In Part 4, you’ll learn tips for starting your presentation with a bang, sustaining your audience’s interest throughout your entire talk, and handling audience questions during and after your presentation.
In Part 4, you’ll learn tips for starting your presentation with a bang, sustaining your audience’s interest throughout your entire talk, and handling audience questions during and after your presentation.
In Part 3, you’ll learn practical graphing guidelines, like how many graphs can really fit on one slide, which font size is needed for those audience members sitting in the back row of your presentation, how to select the correct chart type for your dataset, and tips for selecting colors that will make your key findings stand out.
Part 2 will showcase real AEA member slides, redesigned. You’ll learn how AEA members incorporated high-quality images, reduced clutter, and highlighted key points with emphasis colors.
On behalf of the American Evaluation Association’s Data Visualization and Reporting group and the Potent Presentations Initiative, Stephanie Evergreen and I are leading a four-part Slide Clinic. Part 1 will cover lightning fast advice on honing the message of your conference presentation and structuring your session so that you can connect with the audience.
Isaac Castillo is leading a 3-part series about public speaking skills and nonverbal communication for evaluators. Isaac has taught public speaking and debate at the high school and college levels, and he was an All American debater before entering the evaluation field. I hope you enjoy reading his third…