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What a Makes a Presentation Good
- It's memorable. A presentation should help your points stick with the audience by adding a visual to the words you are saying.
- It's an aid not a distraction. Avoid making your presentation overly flashy. If it has too much going on it can distract the audience. Do not use things like flashing text or moving backgrounds because they can quickly steal the attention off your speech.
- It's accurate. Ensuring your presentation has the correct information is worth your time. If there is outdated or obviously false information on a presentation it can immediately drop your credibility.
- It has proper spelling and grammar. Spelling mistakes and grammar errors can stick out in a presentation which will lower your credibility and distract your audience.
- It's not a script. Reading off your presentation word for word is one of the most common mistakes that happen in public speaking. You do not need to read the presentation to the audience aside from special cases like graphs or charts. If you do read the whole thing, your lack of eye contact can cause the audience to disconnect from your speech entirely.
- It's visible and legible to the audience. If the audience cannot read or see your presentation, then it loses its purpose. Use large text and images/graphs. Avoid neon colors that can hurt the eyes or make it hard to focus. Make the words a color that is easily distinguished from the background they are on.
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