What are the effects of the Holocaust?Make sure that what appears on the screen matches what you’re saying. Your audience should know how your words are connected to the points and images on the screen.
Don’t write or include lots of text on the screen. Slides are meant to serve as illustrations.
How you design your slides is very important. Formatting styles such as light text on a dark background, a sans-serif font, and aligning the text to the right or left (centered text is harder to read) will help your presentation seem more pleasing to your audience. Make sure you don’t put too much information on one slide.
Have a title heading for each new section or topic in your presentation to signify the topic change to your audience.
Use images that will enhance the presentation, but don’t overload your presentation with images.
Consider how you will draw your audience into your presentation. A powerful image, an important fact, or a thoughtful quotation will get their attention from the beginning.
Ask your audience questions. Put the question on the slide so they don’t forget. If your audience feels as though they are a part of your presentation, they are more likely to pay attention to your slides and to what you have to say.
Slides should be organized and neat. Image quality is important. Be sure to include source information for images.
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