DONT'S
- Change
styles pathway through a comparison
- Overload
chart with unimportant data, more than six colours or too many animations
- Sacrifice
important data
- Use
combinations with similar colours (red/orange) and green/blue
- Use
a pie chart especially one with more than seven wedges
- Don’t stuff the slides
with text. Otherwise, your audience’s attention will be split between what you’re speaking, and what they are reading.
- Don’t read! This is a
golden rule for every public speaker. Public speaking is a skill worth
developing.
- Don’t plan body
language. Be natural and relaxed with gestures.
- Don’t apologize. Don’t
use apologies if you don’t know an answer to a question raised by the
audience.
- Don't overuse effects and transitions. No matter how enticing effects the most presentation platforms offer, resist the temptation to use them for every other slide of your presentation.
DO'S
- Use
appropriate charts, including horizontal bar graphs
- Use
the full axes
- Keep
it simple, especially animations
- Use
colour to contrast and highlight data
- Ask
others for opinions
- Do think about your
key message first, outline its supporting points and examples, rehearse it
loudly, and time it.
- Do a 15-word summary.
- Do browse a
user-friendly presentation platform.
- Do put yourself in the
listeners' shoes. When crafting your speech for the
presentation, try to listen to it as if you are the audience.
- Do choose photos wisely. Utilize quality images that communicate the concept of your presentation and aren’t compositionally complex.
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