How to make a

presentation?

GROUP 11
MAERAJ M (18PGP236)
NITHIN K S (18PGP237)
SAIKAT SARDAR (18PGP241)
SHEFALI TIRKEY (18PGP242)
SATYAJIT PATRA (18PGP252)
MAYANK SHARMA (18PGP254)

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Organize your information clearly
• Be brief and clear
• Don’t crowd your slides
• Use keywords wherever necessary

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Know your audience

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Use a legible font
• Legible font and type size
• Avoid eccentric fonts
• Titles should be at least of font size 36 to 44
• Text should be at least of font size 28 to 32
• Fancy or eccentric fonts should not be used
• Use Preferred fonts such as Arial or Helvetica

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 Be smart about colors
• Make sure you’re using the
appropriate colors: not too Color General Feelings Evoked
bright, high contrast, consistent
Black Heavy, mournful, formal, death
• Limit the use of color to 2 to 4 Brown Earth, simplicity, outdoors
colors/shades Blue Peace, tranquility, trust, confidence, security
Purple Royalty, wisdom, spirituality, mystery
• Sharp Contrast Between Fonts Green Nature, environment, health
and Background Gray Conservative, practical, reliability, security
• Use colors that will stand out Red
Passion, excitement, love, intensity,
aggression
and will be easy on the eyes Orange Warmth, expansive, flamboyant
• Use dark color for fonts with Yellow Optimism, happiness, idealism, imagination
light background and light color White Purity, reverence, cleanliness, simplicity
fonts with dark background
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Ensure design consistency
• Create templates based on your theme
• Organization’s logo can be used
• Presentations will be unified from a design point of view
• Organize and align different elements like text, pictures and
graphs throughout the presentation

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Use visual elements to illustrate your ideas
• Graphs and charts can help show relationships, comparisons,
and change
• Only include 1 to 2 images per slide
• Shapes to illustrate complex topics can be used
• Use these visual graphics to enhance your message and
increase understanding

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End with a conclusion slide

• Recap the presentation listing all the key points and the final
benefits briefly
• Repeat the core message of the presentation
• End with a quote, witty or an interesting line
• Leave the audience with a thought-provoking, rhetorical
question

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THANK YOU

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