Do you hate presentations? I like presentations,

你討厭上台簡報嗎?我喜歡上台簡報

but one thing that you are probably maybe good at with presentations are making PowerPoint

但有件事在報告時你可能比較擅長，就是做ppt，

presentations, because you have visual aids to help you so you don't really have to talk as much,

因為你有個視覺上的幫助，讓你在為了講話而緊張時

if you're nervous about talking. Presentation skills is something that you

不需要講很多，簡報技巧是一個對你有用的東西，

can work on. We have videos on www.engvid.com to help you with presentation skills. So,

我們在www.engvid.com有個影片可以幫助你提升簡報技巧，

go and check those out for learning how to speak during presentations.

可以去看看在報告時要如何談吐

But what we're going to focus on today is the visual aspect of presentations, so your

但今天我們要把重點放在簡報的視覺呈現，就是你的ppt

PowerPoint things. Some things to do, and some things not to do. So, here we are, presentation

什麼事要做，什麼事不要做，那我們就開始吧，簡報技巧

skills. The first thing and one of the things that makes these presentations so fun are

第一件也是其中一件讓這些簡報變得有趣的就是圖片，

pictures. But we have to be careful. The templates that you have already included in your presentation

但我們必須小心，那些在你簡報軟體上預設好的模板是很無趣的，

software, they're boring. People use them all the time. So, I suggest you try and download

大家每次都用那些模板，所以我建議你可以試著下載

some other pictures to make your presentation more interesting. And with that, make sure

一些圖讓你的簡報變得更有趣，

that on one slide you have one image. Make it interesting.

再來，就是確保你每一頁都有一個圖像，讓它更有趣味

Do not have a split screen. So, don't have two images on one slide. Do not have a collage,

不要有分畫面，就是不要一頁放兩個圖像，不要放拼貼圖

that's insane. A collage is many different small pictures on one screen. Even when I

那樣很蠢，拼貼圖是許多不同的圖放在一個螢幕上，

see a collage, there's a lot of collages coming out on Facebook now, and I'm like:

當我看到拼貼圖時，我甚至看到很多是從FB出來的，然後我就會想:

"Too many pictures. Can't understand." Our brains just cannot comprehend all those pictures, especially

「太多圖了，很難理解。」我們的腦袋就是無法消化全部的圖

when you're having the slide up for a short period of time. Don't make it like a photo

特別是當你的投影片只停留短時間的時候，不要讓它像是相簿，

album. Don't put millions and seven pictures, and... Keep it simple. Put a single image

不要放上萬個圖，要維持簡潔，放單張圖在每一頁

on each slide. Try and pick images that you actually like, and not too distracting. You

試著挑選一些你真的喜歡的圖，不要太使人分心的，

don't want puppy dogs and things. Make something simple, but something that you like, and make

你不會想要放一個小狗狗之類的東西，要讓事情簡化，但是你喜歡的

sure it looks nice.

而且確保它看起來很不錯

The next one you have to worry about is the lettering. So, the lettering, you also might

下一個你要留意的就是字體，

know this as the font. So, font and lettering are the same. One thing that you do not want

在看字形時時你可能會留意字體，所以字形和字體是一樣的，有件你要避免的事

to do is have really fancy or beautiful lettering. Simply... The reason is some people can't

就是非常花俏或美麗的字體，簡化...原因就是

read when the letters are fancy, especially if you are doing presentations for people

花俏的字體讓有些人很難閱讀，特別是當你在報告給...

whose... Do not have English as their first language, if you take the letters and you

母語不是英文的人，如果你還去選擇你寫的很草的字體，

write them even cursive, a lot of people have problems reading cursive. So, I suggest you

許多人會有閱讀草書的問題，所以我建議你

use something more traditional. There's lots of very easy-to-read fonts you can get from

用一些比較傳統的字體，有很多容易閱讀的字形你可以取得

your... Whatever word processing you use. So, make it simple, easy to read.

不管你用什麼處理字形，就是簡化它，容易閱讀

Another problem that you might have is the script is too big or too small. So remember

另一個問題你可能會有的就是字體太大或太小，記得

that when you're making your presentation, you're doing it probably on your laptop, or

當你做簡報時，你可能是用你的筆電，

your desktop, or your iPad, or your phone, so the font or the lettering is going to be

或是桌上型電腦、iPad、手機，所以當你放到播放器時

different than when you put it up on the projector. So if at all possible if you can, check it

字幕或是字體就會不一樣，盡可能做到在簡報前檢查

out before you do the presentation. Look at your... Hook up your laptop or whatever, and

接上你的筆電之類的，

see if you can actually see it on the screen because the font is different. You might think

然後看看你是否能在螢幕上看到它

that on your laptop it's a good size, but when it gets on the projection screen, it's

你可能會覺得在筆電上看起來大小剛好，但當投影出來時，

tiny; or it takes up too much space and it's too big.

