This slide deck is about great presentations. There are some tips and tricks that would help you with Ted style presentations.

1. Few Guidelines on Great
Presenta1ons
Samisa Abeysinghe

2. Rule of 777
• No more than 7 words per bullet
• No more than 7 bullets per slide
• No more than 7 word slides con1nuously

3. Choose Meaningful Graphics and
Pictures

4. Ideally ONE IDEA per slide

5. Font size not less than 32

6. Use Bullets, NOT Verba1m
• La1n is a classical
language
• La1n was used well
into 18th century
• Today La1n is used
as a liturgical
language
La1n (La1n: lingua laLna, IPA: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa laˈ1ːna]) is a classical language
belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. The La1n
alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets, and ul1mately
from the Phoenician alphabet.
La1n was originally spoken in La1um, in the Italian Peninsula.[3] Through
the power of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language,
ini1ally in Italy and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Vulgar
La1n developed into the Romance languages, such as Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, French, and Romanian. La1n and French have contributed many
words to the English language. La1n and Ancient Greek roots are used in
theology, biology, and medicine.
By the late Roman Republic (75 BC), Old La1n had been standardised into
Classical La1n. Vulgar La1n was the colloquial form spoken during the
same 1me and a_ested in inscrip1ons and the works of comic playwrights
like Plautus and Terence.[4] Late La1n is the wri_en language from the 3rd
century, and Medieval La1n the language used from the 9th century to the
Renaissance which used Renaissance La1n. Later, Early Modern La1n and
Modern La1n evolved. La1n was used as the language of interna1onal
communica1on, scholarship, and science un1l well into the 18th century,
when it began to be supplanted by vernaculars. Ecclesias1cal La1n
remains the official language of the Holy See and the Roman Rite of the
Catholic Church.

7. Some Points to Ponder
• Great presenta1ons are like short videos
– 15 minutes ideal
• One slide per minute, 21 maximum
• Never read from slides; speak by heat!
• Pitch to your audience’s interests

8. Any audience would appreciate bit of
HUMOR

9. Keep it simple

10. Work hard
on your
speech

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