InfoTrack : The secret to effective presentation slides

In your oral presentations, you should use slides or other visual aids to: (select all that apply)

Provide additional information that you don’t actually have time to say during your oral presentation

Summarize your work and present the key points from it

Not get sidetracked during your presentation

Keep your audience’s attention throughout your presentation

To make sure his oral presentation went smoothly, Fred should have: (select all that apply)

Memorized everything he wanted to say during his presentation

Tested out his slides in the classroom a few days before the presentation to see if they were easy to read

Started practicing with Jules an hour before his presentation

Come up with a Plan B in case he couldn’t connect his computer to the projector

You should use illustrations in your slides to: (select all that apply)

Simplify complex or abstract ideas

Make your slides “prettier” and more entertaining

Keep your audience’s attention

Lend credibility to what you say

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Fred learned the hard way that presentation slides aren’t something that can be thrown together at the last minute.

A powerful visual aid catches the eye and helps your listener follow your presentation. Before you prepare your visual aid, you should:

Don’t even think about overloading your slides with too much text or tacky animations. But do:

Above all, practice, rehearse and get to class early on the day of your presentation.