Criteria for a good presentation

One of the most important things you learn at school or university is to do a good presentation. All your life you will need to hold speeches with or without visual support.
If you want to offer your audience some images or important lists of facts the best way to do this is by using a PowerPoint Presentation.
The following list will give you some help for creating a good presentation.

General presentation:

- be self-confident
- talk free and without reading
- the only thing you are allowed to read are your notes
- include your audience and their possible interests
- ask questions
- explain unknown words and facts
- don’t stand with your back to the audience
- be authentic and don’t only concentrate on rhethorical correctness
- use correct body-language
- concentrate your information to the main facts
- add a little bit of entertainment to your presentation
- avoid stammering, mumbeling and embarrassing talking breaks

Including visual support:

- you are the main presenter, not the beamer
- use animations, colours, pictures or even movies
- use short phrases and avoid long texts
- use a clear background
- sum up important facts
- let keywords appear one by one
- use clear font with good readable coulour

This is not the complete criteria for a good presentation. If you want to read more about it check out this site: http://www.sekretaerinnen.com/praesentation/praesentation.html

I hope that this blog-entry could help you a little.

Thanks for reading and every succes to you!