Structuring your slides

Hello all,

I hope you have a lovely September break and I’ll see you all again a week on Monday. Time for some you time, well deserved. 

Just a wee reminder for the structure you’ll need for the assessed presentation. Please consult the many exemplars I’ve popped on Moodle for you. 

Around 10-12 slides is normally a good number to aim for when delivering a 5-8 minute talk, but it isn’t scientific, just trust your research. 15 is arguably too many though. 

 

All of the following parts are required:

Slide 1 - your name, date of when you are presenting your talk, what the talk is about. Optionally, you may also wish to add an appropriate image. We will sort the date(s) of delivery when we meet again on Monday 2nd October back in class. This will be posted on the blog, Moodle and via the class group e mail. 

Slide 2 - this tells the audience exactly the order of your presentation and should always finish with the same three bullet points, in this order: Conclusion / Sources / Q and A.

Slides 3-8 (this is an approximate number dependent on your content; this is what you found out from your research).

Slide 9 - conclusion - this is vital to recap what you spoke about. No new information should appear here.

Slide 10 - references / sources (you decide what term you prefer). ALL sources you have consulted in your research should be noted here, hyperlinked, just like the examples. That means pressing return after you type in the website and this makes it ‘live’. 

You don’t need to use Harvard, but can if you wish. I’ll look at that in the second assessment, report writing. I posted a link with the Harvard Generator on 18th Sep. on this blog for you. 

Slide 11 - Thank you for listening, are there any questions?

Sensible structure always wins the day, ALWAYS!

Hope this helps,

Mark