Education

1. 10 tips on ways to
improve your
presentation

2. Slides should always come last…
 Slides are there to develop on the audience’s knowledge
of what you are presenting them. By providing slides to
your presentation the audience will have some
information to gather themselves by physically reading
and looking at something rather than having to process
information by just being spoken to.
 Make sure you structure your main message first, its points
to support it and then the slides last to back up the points.

3. Showing consistency in your slides
 Make sure you use the same
language and theme in your
slides to show the audience
that they consist of and relate
to the same story you have
been presenting.
You could also
include a same shade
of colour on each
slide, to suggest you
are talking about the
same topic.

4. Slide differentiation
 Although it is ideal to show
consistency in your slides, it can
easily be mistaken for repetition.
For example, colour coding the
background of the slide can
emphasise the topic you are on
when speaking.
 Therefore, once the colour has
changed the audience will be
aware that you have moved onto
another subject.
This will ensure that the audience is up to
speed and that not every slide is built of
the exact same information.

5. Balance out the text on each side…
Including too much information on
one slide is not ideal.
This is because the audience will focus on reading the information rather than what is
being said. if there is too much to read in front of them…

6.  This will then distract their
focus and they will lose
track of key information
that is being said. If a lot of
text is necessary, then
arrange the information
into shorter sentences and
perhaps bullet points.

7. Use of photos
 Photos can help improve on
some meanings in parts of your
presentation. Some photos can
speak words better than texts
itself, they are simple but a
great part of expression.
Photos require less
explanation which
can result in the
presenter still
having the
audience’s full
attention however
at the same time
getting a
substantial point
across.

8. Effects
 Effects and transitions can be
used on slides, however they
imply to the audience that the
slide you are about to show
consists of irrelevant
information.
 It is ideal that you use subtle
effects if they are required, as
exaggerated effects can
make the audience
uninterested.

9. Creating direct
attention towards
images…
You can use certain effects that
can direct the audience’s
attention to specific words,
phrases or even images by
highlighting them and blanking
out the rest of the page.
Sometimes, you may not want
the audience to see the entire
page all at once…
Highlighting and circling specific
information can create a slow step-by-
step guide to the information you are
presenting, which will enable you to
present your information one at a time.

10. Viewing of images
In some presentations, you may want to include screenshots of
different web sites. Instead of just adding a screenshot into a slide,
using a chrome extension you can pan across the webpage as you
present.
 This portrays the exact information
and sections you want to point out
to your audience at the
appropriate time
 This prevents the audience
reading ahead of you or reading
irrelevant contents of the page,
missing out on the point you are
trying to express.

11. Do not use auto play…
Some presenters have experienced
problems when using this feature as it often
begins to delay when trying to play the
video.
This will cause the presenters to click
numerous times and therefore bringing
them to the next slide.
This can be avoided by setting the video to
click to play as you will be more likely to
have larger control over the playback of
your video.

12. Graphs and
charts
Some graphs and charts
can make the audience
feel uneasy due to the lack
of understanding of how it
is presented. Labelling and
making key information
larger and brighter will
allow the audience to
gather a larger
understanding of the
information/data. Labelling and making key information larger and brighter will allow the audience to gather a
larger understanding of the information/data.