Help/Advice on Presentation

Savvy_Sue

Tongue wrote: »

I've been looking on the net and apparently if you use pictures it's far better than text

Only if you use the RIGHT pictures

Tongue wrote: »

and grabs the attention of the interviewers and you stand out from the other candidates.

but not always in a GOOD way. :rotfl:

Seriously. I have never forgotten one particular set of presentations from a previous workplace, where one department were still at the 'back of an envelope' stage, and another was 'cutting edge IT', when PPT was NOT on every computer.

The latter's PPT presentation was cringeworthy. Every single method of getting slides up, and getting text onto slides, was demonstrated, including that GHASTLY one of adding a letter at a time. It took forever, it didn't add much to the sum of our knowledge, and what's more he couldn't even spell the names of his team correctly.

Do proof read it carefully ... but definitely KISS. Remember your eventual role is going to be presenting information to and extracting information from individuals and families who will very likely be stressed and fragile.

Tigsteroonie

Personally I don't like pictures on a PPT unless they are incredibly relevant (graph of figures, photo of a particular species). I think the cartoony clipart detract from sensible presentations, and make it look like the creator had too much time on their hands. Also, as the poster above says, forget about fancy transitions.

Tongue

So less is more and I should use the presentation on powerpoint as kind of bullet guides only and expand on each with the notes I can print off for each slide, is this correct?

[Deleted User]

I rescently had to do a presentation on my current work, and the advice I was given was the following:

Title slide - clear and simple

Maximum of one slide per minute of presentation - any more than that then the audience has not got the time to take each slide in

Keep slides as simple as possible - the fewer bullet points the better and talk around what is on each slide and not either reading each slide or saying each slide by memory (the audience can read!!)

Use diagrams, graphs etc when necessary but ensure that you can and do explain them fully to the audience

have a last slide thanking them for their time and inviting questions

Good luck with the interview.

Savvy_Sue

Less is definitely more.

Another tip, keep your eyes open and look at your 'audience'. I know I said that last bit before, but apparently someone recently gave an interview presentation with their eyes almost shut and without engaging with the interviewees at all well. They also mumbled, and didn't show a lot of enthusiasm for their topic, giving a history with a load of facts rather than 'reasons why'.