Presentations Brainstorm

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Presentations Brainstorm

• Girls on Track 2003

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What we liked - Format

• Good colors, contrast text/background
• Pictures relating to presenters subject
• Able to read words see graphs well
• Creative and interesting animations

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What we liked Content Presentation

• Accurate data and graphs
• Giving credit for data sources
• Telling methods of search calculation
• Short phrases on slides, more spoken
• Notes for speakers
• Eye contact with Audience, not screen

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Problems for improvement

• Some data conflicted detail why?
• Always give credit!
• Prepare rehearse
• Face audience make eye contact
• Make it personal and interesting
• Make it fun

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Ways to Improve

• Engage the audience through
• Visual aids to bring concepts to life
• Variety in voice content
• Humor
• Relating data to real life
• Asking audience to participate
• Using fewer slides

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Choosing the right graphs

• Different data needs different models
• Percentage pie chart
• Trend, change over time line graph
• Steps bar chart
• Important to differentiate estimates and actual
  data
• Use words like linear, slope, multiply, percent
  change

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