This is a presentaion on how a successful presentation in Power Point should be created. The key essence is KISS (keep it short and simple) - Zen presentaiton.

1. Presentation Skills

2. Presentation Skills Outline P lanning P reparation P ractice P erformance Q uestions

6. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Relevant images communicate, and maintain interest

7. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers

8. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background

9. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds

10. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large font Arial, Times New Roman or Verdana fonts. 24 pt is minimum , 32 pt, or even 36 pt is better

11. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mix upper and lower case ALL CAPITALS IS HARDER TO READ, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE OK FOR THE ODD TITLE

12. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mix upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Use high contrast colours for important lines, symbols or text , and lower contrast colours for less important lines, symbols or text. But use a small number of colours

13. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple

14. Show means, sd, effect size statistics, but not test statistics

15. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple Thick lines and large symbols

17. Preparation - Slides Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple Thick lines and large symbols Progressive disclosure

29. Questions Paraphrase questions 1. so that other people hear the question

30. Questions Paraphrase questions 1. so that other people hear the question 2. to check you understand the questions

31. Questions Paraphrase questions 1. so that other people hear the question 2. to check you understand the questions 3. to stall while you think about an answer

32. Questions If you don’t know the answer, say so. Offer to find out. Ask the audience.

33. Summary Like most things, the best way to learn is to do Here are some samples:

34. Human Faces

39. Not Only Human Faces

43. Visual Makeover

48. Backgrounds, salience, and compatibility