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A Visual Aid to Accompany
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Prepare an organized paper |
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Prepare an easy-to-use outline |
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Check location ahead of time |
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Practice, practice, practice |
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Keep a high profile |
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Do not read your paper |
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Look at audience |
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Occupy the space |
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Use gestures and modulate your voice |
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Legibility |
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Simplicity |
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Color |
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What to say
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What’s on the slide |
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Avoid ALL CAPS, but if you must, use 24-point
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Use 32-point type for caps & lowercase |
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Use a “sans serif” type such as Arial |
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Use Times New Roman for web pages: |
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www.marthabianco.com/Courses/Cities |
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Do not use sans serif with web pages: |
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1g0lqOI (Arial) vs 1g0lqOI (Times
New Roman) |
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Avoid ALL CAPS |
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IF YOU MUST, USE A 24-POINT TYPE |
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Use 32-point type for caps & lowercase |
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Use a “sans serif” type such as Arial |
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Use Times New Roman for web pages: |
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www.marthabianco.com/Courses/Cities |
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Do not use sans serif with web pages: |
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1g0lqOI (Arial) vs 1g0lqOI (Times
New Roman) |
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Limit yourself to 4 colors per slide |
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Contrasting colors best: light on dark |
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Avoid pastels |
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Use colors only to help the audience |
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to emphasize a trend |
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to symoblize a word (e.g., STOP! ) |
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Contrast is key |
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For printed presentations, dark on white works
fine |
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For projected presentations, light on dark works
well |
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In all cases, avoid pastels; they are hard to
read |
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Keep elements balanced |
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Bulleted items should begin at the left |
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Don’t randomly center items |
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Think about placement of graphics |
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Avoid a serif font such as Times |
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Keep web links to 1 line only |
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http://www.marthabianco/Courses/Cities/speaker.html |
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Avoid underling for emphasis |
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Avoid a serif font such as Times |
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Keep web links to 1 line only |
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http://www.marthabianco/Courses/Cities/speaker.html |
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Avoid underling for emphasis |
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Should be: Avoid underlining for emphasis |
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Round off numbers |
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4 not 4.32 |
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Substitute symbols for words |
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$3 not three dollars |
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Abbreviate when possible |
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Avg. not average |
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Omit footnotes |
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Use 6-7 lines per slides |
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Edit long sentences to only 1 line long |
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Limit lines to a maximum of 6-8 words |
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Use only 1 sublevel |
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Bold or highlight for emphasis |
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Use many slides, with less on each side |
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Review performance trends |
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Discuss contributing factors |
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Recommend improvements |
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The purpose of this presentation is to share
with you the results of our study on highway safety performance by |
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reviewing performance trends of different
highway classifications and |
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identifying the major factors contributing to
this performance; finally, |
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we will recommend steps to enhance safety on
highway classifications needing improved performance |
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The purpose of this presentation is to share
with you the results of our study on highway safety performance by |
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Reviewing performance trends of different
highway classifications and |
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Identifying the major factors contributing to
this performance; finally, |
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We will recommend steps to enhance safety on
highway classifications needing improved performance |
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The purpose of this presentation is to share
with you the results of our study on highway safety performance by
reviewing performance trends of different highway classifications and
identifying the major factors contributing to this performance; finally, we
will recommend steps to enhance safety on highway classifications needing
improved performance. |
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Review performance trends |
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Discuss contributing factors |
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Recommend improvements |
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