emptech lesson1

• Presentation skills


  Skills needed to be able to deliver effective and engaging presentations to audiences
• Areas covered by presentation skills


  • Presentation structure
  • Slide design
  • Voice tone
  • Body language
• Designing a presentation


  Enjoyable part of creating a report by being creative in adding transitions, animations, and arts
• Presentation tools


  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Prezi
  • Apple Keynote
  • Google Slides
• Microsoft Powerpoint


  • Easy to create visually appealing presentations even without graphic design knowledge
  • Easy to modify compared to other visual aids
• PowerPoint slides


  • Generally easier to see by a large audience than other visual aids
  • Easy to present, no need for handouts
  • Can easily advance slides while maintaining eye contact
  • Look good visually and can be easily read with a projector and screen
• Prezi


  • Offers new kinds of visualizations and opportunities to link imagery to motion, which creates deeper understanding and retention
• Apple Keynote


  • Quality presentation
  • Useable offline
  • Touch optimized
  • Online and desktop application
  • Graphing functions
  • Quality themes
  • Mobile
  • Remote controlled (iOS)
• Google Slides


  • Compatibility with graphics, text formats, PDFs and PowerPoint presentations
  • Created presentations can be published online
  • Cloud-based, can be accessed and modified by colleagues
• Structure


  Logical flow that provides the information the audience needs to follow a presentation
• Purpose


  Determining the main points you want your audience to gain from the presentation
• Audience pre-assessment

  Identifying the characteristics, knowledge and needs of your audience
• Presentation skills


  Skills needed to be able to deliver effective and engaging presentations to audiences
• Areas covered by presentation skills

  • Presentation structure
  • Slide design
  • Voice tone
  • Body language
• Designing a presentation


  Enjoyable part of creating a report by being creative in adding transitions, animations, and arts
• Presentation tools


  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Prezi
  • Apple Keynote
  • Google Slides
• Microsoft Powerpoint


  • Easy to create visually appealing presentations even without graphic design knowledge
  • Easy to modify compared to other visual aids
• PowerPoint slides


  • Generally easier to see by a large audience than other visual aids
  • Easy to present, no need for handouts
  • Can easily advance slides while maintaining eye contact
  • Look good visually and can be easily read with a projector and screen
• Prezi


  • Offers new kinds of visualizations and opportunities to link imagery to motion, which creates deeper understanding and retention
• Apple Keynote


  • Quality presentation
  • Useable offline
  • Touch optimized
  • Online and desktop application
  • Graphing functions
  • Quality themes
  • Mobile
  • Remote controlled (iOS)
• Google Slides


  • Compatibility with graphics, text formats, PDFs and PowerPoint presentations
  • Created presentations can be published online
  • Cloud-based, can be accessed and modified by colleagues
• Structure


  Logical flow that provides the information the audience needs to follow a presentation
• Purpose


  Determining the main points you want your audience to gain from the presentation
• Audience pre-assessment


  Identifying the characteristics, knowledge and needs of your audience
• Opening/Bridge


  Designed to grab the audience's attention and provide a reason to be engaged
• Body of Presentation


  Major portion that needs to be connected directly to your purpose or bridge, covering all necessary points
• Closing


  Final impression left with your audience, connecting back to your purpose and leaving them with a clear understanding
• Principles for creating an effective presentation

  • Minimize the number of slides and ensure most information comes from the speaker
  • Use a font style that is easy to read or big enough to be read by the audience
  • Summarize information and apply the 6 x 7 rule (6 lines, 7 words per line)
  • Use suitable graphics and images to capture audience attention
  • Make slides uniform and avoid different font styles and backgrounds
  • Use light font on dark background and vice versa
• Hyperlinks in PowerPoint

  Easy way to navigate slides during a presentation, can insert action buttons or links to other files
• Inserting hyperlinks in PowerPoint

  1. Select an object or highlight text

  2. Go to Insert>Hyperlinks or use Ctrl+K

  3. Link to options: Existing File/Web Page, Place in This Document, Create a New Document, E-mail Address