Your Title Goes Here By: Your name goes here Make sure it is clear and related to your topic. Try and make your title exciting so your audience wants to listen! Your Title Goes Here By: Your name goes here Double check that you capitalized your name and title!

The Content on Slides is Important The ideas should be in order They should be accurate (correct) Keep it short Rule of 7x7 No more than 7 words on a line NO more than 7 lines per slide The font should be easy to read

The Layout is Important The layout should be organized Not cluttered or too busy Choose an appropriate background Related to your topic Not distracting or hard to read Don’t leave large gaps of white space

Transitions and Effects are Important Some transitions can be distracting Don’t use too many different transitions Don’t use too BIG of transitions Use transitions to make a point Use transitions to help audience follow along

Spelling and Grammar A presentations is a published piece There should be NO spelling mistakes There should be NO grammar mistakes Have a friend and teacher correct your work Use the spell checker You don’t need periods

Slide Structure – Good Show one point at a time: Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying Will prevent audience from reading ahead Will help you keep your presentation focused

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. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.

Slide Structure - Bad Do not use distracting animation Do not go overboard with the animation Be consistent with the animation that you use

Fonts - Bad CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ 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

Font Colour - Bad Using a font colour that does not contrast with the background colour is hard to read Using colour for decoration is distracting and annoying. Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary Using a different colour for secondary points is also unnecessary Trying to be creative can also be bad

Background - Good Use backgrounds that are attractive but simple Use backgrounds which are light Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation

Background – Bad Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from Always be consistent with the background that you use

Graphs and Pictures are Good Use graphs, diagrams or pictures It helps the audience see what you are talking about Always title your graphs Always label your diagrams

Graphs - Bad

Graphs - Good

Graphs - Bad

Conclusion Use an effective and strong closing Your audience is likely to remember your last words Use a conclusion slide to: Summarize the main points of your presentation

Questions?? End your presentation with a simple question slide to: Invite your audience to ask questions