From the presentations today in class, the three I liked the most where the ones from Juan Perez, Paul Hoeg, and Mary West. From Juan's presentation, I liked the fact that the colors he chose for his text and background made it actually impossible for anyone to read it, and even Juan himself had trouble to read it and make his presentation, therefore giving even a worse PowerPoint presentation. In Paul Hoeg's bad PowerPoint, I thought it was nice how he used many animations including distracting sounds. He also made reference to other important aspects in a presentation like time constrains, and making sure that your technology is working, and that was not mentioned by anyone else. Finally, I also liked Mary's presentation because she was original and made one of the most confusing presentations, even using an illogical order for her steps numbers in the slides. Even though most presentations showed basically the same ideas, I liked these more because they had different information.
Things to do:
- Use appropriate colors for text and background (easy to read)
- Make your presentation within your time limits
- Use images and animations that relate to your presentation
- Cite sources for your images
- Check your spelling and grammar
- Make sure your technology is working
Things not to do:
- Do not include too many images or animations (confuses audience)
- Do not insert many charts into a same slide
- Do not write full paragraphs in your slides and then read them
- Do not change size and font of text constantly
- Do not use a language that your audience will not understand in your presentation
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