Fact Sheet:  Multimedia Presentation

A Learning Website for Middle School Students

Part 1:  Very Important Information

  1. A multimedia presentation includes a well designed slideshow AND a well-prepared speech.

  2. NEVER read your slides to your audience because they can read!  
    When a slide is displayed, give your audience additional information about the content that's on that slide.  

***** An example of a slideshow with a speech.

 

Part 2:  Slideshow Design Suggestions

  1. Limit your slideshow to 5 or 6 slides.  Avoid a long, boring, pointless PowerPoint Slideshow.

  2. Easy To Read Color Schemes – Up Close and From A Distance: a dark sky blue background with dark yellow text, or a medium to dark yellow background with dark sky blue text, or Soaring in the Design Templates.

  3. Fancy fonts are difficult to read.  Arial is a font that's easy to read.

  4. Title Text should be between 36 - 40 points.

  5. Bulleted Text should be at least 24 points.

  6. The subject matter that you include in your slideshow must be meaningful. 

  7. Avoid long paragraphs.  Oftentimes, people won't read them.  Instead, bullet your information.  Write short phrases or short sentences.

  8. Type no more than 8 lines of text on a slide.   Type no more than 8 words on a line.

  9. Bold, italic and/or underline only those words that are important.

  10. Use graphics when you want to make a point. 

  11. Use animation when it helps you to make a point.  Animation can be distracting.

  12. Stay legal.  Cite your resources.

 

Part 3:  Speech Writing & Presentation Suggestions

  1. Make your speech interesting, meaningful, and to the point. 

  2. Practice your speech out loud with your slideshow running.  Remember, your audience can read  - do not read your slides to your audience - just refer to them as you give them additional information about your topic. 

  3. Face your audience.  

  4. Make eye contact. 

  5. Speak clearly and with confidence. 

  6. Don't race through your speech.  Talk slow enough so people get what you are trying to say.

  7. Talk loud – don't shout – but make sure the person in the back of the room can hear you.

 

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