Presentation Making Guidelines

Presentation Presentation Making Making

GuidelinesGuidelinesKey Points of Making PresentationsKey Points of Making Presentations

Doncho MinkovDoncho Minkov

Telerik Telerik CorporationCorporationwww.telerik.www.telerik.comcom

Technical TrainerTechnical Trainer

Table of ContentsTable of Contents Clearing the IdeaClearing the Idea Collecting the InformationCollecting the Information Getting StartedGetting Started Formatting the ContentFormatting the Content Styling of the ContentStyling of the Content Using PPT TemplatesUsing PPT Templates DecorationsDecorations Tips and TricksTips and Tricks SummarySummary

Clearing the IdeaClearing the IdeaWhat to Include? What to Exclude?What to Include? What to Exclude?

Use Use mind mappingsmind mappings

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5.5. Select the most important circlesSelect the most important circles


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5.5. Select the most important circlesSelect the most important circles

6.6. Remove the restRemove the rest


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Clear the Clear the IdeaIdea

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StylingStylingArrangiArrangingng

Clearing the Idea (2)Clearing the Idea (2)

At the end you should have At the end you should have something like a something like a Table of ContentsTable of Contents Or at least a blueprint, something Or at least a blueprint, something

to begin withto begin with Mind mapping software Mind mapping software

FreeMindFreeMind iMindMapiMindMap Etc…Etc…

While Clearing While Clearing the Ideathe Idea

Know your audience!Know your audience!

Remember Remember the complexitythe complexity

How detailed should How detailed should it be?it be?

Collecting the Collecting the InformationInformation

CollectingCollecting the the InformationInformationHowHow to do it? to do it?

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Collecting Collecting the the

InformationInformationLive DemoLive Demo

Getting StartedGetting Started


What we have so What we have so far?far?

1.1.Table of Contents Table of Contents ((mind mapmind map))2.2.Bunch of Bunch of materialsmaterials


You should make sure that your You should make sure that your presentations are well structured, presentations are well structured, organized and consistentorganized and consistent Not a random list of bullet points Not a random list of bullet points

with no logical orderwith no logical order

Formatting the Formatting the ContentContent

How to Format the Information?How to Format the Information?

Key PrinciplesKey Principles

Key principles of presentation Key principles of presentation creationcreation

Keep the sentences Keep the sentences shortshort

Keep the text on Keep the text on

slide smallslide small

Use high contrast Use high contrast

colorscolors

Use as large fonts as Use as large fonts as

possiblepossible

Example of Example of BadBad PresentationPresentation

Hello! My name is Doncho Minkov and Hello! My name is Doncho Minkov and today we will talk about HTML today we will talk about HTML Fundamentals. We will see the basics of the Fundamentals. We will see the basics of the HHyper-yper-TText-ext-MMarkup arkup LLanguage and will anguage and will explain what is a tag in HTML, the parts of explain what is a tag in HTML, the parts of a HTML document, and some of the tags….a HTML document, and some of the tags….

<a> this is the tag 'a'. 'a' comes <a> this is the tag 'a'. 'a' comes from anchor and this tag is used for from anchor and this tag is used for redirecting from one HTML redirecting from one HTML document to another…document to another…

bla bla blabla bla bla

Content Content FormattingFormatting

Avoid "Avoid "all words all words slidesslides""

Keep lines up to Keep lines up to 7 (+/-2)7 (+/-2) for a slidefor a slide

Limit the bullet points to Limit the bullet points to 4-84-8

Make text into bullet Make text into bullet pointspoints

WordsWords

Content Formatting (2)Content Formatting (2)

When too When too much textmuch text on a on a slideslide

The audience starts The audience starts readingreading

and and notnot listeninglistening

The audience could fall The audience could fall asleepasleep

Less flexible for the Less flexible for the speakerspeaker

Arranging the ContentArranging the Content Example of a bad slideExample of a bad slide

This could be split into at least This could be split into at least four bullet points (4 sentences)four bullet points (4 sentences)

The title is not fully The title is not fully corresponding with corresponding with

the contentthe content

Arranging the ContentArranging the Content Can be easily transformed in two slidesCan be easily transformed in two slides

Styling of the Styling of the ContentContentWhat Background, Font and Colors to What Background, Font and Colors to

Use?Use?

