The following is a list of questions meant to help you focus on your priorities while creating and presenting your slide show.
1. Establish your purpose
How much does your audience already know about the subject? What do they
expect or want to know?
What is the audience's education, age, and career objectives?
Do you want to entertain, motivate, sell, or instruct?
2. Write your objectives for your slide show
Writing objectives can also serve as a way to evaluate your slide show and
guide you in determining the content of your slides.
Start each objective with a noun or action verb and be specific about the
results you expect.
Are your objectives realistic and attainable by your audience?
What do you want the audience to learn or be able to do at the conclusion of
your slide show?
3. Practice, review, and edit your slide show
Is the pacing of your slides and speech adequate to hold the attention of
your audience?
Do the slide contents relate to your objectives?
Does each slide present one concept? Is the concept clear and direct?
Are the slides in the right order? Use the Slide Sorter if you need to
rearrange them.
Where appropriate, use drawings with your slides to add impact to text or
data.
Anticipate questions that the audience will ask.
4. Present
When the audience arrives, have the opening title or slide of your slide show
displayed on the monitor.
Be enthusiastic and genuine.
Keep eye contact with your audience while you speak.
Vary the tone of your voice to add interest and maintain audience attention.
Ask for questions from the audience periodically.
End your slide show on time.
5. Evaluate your presentation
Evaluating your presentation after it's over can help you refine and improve
the objectives, slide content, speech material, and your own effectiveness as a
presenter.
Did you accomplish your objectives? How do you know?
What were the audience's thoughts and feelings about the slide show?
What worked well during your slide show? What could be improved?
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