Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents

Be confident - even if your presentation is perfect, presenting it with a self-demeaning attitude or comments will make your audience feel you could have done better. A presentation can never be better exceed your attitude!

Be brief - Why use more words when you could have used fewer? Avoid baroque terms that add nothing but unnecessary ornateness, like “utilize” instead of “use”. For every sentence or bullet in your presentation, constantly ask yourself “What do I really mean?” and “Can I cut even closer to the chase?”.

Make an outline before you start to create slides - This one is hard to follow! But it saves time if you can, and probably makes the presentation clearer.

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