Use contrast Use contrast backgroundbackground and and foregroundforeground!!

DarkDark background background andandlightlight foreground? foreground?

LightLight background background and and darkdark foreground?foreground?

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Example of a Badly Example of a Badly Selected Background Selected Background

and Colorsand Colors Can anything be seen?Can anything be seen?

HardlyHardly

Image if the sun is lighting the Image if the sun is lighting the screenscreen

This looks much better!This looks much better!

But generally this background is too But generally this background is too fancyfancy

FontFont

ContrastContrast to to the the

backgrounbackgroundd

ConsistentConsistent LargeLarge

Use Use commoncommon font facesfont faces

Gives Gives impressionimpression of of professionalisprofessionalis

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Example of a Example of a

Badly Selected FontBadly Selected Font What if I choose such a Font?What if I choose such a Font?

Does it look Good?Does it look Good? Does it look good?Does it look good? Does it look good?Does it look good? Does it look good?Does it look good? Does it look good?Does it look good? Does it look good?Does it look good?

No it No it doesn't!doesn't!

Avoid Fancy Colors!Avoid Fancy Colors! Sample text with different colorsSample text with different colors

ThisThis is an is an exampleexample how how not to use not to use colorscolors This This is an is an exampleexample how not to use how not to use colorscolors This This is an is an example example howhow not to use not to use colorscolors ThisThis is an is an exampleexample how not to how not to useuse colorscolors

Sample text with non contrast colorsSample text with non contrast colors This is an example how not to use colorsThis is an example how not to use colors This is an example how not to use colorsThis is an example how not to use colors This is an example how not to use colorsThis is an example how not to use colors

Using PPT TemplatesUsing PPT TemplatesBuild-In and Professional TemplatesBuild-In and Professional Templates

What is a PTT What is a PTT Template?Template?

This is a ready template for your This is a ready template for your presentationspresentations Defined font colors and facesDefined font colors and faces Defined places for the titles, contents, etc.Defined places for the titles, contents, etc. Defined backgroundDefined background Etc.Etc.

Sometimes it is a good idea to use Sometimes it is a good idea to use templatestemplates Not all ready templates are goodNot all ready templates are good Spares you thinking of the right colorSpares you thinking of the right color They are made by designers They are made by designers

PowerPoint TemplatesPowerPoint Templates There are some built-in templatesThere are some built-in templates

But can also be downloaded from But can also be downloaded from the webthe web

Examples of free PPT templates:Examples of free PPT templates:

http://www.presentationpoint.com/powerpoint-templates

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http://www.templateswise.com/

Styling the ContentStyling the ContentLive DemoLive Demo

DecorationsDecorationsIt is Almost OverIt is Almost Over

What to What to decoratedecorate??

Title slidesTitle slides

Contents Contents slidesslides

In all In all empty places empty places of the of the presentationpresentation

Final Touches (2)Final Touches (2) The pictures/images should not be The pictures/images should not be

randomrandom This only makes the presentation This only makes the presentation

more distractingmore distracting The pictures should be connected The pictures should be connected

with the subjectwith the subject i.e. if the title is "i.e. if the title is "C# OOPC# OOP""

Good picture is Bad Good picture is Bad picture ispicture is

Tips and TricksTips and TricksMedia, AnimationsMedia, Animations

Animations?Animations?

Very Very prettypretty

So So ShinyShiny!!

But But HarmfulHarmful

Or Or maymay be… be…

Takes Takes timetime to maketo make

SummarySummary Clearing the IdeaClearing the Idea Collecting the InformationCollecting the Information Getting StartedGetting Started Formatting the ContentFormatting the Content Styling of the ContentStyling of the Content Using PPT TemplatesUsing PPT Templates DecorationsDecorations Tips and TricksTips and Tricks SummarySummary

QuestionsQuestions??

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