The document provides tips for creating effective presentations. It recommends standing to the left of the screen so the audience focuses on the presenter, not reading slides verbatim. Slides should complement but not replace the presenter. The document also suggests increasing retention by showing slides for 14-21 seconds before explaining them, allowing the visual to "sink in" first. Additionally, it notes attention spans average 18 minutes and provides guidelines for optimal pacing of slides and engaging the audience every few minutes.

1. Presentation Tips Helping your audience get the most from your presentation

2. “ Stand to the left of screen. Your audience with anchor on you, then read across, then come back and anchor on you…” (Burmark)

3. The slides aren’t the Presentation Slides shouldn’t say everything you will!

4. The presenter and the presentation “play complementary roles – like the cowboy and the horse” (Burmark)

5. Attack jargon with a vengeance Burmark, L. (2002). Visual Literacy: Learn to See, See to Learn. Alexandria, VA. ASCD. P64. 20% of teacher surveyed can: operate HP computers & printers use software to teach writing skills After (16 words) Results from a survey show that two teachers out of ten have a working knowledge of how to operate the Hewlett Packard computer and inkjet printer. The same number of teachers has knowledge about available computer software for teaching written language skills. Before (42 words)

6. Attack jargon with a vengeance Burmark, L. (2002). Visual Literacy: Learn to See, See to Learn. Alexandria, VA. ASCD. P64. Publication Format Presentation Format 20% of teacher surveyed can: operate HP computers & printers use software to teach writing skills After (16 words) Results from a survey show that two teachers out of ten have a working knowledge of how to operate the Hewlett Packard computer and inkjet printer. The same number of teachers has knowledge about available computer software for teaching written language skills. Before (42 words)

7. Increase Retention

8. Increase Retention Increase retention by 30%! Show slides for 14-21 seconds BEFORE talking about them (University of Colorado in Bolder, 1984)

9. Increase Retention “ Let the image sink in first; then you can hang your message on that visual hook.” (Burmark)

10. Attention Average Attention Span = 18 minutes

11. Attention & Pacing 40-90 seconds maximum per slide Better 2-3 slides per minute 300-460 slides 90 slides 2 hours 150-180 slides 45 slides 60 minutes 60-90 slides 20 slides 30 minutes Optimum Slides Minimum Slides Length of Presentation

13. Need to work a visual “commercial break” in at least every 15 minutes (relate it to your content) Humor = good for learning

14. Engage Engage audience every 3-4 minutes Ask a question Help make a connection Take a poll Build in time for discussion Think-Jot-Pair-Share almost always builds engagement

15. Brains like color

16. Brains see yellow first

17. Color visuals increase willingness to read by up to 80 percent

18. Color enhances learning and improves retention by more than 75 percent

19. 77% perceive that “Presentations that use color are able to communicate better than those that use black and white” (3M)

20. Perception = Reality

21. Be Smart. Build Great Presentations.

22. Be Smart. Build Great Presentations. Instructional Services Team