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Effective Presentation Techniques Guide

This document provides guidance on technical writing and presentations. It discusses what makes a good or bad presentation, tips for coping with disasters during a presentation, and common PowerPoint pitfalls to avoid such as using invisible text or too much color. The document recommends watching a TED talk on 110 tips for improving audience focus, empathy, trust, anticipation, and attention during a presentation.

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Effective Presentation Techniques Guide

This document provides guidance on technical writing and presentations. It discusses what makes a good or bad presentation, tips for coping with disasters during a presentation, and common PowerPoint pitfalls to avoid such as using invisible text or too much color. The document recommends watching a TED talk on 110 tips for improving audience focus, empathy, trust, anticipation, and attention during a presentation.

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Technical Writing & Presentation

Department of Industrial Automation

Dr. – Ing. DO, Manh Cuong


Add: C9 – 104, Ha Noi University of Science and Technology,
No 1 Đại Cồ Việt Str.
What makes a good or bad
presentation?
[Link]
A bad and a good presentation – what’s different?

[Link]
(5mins)
What does Dr Martin Luther King do well?

[Link]
How can you cope with disaster?

1. What if you freeze?


2. What can you do
with your hands?
3. What if no one is
listening?
4. What if the
technology doesn’t
work?
How can you cope with disaster?

Answers
1. What if I freeze?
Look up, take a deep breath, smile
2. What do I do with my hands?
Use them for meaningful gesture. Never hide them. Never use
them to cover your body.
3. What if no one is listening?
Pause, use eye contact
4. What if the technology doesn’t work?
Tell everyone to talk to the person next to them. Prepare a
question to ask the audience in case this happens
Can you guess 5 typical Power Point evils?
Can you guess 5 typical Power Point evils?

Power Point evil 1: write what you say

From:
[Link]
69/world-worst-powerpoint-presentations/
Can you guess 5 typical Power Point evils?

Power Point evil 2: invisible text

From:
[Link]
/world-worst-powerpoint-presentations/
Can you guess 5 typical Power Point evils?

Power Point evil 3: confusing charts

From:
[Link]
/world-worst-powerpoint-presentations/
Can you guess 5 typical Power Point evils?

Power Point evil 4: too much colour

From:
[Link]
/world-worst-powerpoint-presentations/
Can you guess 5 typical Power Point evils?

Power Point evil 5: tiny graphs

From:
[Link]
/world-worst-powerpoint-presentations/
Watch TED talk on 110 tips for good presentations

[Link]
(17mins)
Answer these questions
How can a speaker increase the audience’s
1. Focus
2. Empathy
3. Focus
4. Trust
5. Anticipation
6. Attention
Watch TED talk on 110 tips for good presentations

Answers
How can a speaker
increase the audience’s:
1. Focus (step forward)
2. Empathy (tilt your
head)
3. Focus (changing
pace)
4. Trust (shift your self
lower)
[Link]
5. Anticipation (lowering =K0pxo-dS9Hc (17mins)
your voice)
6. Attention (pause)

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