These slides give a basic walkthrough regarding some of the key points that need to be taken care of during the course of a presentation. Feel free to drop your feedback.

1. A STARTER FOR AN
EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION
SARANSH CHOUDHARY

2. POINTS TO FOCUS ON
• Removing redundancy
• Limiting special effects
• Using crisp data
• Preventing text overloading

3. REMOVING REDUNDANCY
Read the following sentence :
This is to draw to your attention that this sentence is going to be a very boring one because of the
fact that inflated phrases have been used and at this point in time you may want to stop reading this
Let’s try to deflate the phrases and condense the sentence a little :
This is to point out that this sentence is going to be boring because inflated phrases have been
used and now you may want to stop reading this
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Use of redundant and elaborate phrases kills the interest of the audience and hinders effective
information transfer

4. REMOVING REDUNDANCY
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These are some famous examples of redundancy in English :

5. LIMITING SPECIAL
EFFECTS
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This slide started with a
very extravagant transition
This is yet another text
carrying animation
Probably not a good
idea to include another
one
Now these effects
have slowly started
to bug you
The picture in the
middle already has a
very unappealing
picture in the centre
Over time, tools have
become powerful enough to
offer diverse animations and
effects
But using lots of these
may corrupt the
effectiveness of your
slides. And oh, this is
the last one

6. USING CRISP DATA
Don’t scare people with numbers.
For example, use proper
formatting and skip unnecessary
decimals wherever possible
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7. USING CRISP DATA
Avoid repeating words, symbols
or any other information in the
data to make it more compact
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8. USING CRISP DATA
Take special care while using
graphs. For example, while using
bar and column charts, remove
the borders, condense the axes
and display horizontally
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9. PREVENTING TEXT OVERLOADING
In a presentation, use of redundant and elaborate phrases kills the interest of the audience and
hinders effective information transfer. Over time, tools have become powerful enough to offer
diverse animations and effects. But using lots of these may corrupt the effectiveness of your slides.
While visualizing the data, use proper formatting and skip unnecessary decimals wherever
possible. Avoid repeating words, symbols or any other information in the data to make it more
compact. Take special care while using graphs. For example, while using bar and column charts,
remove the borders, condense the aces and display horizontally.
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By now you may have realized that the above statements are a proliferation of the entire
presentation appended serially; such practices render the slides mundane, and the viewer interest
is phased out gradually

10. KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Duplicate data of any kind is a major turnoff. Cut
the repetition to keep your presentation lively
• Overuse of transitions and animations defeats
the whole purpose of conveying useful
information. Remember, you are not putting up
the slides as a substitute for a motion picture

11. KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Crisp data is sweet data : charts, graphs etc.
speak louder in human imagination than
numbers
• Appreciate everyone’s time and don’t cram
more words than necessary in the slides

12. You can send your valuable feedback
at scsc2699@gmail.com.
Happy presenting!

13. THANK YOU!