The use of Power point in an oral presentation

It only a few days left for us to present our research report to the judges. Are you prepared? I would like to share some of my experience of making PowerPoint slides and add some valuable ideas from the websites that Ms Goh and Ms Lim introduced.

First of all, why shall we need to use power point in a presentation. In my point of view, it’s for helping us to demonstrate our view clearer and easier for the audience to understand. On the other hand, it can help us remember our words and organizations. In other words it’s like the cloth of a presentation. The video chicken, chicken, chicken shows us a clear view of how this cloth could change our presentations. With the power point slides, the professor is not just repeating chicken at all. It’s a very interesting video. You can find it by clicking the link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk

As soon as we know how power point benefits us, let’s come to the second step to make slides. According to Victor Chen’s worlds, power point slides should be big, consistent, clear, simple, and progressive. Keeping the slides big means one need to make everything in the slide big enough for everyone to see. Make it simple means put as little things as possible in each slides. And one should also try to avoid making sounds in the animation. Keep it clear means one should make the words in the slides easy to be understood by others. It’s also important to highlight the part you want to emphasize. Keep it progress means one need to make a complex thing shows step by step. Keep it consistent means one should avoid different kinds of signs because they distract people. The suggestions above are very helpful.

In my words, I would like to call these methods be considerate to the audience. It means when you are making a power point slide, you should stay in the position of audience. We shall always ask ourselves if I were the audience do I understand my words easily. In this way our power point can be much more efficient and clear. Here are some tips from Victor Chen.

• 3 slides per minute is the maximum

• Practice moving between slides.

• Be prepared for technical difficulties

• Avoid the use of flashy transitions.

• Communication is the key

• Text to support the communication

• Pictures to simplify complex concepts

• Animations for complex relationships

• Visuals to support, not to distract

• Sounds only when absolutely necessary

All in all it’s pretty easy to make a perfect power point slides. Here are some examples of Steve Jobs’ presentation at 2007 Mac world. Hope it’s useful to you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9RL6xKsU4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXAcZyrF584