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Content Requirements
As a reminder, content requirements for your presentation include:
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Slide 1: This slide should include your presentation title and speakers.
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Slide 2: This slide must state clear and actionable learning objectives. Learning objectives are statements that provide a context for what will be learned during the presentation.
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Final Slide: This slide must include the term "Questions" on it.
Presentation content must be unbiased and not promote or market an individual's or a company's products or services. If you include your organization's logo, it must be very small in a header or footer. Program materials may not include any proprietary information, must be educational and generic in nature, and must serve to reinforce the learning objectives.
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This is a reduced paper conference; however, speakers are welcome to bring their own handouts to distribute.
Slide Development
Presenters are responsible for developing their own presentations. Please keep the following guidelines in mind when preparing and presenting your slides to ensure an effective presentation.
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Our technical audience is looking for in-depth information on your projects, including challenges faced, lessons learned, and specific innovations incorporated. Be sure your presentation provides the audience with the important information that allows them to take away the learning objectives you outlined in your abstract submission.
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Limit each slide to 50 words or two elements, with a maximum of five bullets of information. Use several simple slides rather than one complicated slide, especially when discussing a subject at length.
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Avoid preparing more slides than can be successfully presented during practice. For a 20-minute presentation, it is recommended that you limit your presentation to 20 slides.
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Set yourself up to have plenty of time to make it through your slides; don't rush. Attendees have stressed the importance speaking slowly and clearly; however, avoid monotone delivery.
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Limit each slide to one main idea. If the idea you are trying to communicate is complex, reduce the information to essential elements, limit the text, and enlarge the type size. Text-heavy slides are one of attendees' most common complaints about speakers.
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Convert data into a visual format for a clear and more interesting presentation. Use pie charts, bar graphs, and other illustrative graphics to convey ideas and data.
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Do not try to project a table with more than nine double-spaced lines. Highlight only the important lines of data in a lengthy table or simplify the data to the essential points. Including anything but the simplest raw data makes slides complicated and difficult to read and can make the presentation too long.
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Include titles to supplement, not duplicate, slide data.
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Use bullets, not paragraphs; your slides should not duplicate the content of your spoken presentation.
Artwork, Type Size, and Style
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Use at least a 20-point font. Sessions will be held in a large room, and slides must be clearly readable from the last row of seating, which might be as far as 100 feet from the speaker podium.
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Lines, letters, and symbols should contrast sharply with the background. Tones must be distinct, and colors should be strong.
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Between lines of type, leave a space that is at least the size of a capital letter.
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Avoid using hand-drawn images or hand-written characters.
Tips for Using Slides Effectively
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Duplicate slides if the same slide needs to be referenced later in the presentation; do not scroll back during your talk.
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Plan slides for a good visual pace during the presentation.
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Advance to the next slide when finished discussing the topic.
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Avoid any unnecessary animation of text.
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Elaborate verbally on the information provided in the slide rather than reading it word for word. Attendees give low marks to speakers who read their slides.
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Please avoid the use of audio or video in your presentation. If you must include it please contact info@i2sl.org prior to the conference to discuss accommodations.
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