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10th International Conference on Live Maintenance

May 31st - June 2nd 2011, Zagreb, Croatia

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Development of Power Point presentation

Font Arial:Heading in red, size - 32 ptSubheading - 28 ptBullet points (like this one) - 24 ptSub-bullet points - 20 ptSmallest font - 18 pt

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Font Color and Size

Heading must be in red Red can be also used for emphasis, but only occasionally!Other text must be in black

Avoid!Too small a font OR CAPITAL LETTERS because your audience will not be able to read what you have written!!!

Slide structure

Use 1 to 2 slides per minute of presentationWrite in the form of main points, not in entire sentencesInclude 4 to 5 points per slideAvoid “eloquence”: use only key words and phrases

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Data in graphs

Always put headings over graphs Data in graphs are simpler to understand than numerical data in tablesGraph colors are: red and shades of gray

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Graph in red-gray

EastWestNorth

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Pie chart

Always put heading over pie chartData in pie charts are simpler to understand than numerical data in tablesPie chart colors are: red and shades of gray

Pie chart in red-gray

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Template with a photograph

Do not show too much information at the same time:

It will help audience to concentrate on what you are sayingIt will prevent audience to read in advanceAudience will stay focused on what you are talking about

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Questions at the end of presentation

Sometimes you can end the presentation with a simple question which

can start a discussionhelps to avoid an abrupt end to the presentationgives “something to look at” during question period

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Thank you!