I/ITSEC 2012 Presentation
Template and Instructions
Dr. Judy Converso
I/ITSEC 2012 Tutorial Board Chair
Topics
Congratulations!
Why a standard template?
About this template
About your presentation
Slide templates
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Congratulations
Many of the proposals were
rejected –
but not yours!
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Tutorial
Proposal
Review
We will still have to cut
about 25% of the draft
tutorials
Presentation Title
• Your Name
• Your Organization
Final
Tutorial
Selection
Presentation Title
• Your Name
• Your Organization
Your presentation material
should help, not hinder!
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Why a Standard Template
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“I’m a PowerPoint Wiz! I don’t
need no steenking template”
– Wonderful, use your own!
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But! Every slide of every
presentation is reviewed every
year; and the same comments
recur, over and over:
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The goal is
consistent quality,
not uniformity
A template can’t help this
problem, but you can
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Why a Standard Template?
This is a Bad Slide
(but alas, not uncommon)
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The title is an example of text and background merging, and this is an example of a font that’s
too small.
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This slide could actually convey some useful information if your audience could read it, but it’s
too much detail. If they’re really interested, they’ll squint trying to read it, while missing entirely
hearing you say, “Sorry, this is kind of an eye chart ...”, and your lucid explanation of its few
salient points. That’s bad.
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And, the more text you put on a slide, the more inclined you will be to read it. Don’t do it. You
know your material; explain it. Maintain eye contact with your audience. If you need a clue,
glance at the monitor on the desk, not at the screen behind you. You did create the presentation,
right?
Use bullets, not narrative; this whole template (not just this page) is way too verbose, because
it’s for you to read, not for me to present.
And, of course, every unreadable slide deserves an unreadable graphic:
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Sequence starts with numbers
and ends with more numbers
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Title Slide
Your organization’s logo,
which may appear on the
title slide and nowhere else.
Don’t try to buffalo us and
sneak it in again.
Presentation Title
• Your Name
• Your Organization
Current I/ITSEC theme
logo
Unclassified
Oh, good, because we hate
it when our presenters are
whisked off to jail. Omit
unless your organization
requires it.
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Fonts
• Use big, sans-serif fonts (24-pt Arial Bold)
– These fonts could be a little smaller, but not much
(20-pt Arial Bold)
– Serif fonts are harder to read at any given size and
resolution (20-pt Times New Roman)
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Use big, sans-serif fonts (18-pt Arial Bold)
– Unlikely you’d want anything smaller than this (16-pt Arial)
– Also, serif fonts are harder to read at any given size and resolution (16-pt
TNR)
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Use standard fonts
– Arial or Tahoma; not Helvetica
– If you must use non-standard fonts (but why??), then embed them:
• File | Save As | Tools | Save Options … | Embed True Type Fonts
(18-pt Tahoma)
• This may cause font copyright problems in PowerPoint 2003!
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Backgrounds
• Dark text on light background is strongly preferred for
projection
– In recent years, our template used light text on a dark
background,
• We routinely encountered projection problems
• Dark text on light background is more likely to result in what
you see on the projector resembling what you saw on your
monitor
– We turn down the lights during your presentation, and the dark
text on light background projects very well
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Backgrounds
• You may still chose to use light text on a dark
background
• A common problem is using red text for highlighting.
– It looks great on your monitor; it is barely visible when
projected
– Yellow text works much better for highlights
• Light text on top of pastel filled objects and red or black
lines do not project well
This text and the red
and black arrows will
NOT project well
But this projects
clearly
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Transitions and Animations
Some people find PowerPoint’s fancy
transitions and animations annoying,
distracting, and obnoxious
Use them sparingly if at all!
This slide has
animations; preview
with Slide Show
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Graphics
• Graphics are great!
– If effective, they convey lots
of information in a small
space
– Graphics for presentation
must usually be simpler than
in documents and reports
– Information must be
readable if the text is
significant to the purpose,
as here …
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Graphics
• … but sometime graphics convey
notional information where the form is
relevant, but the text is not
• If you’re sure, then have at it
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Remodeling must start with a
detailed & scaled plan
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Video Resolution
• Projectors will have WXGA (1280 x 768) resolution; maybe less than what you’re used to
in your posh headquarters or on your WUXGA laptop
• Further info can be found on the AV/Computer Support Form
• So: preview, one way or another ...
• Better than nothing:
– In PowerPoint’s Normal view, resize
slides (View | Zoom) to about XGA size
• Better:
– Change your display
resolution to XGA and
preview in Slide Show
– Start | Control Panel |
Display | Settings
• Best:
– Bring your presentation
up on an WXGA projector
and ask someone else to
look at it
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Acronyms
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Tutorial Presentations - It’s a Timed Event …
1. -0:15 People shuffle in and out
2.
0:00 Track Chair introduces
you
3.
0:01 Begin presentation
4.
0:50 Track Chair gives
30-minute warning
5.
0:70 Track Chair gives
10-minute warning
6.
0:80 Ask for questions
7. 0:90
Receive thunderous
applause as you step
away from the lectern
and off the podium
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General Thoughts
• You’re probably the most knowledgeable person
in the room on your topic, and certainly the most
enthusiastic
• Remember your learning objectives
– Make sure you cover them
• Many in your audience are taking your tutorial for
CEU credit
– Make sure you cover the answers to ALL of your CEU
questions
• Have fun; if you don’t enjoy your presentation,
no one else will
– Of many choices available, attendees chose to attend
your tutorial; vindicate their decision!
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Tutorial Presentation Contents
Your tutorial presentation should contain the following:
• Title slide
• Learning objectives
• Outline of topics
• Body of the presentation
• Bibliography
– leave this up while you answer questions
• Last slide: contact information (without company logo)
You should plan for 80 minutes of presentation followed by 10
minutes to address questions
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Practice
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Of course you’re a good presenter!
If there were a simple way to be even better,
would you take the opportunity?
There is!
Practice this Presentation!
Take the time to practice your presentation
and your timing before arriving at I/ITSEC
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Slide Templates
Presentation Title
Your Name
Your Organization
Sample Heading
Sample Text
 Sample Text
• Sample Text
– Sample Text
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