1. Helpdesk video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjVeR bhtRU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjVeR bhtRU

2. Oral Presentations

3. Presentation content  “Presentations do not have a problem with lack of information. Most of the time there is too much. The biggest issue is the way you present your PowerPoint presentation.”  Many presenters think, "If it's new and dynamic; it will make my PowerPoint presentation much better."

4. PowerPoint is evil  Turns everything into bullet points  Everything becomes phrase  Format over content  “PowerPoint is a competent slide manager and projector. But rather than supplementing a presentation, it has become a substitute for it.”

5. Problem of slides & phrases  “When information is stacked in time, it is difficult to understand context and evaluate relationships.”  People learn and gain understanding by forming relationships, not by memorizing stuff

6. Proper slide design  Audience centered design is key  Write text for the audience, not the speaker  Write text that the audience can understand without the speaker there.

7. Making the slides  Design for the audience, not the speaker  Highlight the essence of your talk.  Give enough information to be understood without having heard the talk

8. Making the slides  Don’t use transitions. And, if you do, use only 1 transition type  Match the background to the talk. Beach scenes don’t fit your communication topic  Watch the use of colors or the text might be hard to read

9. Making the slides  Clip art does not make a good slide.  Make the graphics contribute to the presentation.  One topic per slide. You don’t have to put fill the slide with bullets.

10. Making the slides  Keep audience oriented  The presentation should have –title slide (includes your name) –overview slide –body slides –summary slide

11. Title slide  Title of your talk  Your name  if external presentation – School/company – Contact information

12. Overview slide  Give an outline of your talk  Help listener stay oriented  Bullets match slide titles

13. Information slides  Short phrases  Support for your talk; not the entire thing  Include important points that the listener should take away  Giving a real long phrase or sentence is very hard for the listener to process and also interferes with the talk

14. Not speaker notes  Include important points that the listener should take away  Often notes to the speaker that are not relevant to the audience  Slides should make sense to a person who has not attended the talk.

15. Typical speaker note slide  Ethnography  Initial interviews  Building scenarios  Group discussions  Verification Does this make sense to anyone but the speaker?

16. Watch transitions  Slide transitions are often distracting.  Never use more than one for the entire presentation. Definitely not a different one between each slide.  Avoid adding each bullet one at a time.

17. Conclusion slide  Wrap up of the talk  Should closely match the outline slide  Discuss the high points of each bullet What should the listener take away

18. General slide design  Keep text large (at least 24-30 points)  One main topic per slide  No or one transition effect  Use proper background  Use proper graphics – Kewl images and background is not cool

19. Giving the talk  Follow the same rules you learned for speaking without the use of PowerPoint  Eye contact –Talk to multiple audience members  Don’t read slides or notes  Discuss slide topics in order  Speak clearly  Watch for nervous habits

20. Giving the presentation  NEVER read the slides without saying anything else. The audience can read. Your job is to provide additional information.

21. Short sample presentation What not to do

22. Journal overview

23. Design  Fonts  White space  Headings

24. Fonts  Fonts –Give interest –Readable  White space  Heading –Larger than text –Orient reader

25. End