Graduate Research Seminar Program
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Tips For Preparing and Giving Good PowerPoint Presentations
© HPS 2004
Purpose of Presentation Provide a Framework for Learning The outline of almost every good talk is the same:
“Tell them what you’re going to tell them; Then tell them; Then tell them what you told them.”
E.B. White. Manual of Style. © HPS 2004
Presentation Hints PowerPoint Presentations ● Compelling and persuasive. ● Glib and disappointing (“PowerPointlessness”). ● Worst case: “PowerPointing” a goal in itself; more attention on special effects than issues. ● Best case: presentation enhances and communicates larger body of work. Jamie McKenzie. Scoring Power Points. www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html © HPS 2004
Presentation Hints PowerPoint Presentations ● PowerPoint Poisoning:
Dilbert, August 16, 2000 David G. Brown, “PowerPoint-Induced Sleep.” Syllabus. January 2001:17. © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Design Artfully
Consider Audience
Distill Words
Avoid Complex Figures
Choose Colors Carefully
Eliminate Distractions © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Eliminate Distractions Flashing slides with many different transitions, dazzling sound effects and gimmicks of various kinds can distract the audience from the argument being made or the evidence being presented. Students must learn to settle for a few special effects and put most of their energy in persuasion. The best presentation is the most persuasive, not the most dazzling. Jamie McKenzie. Scoring Power Points. www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Choose Colors Carefully
Bad
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
Good So, So Bad Worst
Good Good Bad Worst
Slide backgrounds, font sizes and colors © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning
Response
Avoid Complex Figures
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
ABAD mutABD
0
6.25 12.5
25
50
100
Aβ 40, nM
Use only what you need! Lustbader et al. 2004. Science 304:448-452
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Emphasize Ideas & Logic
Supplement Slides with Text & Figures
Provide Sufficient Evidence
Maintain Depth & Complexity
© HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Deliver Dramatically
Speak With Conviction
Maintain Eye Contact
Avoid Reading Slides
© HPS 2004
Purpose of Presentation Provide a Framework for Learning The outline of almost every good talk is the same:
“Tell them what you’re going to tell them; Then tell them; Then tell them what you told them.”
E.B. White. Manual of Style. © HPS 2004
Tips For Preparing and Giving Good PowerPoint Presentations
© HPS 2004
Purpose of Presentation Provide a Framework for Learning The outline of almost every good talk is the same:
“Tell them what you’re going to tell them; Then tell them; Then tell them what you told them.”
E.B. White. Manual of Style. © HPS 2004
Presentation Hints PowerPoint Presentations ● Compelling and persuasive. ● Glib and disappointing (“PowerPointlessness”). ● Worst case: “PowerPointing” a goal in itself; more attention on special effects than issues. ● Best case: presentation enhances and communicates larger body of work. Jamie McKenzie. Scoring Power Points. www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html © HPS 2004
Presentation Hints PowerPoint Presentations ● PowerPoint Poisoning:
Dilbert, August 16, 2000 David G. Brown, “PowerPoint-Induced Sleep.” Syllabus. January 2001:17. © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Design Artfully
Consider Audience
Distill Words
Avoid Complex Figures
Choose Colors Carefully
Eliminate Distractions © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Eliminate Distractions Flashing slides with many different transitions, dazzling sound effects and gimmicks of various kinds can distract the audience from the argument being made or the evidence being presented. Students must learn to settle for a few special effects and put most of their energy in persuasion. The best presentation is the most persuasive, not the most dazzling. Jamie McKenzie. Scoring Power Points. www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Choose Colors Carefully
Bad
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
Good So, So Bad Worst
Good Good Bad Worst
Slide backgrounds, font sizes and colors © HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning
Response
Avoid Complex Figures
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
ABAD mutABD
0
6.25 12.5
25
50
100
Aβ 40, nM
Use only what you need! Lustbader et al. 2004. Science 304:448-452
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Emphasize Ideas & Logic
Supplement Slides with Text & Figures
Provide Sufficient Evidence
Maintain Depth & Complexity
© HPS 2004
Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning Deliver Dramatically
Speak With Conviction
Maintain Eye Contact
Avoid Reading Slides
© HPS 2004
Purpose of Presentation Provide a Framework for Learning The outline of almost every good talk is the same:
“Tell them what you’re going to tell them; Then tell them; Then tell them what you told them.”
E.B. White. Manual of Style. © HPS 2004
