Terrible- Presentations（hellip;and-how-to-not-give-one）课件.pptVIP

You are not Pixar Studios Previous slide(s) used “animation”… Use only where it is USEFUL Know if presentation system will handle Different versions of PowerPoint, Macs, etc. Or use multiple slides to safely animate Flip-book style Animation Can Be Very Distracting Use it sparingly (it can be annoying) * Line ‘Em Up This is a bad drawing Put in some effort FPGA CPU * * The Art of Suspense * The Art of Suspense Don’t * The Art of Suspense Don’t Be * The Art of Suspense Don’t Be A * The Art of Suspense Don’t Be A Tease * Anticipatory Lecturing Don’t Be A Tease Let the audience think at their own pace It only provides benefit if there’s a “surprise” result * Mommy, my eyes are burning! Can you look at this for 45 minutes? Colors look different on every LCD projector Colors look different between transparencies and projector Side note: if printing slides, may want to choose white background to save ink! * I See A Ghost More contrast on monitor than projector Different projectors == different results Colors to avoid with white are: Light Green Light Blue Pale Yellow Your slides should have good contrast Usually can’t read this… * Contrast Guidelines White background, black text is clearest Can use other (dark) text colors… But be careful -- don’t be distracting! Make sure to not use light-on-white or white-on-light Don’t using glaring colors If not an art major, don’t have to get fancy * Equations Ummm… okay… * Keep It Simple Do you really need all those equations? This is very instance-dependent! Depends on what you’re discussing Depends on your audience Sometimes you may need them Explain the variables and what they mean Give a “plain-text” description of it If you don’t need them, don’t use them! * Use Simple Examples This isn’t one. It doesn’t help. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN OO PP QQ RR SS TT UU VV WW XX YY ZZ a b c d e f g h h j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z * Results You have