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Peace of Mind Tips for Delivering Your Best Presentation
By admin | March 8, 2010
Peace of Mind Tips
What will you need on stage?
1. Stage mobility needs – Do you plan to stay near your computer or walk around? If you are mobile, you may want to talk to your Event Technology Specialist about adding a wireless mouse to advance your slides, or a wireless microphone, if you don’t already have one.
2. Sound needs – Do you have any audio/sound on your presentation? If so, see your Event Technology pecialist about adding the necessary equipment so everyone can hear.
3. Audience interaction needs – Do you plan to ask questions & include the audience in your presentation? You may want to verify that there are aisle microphones or hand held microphones, if needed.
4. Use Confidence Monitors for assistance with details – Remember that Confidence Monitors can assist presenters with detailed content. If you don’t want to use a confidence monitor, use your laptop as your monitor—avoid looking at the overhead screen. Stay focused on the audience and avoid talking to the screen.
5. Time keeping needs – Are you on a tight schedule? You may consider adding a speaker timer to keep track of time.
6. Clothing choice – Wear a light blue (not white) shirt if you know you’re being video recorded. If you know that
IMAG will be in use for your presentation, try to avoid wearing a striped shirts (or wear a jacket over the striped shirt). This will help avoid the pattern effect or interference caused by the stripes.
PowerPoint Preparation Tips
1. Make a shortcut of your presentation – place the shortcut on your desktop to prevent searching for your file.
2. Create a conclusion slide – so that your presentation does not revert to your desktop when you advance past your final slide.
3. Use readable backgrounds – Dark backgrounds are better than black on white; a yellow background and black lettering is considered the most readable.
4. Consider readability on LCD projectors – What looks good on your screen may not look good on LCD projectors—be prepared to adjust the color. Also, keep in mind that 10% of audience members have difficulty with reds and greens.
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