它就變小了，或是它占太多空間，太大了

Next up are the words or the text. So, there's been studies done on how many lines of text

接下來時，內容裡的字，有個研究顯示人類可以吸收或是理解幾行的字，

a human can absorb or understand, and any more than six, you've lost the people. So,

超過六行，你就會失去大家的關注了

try and keep on each slide one very simple image, with very traditional clear text, and

所以試著維持每一頁放有簡單的圖像，傳統乾淨的字體，

put only two or three lines on each slide. Don't put bullet points. If you have more

並且每頁只放兩到三行的字，不要放項目符號，如果你有放超過六行

than six lines or if you have bullet points, again, we just... We just can't remember them

或是項目符號，我們根本就記不住他們

all. We just lose focus. We have something called too much information, too much info,

我們會無法專注，我們吸收過多的訊息

TMI. "Too much information" means that if you have more than two or three lines, we're

TMI「過多訊息」指的就是你放了超過兩三行，

just not getting it. Our brain can't... We just can't learn it like you want us to.

我們無法吸收，我們的腦袋無法...我們就是無法依你的意願學習它

The other one that's probably really important is the colours that you use. Now, it's fun

另外一個可能很重要的就是你用的顏色，

to have different colours, it helps us... As you can see on the board, it helps us create

有不同的顏色是很有趣，它幫助我們...就想妳在白板上看到的，它幫助我們

contrast and highlight words, or things you think that are important, but if you have

做出對比和重點單字，或是你覺得重要的事情，

different colours within one word... Can you read this word? It makes it really, really

但如果你一個裡單字有不同的顏色...你可以閱讀這單字嗎? 它變得非常非常難閱讀，

difficult to read. This word says "different", and maybe when you're watching the video at

這個單字是「different」，或許你正在家看影片，

home, you can't maybe see the "i" or the "e". This looks very childish. When we're kids,

你可能沒法看到「i」或是「e」，這看起來非常稚嫩，當我們還是小孩時，

we can make different colours and it's fun, but your presentation isn't for children.

我們可以用不同的顏色而且有很多樂趣，但你的簡報不是給小孩的，

It's not meant to be fun. You want to have the title and the words very easy to read.

這不是來玩的，你要有容易閱讀的標題和單字

You don't want them to be difficult, and you don't want to have people straining their

你不會想要他們顯得困難，

eyes to figure out what word that is.

也不會想要你的觀眾傷腦筋去想那個字是什麼

I will never forget my grade 4 art teacher telling me that you can never use different

我永遠忘不了我小四時，美術老師跟我說絕對不要在一個單字裡用不同的顏色

colours in one word. As an 8 year old, I was just taken back. I was like:

我八年級時，我回想到:

"Oh my god, I use different colours all the time, Mr. Riley." No. So, I remember this. Thank you, Mr. Riley,

「喔天啊，我每次都用不同的顏色，Mr. Riley。」不，所以我還記得，Mr. Riley

if you're still out there, for teaching me this very important lesson.

謝謝你教我這麼重要的一課，如果你還在那的話

But what you can do is you can definitely use different colour, one different colour

但你可以做的肯定是用不同的顏色，一種不同色

to highlight or emphasize one word. So, down here, you can use one different colour to

去強調一個單字，看這下面，你可以用一種不同色

emphasize important words. So as you can see, I want you to focus on the word "one" and

強調重要的單字，就想你看到的，我希望你注意這個字「one」並強調它，

emphasize. The other words I'm keeping black. So one different colour will really help this

其他字我則保留，一種不同色可以讓這個單字

pop out or stand out. If you use too many colours, again-sorry-we get confused. So...

凸顯出來，如果你用太多顏色，重申一次:抱歉我們會很困惑，

I'm dying. Someone get me an Alka-Seltzer.

我快死掉了，哪個人給我杯Alka蘇打水吧

The last thing is you want a strong contrast of the letters from the background. So, if

最後一件事，就是你需要和背景呈強烈對比的字

my background colour is blue, I wouldn't want to have green lettering, because green and

如果我的背景是是藍色，我就不會用綠色的字，因為綠色和藍色

blue are very similar colours, very similar shades, so you have to make sure that if your...

是非常相似的顏色，明暗度也很相似，所以你要確保

If you have a grey background, you want something that really stands out. You have to be careful

如果你有個灰色的背景，你要某些東西凸顯出來，那就必須注意

of the colours that you choose for the background and the lettering.

並慎選你的背景和字的顏色

So, if you can keep these four major categories in mind when you're doing or making a presentation...

你做簡報時，如果你可以記住這四個重點

Colour, keep it simple. One or two different colours is fantastic.

顏色，簡化，一到兩個不同色就很不錯

Make sure the words or the text are limited to two or three major points.

確保內容的字限制在二到三個主要的重點

You want to build your presentation, instead of just throwing information at people.

你要做的是報告的呈現，而不是就丟訊息給大家

Make sure the lettering is clear, nothing crazy.

確保字體乾淨，沒有太瘋狂的東西

Make sure it's not too big, not too small. And also, make sure that you're not

不會太大，不會太小，

overloading the people with pictures, because it's going to lose from your actual presentation point.

還有不要承載太多圖片，因為這會讓你的報告失焦

If you need help doing presentations, check out our videos on presentation skills at www.engvid.com.

如果你做報告需要幫助，看看我們在 www.engvid.com.的報告技巧影片

Check it out on YouTube.

看看youtube

I'm out of here. Bye-bye.

就到這了，掰掰