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The Art of Effective Presentations

Afandi Bin Ahmad
Department of Computer Engineering
Faculty of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

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I just have XX hours to get
this material done!

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Motivation

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CEO & Co-Founder
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Attention to Detail

Apparent lack of attention to
detail. How can you relate
with your research journey?

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Good idea will not be recognised
unless they are effectively
conveyed to others

Purposes

Proposal defence Research proposal

Progress updates Minutes of meeting It is different…

Pre-viva/Viva Thesis 1. Setting
2. Audience
3. Outcome

Conferences Article

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Basic Rules

Decide your platform – PowerPoint, PowToon, Prezi
Too short or too long? #slides = #duration
Materials - Front page, ToC, transition, body, summary
Say NO to copy & paste (from document)
Optimise multiple sources – video ( 2 mins)
Prepare your script, go with the flow

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Sincerity is the key!

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Technical content Language Table of Content
Slide preparation Delivery
Feedback
Plan Confidence E-books
Decide
Prepare

Revise Tools

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In general, 4:3-slides works for most Slide Design
projectors BUT when projected on LCD
screens, the slide will not fill the screen 13
and you might have black bars on the
sides of the slide or the content will
stretch and be distorted.

16:9-slides works for
projectors, LCD screens

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and widescreen projectors

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Slide Master

1. Do not let PowerPoint decide how you use

PowerPoint.

2. Make sure the themes complement your needs.

3. Professionals should never use action sounds.

4. Edit your PowerPoint template via Slide Master.

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Note: 5. PowerPoint makes bulleting automatic, but

Slide Master controls all information about the theme, numbering is more helpful.
layout, background, colour, fonts, and positioning of all

slides.

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Personal Template

Personal

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1. Simplicity - the state or 16 Background
quality of being simple
– Simple and professional 16
– “Plain” presentation

2. Light-coloured background
work best with dark text.

3. Avoid/minimise any pictures
in the background.

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Font & Text

1. Consider San Serif vs Serif San Serif A F
2. Combination of  three (3)
Recommendation:
font/slide • Arial
3. Optimise infographic • Century Gothic
4. Mix and match: • Calibri

(a) Diagram A FSerif
(b) Table
(c) Icon 17

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Font & Size

• Micro Pollutant Research Centre [Arial – 24]

• Micro Pollutant Research Centre [Arial – 36]

• Micro Pollutant Research Centre [Calibri Light – 24]
• Micro Pollutant Research Centre (Century Gothic – 24)
• Micro Pollutant Research Centre [Times New Roman – 24]

• Micro Pollutant Research Centre [Times New Roman – 32]

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Micro Pollutant Re18search Centre [Neuropol – 24]

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New Font

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Colour

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https://www.colourlovers.com/

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Colour affects how fast the audience can read

The color combination that is read most
quickly is black on yellow

Colour affects how fast the audience can read

The color combination need contrast – this
slide fail to do so

Colour affects how fast the audience can read

Combination of red, green, and brown are
difficult for many people to read.

Colour affects how fast the audience can read

Avoid having a hot color such as red or
orange as your background colour

Colour affects how fast the audience can read

Avoid having a hot color such as red or
orange as your background colour

1. Resolution Image
2. Position
3. Composition 26
4. Consistency

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Composition

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Image Selection

Transparent

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Large

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Icon

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Example

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Guideline

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1. First impression (cover page) Slide Preparation
2. Slide number
3. Transition slide Tansition
4. Typography
Body
Cover page
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1. Type of graph (comparison, trend etc. ) Data
2. Check:
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- Any summation
- Data plotted
- Unit
- Use separator (Eg. RM12,000)

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Example 1

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Example 2

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Example 3

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Too much! Illustration

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1. Avoid “copy and paste” Print Screen
2. Use “paste special”
3. Labels Unnecessary lines!

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Results

Area, Power and Maximum Frequency 4.4 Area Check:
1. Minor gridlines are
Without DPR: With DPR: area saving between
4.2 requires more area 2.75% to 12.87%. unnecessary.
2. Font is too small.
4.0 3. Colours are illogical.
4. Title is missing.
3.8 5. Shading is

3.6 Without DPR: Power distracting.
consumes more power
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With DPR: saves between
3.0 4.20% to 18.81%

2.8 With DPR Without DPR: Maximum

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Transform Size (N)

Fig. Influence of Transform Size on Area, Power and Maximum Frequency

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Case Study 40

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Example – Cover Page

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Cover Page

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Content

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Cover Page

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Example - ToC

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Example – Introduction & Problem Statement

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Example – Problem & Opportunities

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Contoh – Objectives

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Example – Literature Review

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Example – Research Methodology

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