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    The document provides guidance for preparing and delivering an effective presentation. It recommends asking questions about time, venue, audience, purpose before presenting. Key points to answer are the central point and why it matters. To connect with the audience, keep things simple and show restraint. For slide design, focus on images not text, with contrast, repetition, and alignment. Most importantly, do not read slides with your back to the audience, gesture naturally, make eye contact, and speak loudly as if in conversation.

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    BUS 308 Handout 12 Fall 2019

    Presentation Guide

    QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE PRESENTATION

    How much time do I have?

    What is the venue?

    What is the audience? What is their background?

    Why was I asked to speak? What do they expect of me?

    What do I want the audience to do?

    What is the fundamental purpose of my task?

    TWO FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

    What is my central point?

    Why does it matter?

    SIMPLIFY TO AMPLIFY

    A presentation is never just about the facts: the goal is to connect with the
    audience.

    To connect, need to keep things simple. Don’t try to cram too much.

    Show restraint, use white space

    SLIDE DESIGN: FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES

    Images, not text, should be the focus on the slides.

    Contrast (especially colors, but also shapes, sizes)

    Repetition (repeat a theme or motif or image from one slide to next)

    Alignment (divide slide into thirds, and try to avoid placing things right in the
    middle)

    DELIVERY

    Most important rule: Do not read slides with your back to the audience!
    BUS 308 Handout 12 Fall 2019

    Don’t move too much, but gesture naturally with your hands to reinforce
    what you are saying

    Make eye contact with the audience, and speak as if you are having a
    conversation, but loudly.

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