Effective Presentation Tips

We had a seminar about how our presentations should be and how they can be successful and I took some valuable notes I'm going to share! This was a really useful thing to think about and discuss mainly because as a student I have been made to give presentations to my classmates since high school and I feel like in this time you can actually pick up some bad habits and by going over this topic it can help this. I know for a fact that I have definitely given presentations where I used bullet points and clip art!!

• A presentation should be a communication of your story or journey and is a vehicle for sharing ideas, thoughts, concepts or a resolution of a project.
• It should convey meaningful information concisely.
• You need to know your audience!
• Assume that your audience knows nothing or very little about your work.
• Inform your audience about what you're doing.
• Explain who you are and be yourself.
• Explain your role and what you have done in your role.
• Explain how you got to where you are or how you plan to get there.
• Explain how you will move forward in your project or topic.
• It's not about you.
• Always know your subject and keep it simple!
• Don't use clip art - unprofessional.
• Use imagery so that you can get to your point easier.
• Avoid using bullet points (Unlike this blog post)
• Slides should be should be visible from 8ft.
• Be enthusiastic and keep the attention of your audience!