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March 24, 2023

Communication - Presentation Tips

Key Pointers / Collated from bookmarked reads

  • Bringing your best communication flow
  • Imitate the pace of your favorite speaker. 
  • Intentionally speak slower if you speak faster 
  • Vary Your Speed 
  • Share your thoughts and insights over time along the flow
  • Be prepared to Practice Under Mild Stress
  • The less you rely on notes for your final presentation, the more eye contact you'll make
  • It's not always comfortable watching yourself on camera, but it's a critical tool for successful presentations.

An effective presentation can be your competitive weapon too

A great presentation can do so many things: launch careers, inspire employees, and attract customers and investors, and partners. 

Read more at: Link1, Link2, Link3

Everything has a key message to attract/retain attention 

Powerpoint mistakes

  • Use a professional font like Arial (12/14 font size)
  • Minimum and consistent use of font colors
  • Highlight/underline the key point that you wish to make
  • Have margins all around the slides so that it can breathe 
  • Alignment of the text and the elements in the slide
  • Each slide should also have a slide number
  • Each slide should have a source in the bottom section that provides the source of the information

Finally writing some of the key dos and don’ts of Presentations

  • Refrain from using fancy graphics and animations in the slides
  • Only use professional fonts with minimal use of colors
  • Never go multicolor with your presentation; graphs and illustrations throughout the deck should have common and sophisticated colors
  • Make sure that the text within the slides is in the margins and doesn’t spill over
  • Action titles should not be more than two lines
  • When you are copying some information from Google/web after your research, make sure that the source is provided; else it is considered plagiarism
  • Format, format, and format your slides

Ref - Link


People have a very short attention span. we need engage with the right weapons

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