Now going back to the main purpose of this talk, which is how to make excellent PowerPoint presentations and to the outline of the talk, we are now focused on section two which has to do with preparation. As a presenter, one has to be prepared with the outline of the talk, the order of the slides. And with transition slides that help connect one slide to the next is really engaged in the preparation of the talk, one should be able to memorize at least most of the talk. Also, one has to be thorough, not haphazard or deviating from the main topic. One question to ask before you get started is if you want your time With or without an outline. I have given a few seminars without an outline.

However, it is actually more common to have an outline then not to have one. It is always good to have an outline slide for all your upcoming slides, especially if you have a long presentation of 30 minutes or more. No, if it is not a long talk, I tend to have a unique way not to use an outline and yet connect the dots, especially for short presentations. To me it's more of a question of style. If the present station is short, the time duration is short, and this does not allow for an outline. Therefore there may be no need for it as well as the talk itself is short.

On the other hand, there are two main reasons Having an outline. One, the outline is there for the audience to get an overview of your talk as to where you are leading and directing the topic towards and as to what topics are being covered in your talk. The audience will get to be familiar with your sequence ahead of time and get familiarized with it as you go from one slide to the next. In other words, it's a good way to repeat yourself so that the content can be better assimilated by the audience. And the reason number two is that the outline also helps you as the presenter to get focused on the topics to be covered. So that it is not a random selection of data to be covered.

And you keep yourself up with the topics when you talk and it's certainly relatively long talk, it is always good to show the main outline in the beginning and part of the outline that is about to be covered in the next set of slides again, and highlight what is about to be covered for the viewers to have an idea as to where you're situated in the overall presentation and help everyone get back to the initial goals of the study in question. All night sounds obvious, there needs to be a precise and deliberate order of the slides. This keeps the clarity of the parking check. When I was doing my research, I used to think that I am to present my findings according to the sequence of my findings. However, sometimes, some projects may take longer time to complete than other. So if and only if the order actually does not matter.

Terms of the timing for the sake of the project and only if so, then making the talk into a story takes priority. However, if questions arise related to the timing of the findings, one has to go back to his her own her own loads to explain the sequence of events in placing the slides in order a first slide is mainly of what the main goal of the project is followed by how to go about in reaching the goal and answering the why or the purpose of the study. And that is a good example of ordering the slides. Of course, all talks would probably need introduction slide, transition slides and a conclusion slide. Transition slides transitions during talk from one slide to the Next can occur with statements, questions or slides themselves. A statement at the end of a slide and a connecting statement at the beginning of the next slide can help connect the two slides and make it into a story.

Or you can explain something in one slide and go over the details of the same explanation in the next set of slides. Another type of transition is a question. You explain a fact in one slide and then ask a question. For example, why is that fact important related to your studies? So that the answer to that question allows you to go to the next slide. The last way that you can do a transition is by using the slides themselves.

Examples can be lifecycles, a background knowledge slide or a literature review slide That would give way to highlight a point in your studies and go to the next set of slides. memorization is one aspect of the slide that does not need to occur. However, it may occur automatically without your knowledge just like second nature for driving. Whether you want to memorize or not depends on your style and personality. It also depends on how deep you have to dwell into the topic and your knowledge of the subject matter and on how comfortable you are in getting the message across. One thing you might notice is that you as you rehearse your talk again, again, you will instinctively start memorizing and at least certain portions of the talk will be already by heart and I personally prefer to memorize my talks.

I think that was one of the main reasons I had earned those rewards for excellent presentations. As long as you memorize the main points and the point needed for the transition slides, you should be fine in my case always deviated a bit in my manner of delivery or in my flow of the talk from the original script. However, as long as the meaning does not change, it should be fine. To me somehow this was particularly important point to be able to memorize allowed me to have a grip on the talk, and it certainly increased my confidence in giving the talk. One particular way that you can do this make notes under the PowerPoint slides, then print the notes And the slides and go over them again and again with the corresponding slides soon you would have it memorized. thoroughness.

Tallness is an aspect which has to do with memorization. When you memorize you tend to be thorough, it also has to do with not being random in the choice of topics to be covered. To be thorough means not to deviate from the main topic in question. All these aspects allow for setting up the stage for an outstanding presentation.