miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2012

WEEK 7

We are in-trainig teachers, so in the future we are going to elaborate professional works to develolp our name as teachers. We must learn to show PowerPoint Presentations as professional as possible to increase our style and to present information with clear levels of comprehensionable content. So here I am going to post many tips to get a very proficient PowerPoint Presentation. They come from a useful website: 


1. Compose Slides

You must center all your attention on the content of the slide. It shall not distract the audience but it needs elements and details to show it inductively, so decorate it scarcely but well.

2. Use Consistency

Be consistent on font sizes, colors, logos, pictures and all the elements that are related to the topic. All the slides must have combined representations avoiding wide variety of flashy colors and features. Instead of that choose simple and basic colors that show significance.

3. Use Contrast

Simple text in black is always the best option, but take into account that it could result boring to listeners. It is necessary to implement more colors, but trying to keep just the needed ones to get the information highlighted in our audience´s minds. 

4. Apply Brilliance

Highlight the important parts of the text, but avoid using too much color on them because you could get weaken the whole content of the presentation. Use the common colors that you are managing, for example the colors of your company´s logo. 

5. KISS

Keep IStraight and Simple. It means that we never have to include complete sentences or worse, read them. If you read your slides and if you do it slow and badly, the audience will get bored and stop listening. Instead of that we shall include just keywords to talk freely and naturally. We must be aware about the goal of PowerPoint Presentations, they were designed to support you on a lecture, not to replace your talk.

6. Take Home Message

A Take Home Message is a memorable note. We must communicate the main one during the whole presentation expressing it as a personal summary.

7. Add Images

It is recommendable to use more images than words in your presentation because they help to reinforce and complement your exposition. Use images to explain not to decorate.

8. Don’t Be Silly

Use animations just with academic and serious purposes, to emphasize your Take Home Message or to clarify facts with effects that calls people´s attention.

9. Keep Your Audience In Mind

Take into account what your audience knows previously and what do they need to learn. Your aim should be to cover their expectations with your presentation shaped by images, key words, and animations which are attention getters and keepers as well. Remember if you lose the attention of your audience, everything will be lost.

10. Practice

A good lecture will contribute to keep audience attention. During the presentation it will be obvious if you are aware enough about the topic you are talking. It is advisable to practice your presentation in order to know your slides´ order and as a result of this, speak freely and confidently keeping a good rhythm and tone of voice. Maintaining eye contact is fundamental to convince your reliability.  

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