PowerPoint Presentations:

Design, Content & Delivery

A good presentation needs…

• A nice Design• Engaging Content• Positive Delivery

This presentation borrows ideas from http://www.slideshare.net/paulwill/powerpoint-for-teachers

•A NICE DESIGN

Would you rather look at this…?

PAUL HAS A DOG

• PAUL HAS A DOG• HIS DOG IS CALLED THOR• THOR IS A FOX TERRIER

…Or this?

THOR

Simple Design = Easier to

Understand

CONTENT

REMEMBER WHAT YOUR TASKS ARE:

• Write a summary• Basic data about most important

characters• Give your opinion about the book

TIP 1 Drip-feed text

PARAGRAPH SUMMARY OF YOUR BOOK

1.BASIC DATA1. Title2. Author3. Main facts

2.SUPPORT SENTENCES1. Support sentence 12. Support sentence 23. Support sentence 34. …

3.GENERAL OPINION

BASIC DATA

• In The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde

tells the story of a rich American family

who buy a mansion in

England. In this house

there is a ghost.

Provide title of the book Mention author

Set

the

stor

y

Or even better…

• Oscar Wilde

An American family A haunted house

Major detail 1

• The ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville, killed

his wife and was starved to death by his

brothers in law.

Major details 2

• Surprisingly, the Otis are not scared by the

ghost and this creates

funny situations.

Major detail 3

• Sir Simon de Canterville gets really

depressed.

Major detail 4

• In the end, Virginia Otis pities him and helps him die.

General opinion

• I would recommend you to read this book because I have enjoyed it a lot.

TIP 2: If your story is complex, use diagrams

(Carla did a wonderful work using them!)

AB

Power Electricity

B

A

A = Energy B = You

Task 2: describe characters

• Describe them physically• Describe their character• Provide an important action

VIRGINIA OTIS

• Physical description:Virginia is a fifteen year old American girl.She is less superficial than

the rest of her family and takes Sir Simon seriously. She saves his soul and understands life and death.

VIRGINIA OTIS (even better)

• fifteen year old • takes Sir Simon

seriously. • Saves his soul.

Too much writing

• Common Problem:

& writing Too small• It was one of those summery days when the air is heavy and warm and

nobody wants to do very much. Jonathan and Robbit were resting on top of one of Moley's hummocks, relaxing and watching the rest of the world go by. Jonathan could feel the sun's warmth through his shell and it was making him feel comfortable and drowsy. He wriggled contentedly. Last night, before he'd gone to bed, Jonathan had taken off his shell and given it a special polish, and this morning it gleamed in the sunlight. Beside him on the soft warm molehill, Robbit lay on his back, his paws behind his head, gazing up at the clear blue sky, thinking about things in his own rabbity way.

• "Why do nettles have stings?" He asked suddenly • Jonathan had just begun to doze off, and woke with a start • "Why do nettles have what?" He asked, not quite awake. • "Stings," Robbit scratched one of his ears in a comfortable, absent-minded

sort of way. • Jonathan pondered, his head tilted to one side as he thought. • "I suppose," He said eventually, "They have stings so nobody will eat them." • "That's silly," Said Robbit, "Nobody'd want to eat a rotten old nettle, anyway:

they're all tough and stringy."

TIP 3: MAKE YOUR PPT MEDIA RICH

DELIVERY

Let’s also do this!

Presenter Engaged audience

Which TV show corresponds to which picture?

The Big bang theory The walking dead

Arrow Game of Thrones

Oscar Wilde lived

• Before Christ• The 12th century• The 17th century• The 19th century

Who is who?Lord

Canterville

Virginia

The Otis twins

Common Mistake:

• People tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorise your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You will lose your audience's attention before you even reach the bottom of your....

• [Continued] first slide.

Common Mistakes:

• Many people do not run spell cheek before

showing their presentation - BIG

MISTAK!!! Nothing makes you look

stupider then spelling erors.

Common Mistakes•Avoid •Excessive •Bullet-pointing.

•Only•Bullet•Your•Key•Points.

•Too Many •Bullet-points

•And•Your •Key

•Messages•Will•NOT•Stand•Out.•In-fact

•The

•Term•Bullet-point

•Comes•From

•People

•Firing

•At•Annoying

•Presenters.

•Guns

Be careful using too much data

Useful Data v Total Number of Slides

0

20

40

60

80

100

0 5 10 15 20Slide Number

Use

fulln

ess

Have a Definite EndingFinal Tip

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION!!