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[Korn]

I was wondering if you follow what Summers & Smith say about slideshows for presentations.

Cause I have a 15min max presentation to do and it says

Do not use too many slides (no more then one every five minutes)

Make sure the slides are not too cluttered; use large fonts (24 point is recommended)

Present on major topic per slide

Now my question is how the hell are you meant to put all the information you need to present on 3 slides??

 

[Cape]

Well the idea of slides is not to present everything. It will give an overview (keywords) of what you talk about. Go into more detail in the speech - slides are just used so that the audience can follow the key points.

A slide every 5 minutes doesn't seem right - but it will depend really on what you talk about. Somethings may need to go into more detail than other things. But its really up to you.

I have a presentation to do on Thursday and for 15 minutes - our slides add up to 14 so far

 

[Korn]

Well the idea of slides is not to present everything. It will give an overview (keywords) of what you talk about. Go into more detail in the speech - slides are just used so that the audience can follow the key points.

A slide every 5 minutes doesn't seem right - but it will depend really on what you talk about. Somethings may need to go into more detail than other things. But its really up to you.

I have a presentation to do on Thursday and for 15 minutes - our slides add up to 14 so far

Oh cool thanks, cause the 5 min rule didnt sound right to me either and I just wanted to check as this will be my first presentation for uni

 

[hiphophorray123]

ahhh i had a presentation about environmentalism in social policy today....i put up a picture i printed out of some chick hugging a tree then wrote some shit about how there too in love with the environment and they ignore economics and how govts do the reverse so both suck. Teacher seemed impressed.

 

[Cape]

Just do what you feel is adequate for the presentation. Don't overload the slides with information and don't bore the audience either.

hiphophorray123 - you should have talked about triple bottom line accounting god I'm sick of that crap! It needs to die

 

[Korn]

How do you suggest that I keep the audience interested, keeping in mind this is for an Accounting unit

 

[Cape]

How do you suggest that I keep the audience interested, keeping in mind this is for an Accounting unit

hehe, that'd bore me to death straight away! lol.

But when doing the actual speech don't ramble on about crap - go into as much detail as you can in a short amount of time. Sounds strange I know.

If possible use diagrams and pictures to express what your saying.

Don't go overboard with information on the slide (as I have said).

If possible keep to exactly 15 minutes - try not to go over. Mind you, when you do a presentation infront of a group, you tend to speak faster than when you practice.

Don't use too many colours - some colours can be difficult to read, especially if you sit at the back of the room

Oh and try and provide examples to illustrate your point if necessary.

Also try and interact with the audience - eg: a discussion. But sometimes this won't work for some presentations.

 

[Korn]

hehe, that'd bore me to death straight away! lol.

But when doing the actual speech don't ramble on about crap - go into as much detail as you can in a short amount of time. Sounds strange I know.

If possible use diagrams and pictures to express what your saying.

Don't go overboard with information on the slide (as I have said).

If possible keep to exactly 15 minutes - try not to go over. Mind you, when you do a presentation infront of a group, you tend to speak faster than when you practice.

Don't use too many colours - some colours can be difficult to read, especially if you sit at the back of the room

Oh and try and provide examples to illustrate your point if necessary.

Also try and interact with the audience - eg: a discussion. But sometimes this won't work for some presentations.

Thanks, You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Cape again.

 

[hiphophorray123]

oo i was at parra campus on wednesday around 3:30...irrelevant but oh well

 

[Korn]

oo i was at parra campus on wednesday around 3:30...irrelevant but oh well

Were you I might have run into you, cause I was on my break then

 

[Cape]

Following on from hiphophorray123's irrelevance - I'm going to 4 campuses next week lol.

 

[LaraB]

best to ask your tutor...

coz i mean...some marking criteria for o'heads says they hafta be clear n easy to read...

for WB - my smallest size was 36 and i was told it was too small and illegible?

but then MPW i had exactly the same and was told it was "too big and too easily read"...go figure...lol...

but yeah point is it depends on subject n marker..

1 slide every 5 minutes seems weird..everyone in my tutes has used 12+ and seems like that's acceptable

 

[hiphophorray123]

Were you I might have run into you, cause I was on my break then

did you see a lost tall indian guy in a jack johnson jacket walking around aimlessly [trying to find the b social science head office]

 

[Korn]

did you see a lost tall indian guy in a jack johnson jacket walking around aimlessly [trying to find the b social science head office]

Not that I remember