we should
keep in mind the way the audience will process the information and take
advantage of that leverage.
If using PowerPoint to display
graphical information to support the speaker, keep the presentation
simple. Do not cluster information on
the PowerPoint, the slide should have lot of negative spaces. Keep away from using Microsoft templates as
most audience has seen most of them.
Keep away from using PowerPoint Clip Art or other cartoonish line art.
Use high-quality graphics including photographs, if you have some high quality
photos. Use bullet points, and not every slide should be animated. Synchronize your speaking with the slides and
transitions. Feel free to use video and
audio when appropriate, and do your best to limit your ideas to one main idea
per slide (Reynolds, n.d.). Indeed, even
though PowerPoint is getting lots of negative feedbacks as a presentation tool,
it is still a descent tool to use for presentation. The presenter just has to avoid some of
PowerPoint’s most common pitfalls.
Furthermore, if you’re
presenting in person, connect with your audience and move around on the
podium. Use the “B” key if you want to
focus attention on you rather then what’s showing on the slide. You may use a remote to help you navigate
through the slides and make good eye contact with your audience. Speak at a
normal tone of voice and keep the lights on so the audience can focus on you
during the presentation (Reynolds, n.d.).
Certainly, a presentation done in person will required more perfection,
as an in person presentation the audience will focus on the presenter more in
an attempt to comprehend the information being shared. Therefore, the presenter
must connect with his or her audience.
In
addition, below are few supplemental media tools that can help design an
impressive presentation other then PowerPoint.
Below is a list of suggested visual media tools.
Visual Media Tool
|
What it does
|
Creates screen captures
|
|
Allows instant sharing of screen captures
|
|
Records screen activity (audio
narration and/or video); creates captions manually (Links to an external site.)
or via speech-to-text (Links to an external site.)
function
|
|
2GB of FREE server space for SnagIt, Jing, and/or
Camtasia projects
|
|
One-click screen capture recording
for Windows or Mac computers with no install for FREE!
|
|
Creates collaborative multimedia slideshows;
includes hosting
|
|
Creates "zooming" presentations;
includes free hosting
|
|
Tool for usability testing;
captures user activity and offers tools for analysis and reporting
|
Reference
Reynolds. G (n.d). Presentation
Zen: How to Design& Deliver Presentations Like a Pro. ERAU. Retrieved from
https://erau.instructure.com/courses/19283/pages/a500-dot-7-1-dot-cr
readings?module_item_id=586162
No comments:
Post a Comment