1. Introduction
   1. Title
      1. How to create a (scientific) presentation and avoid most mistakes
   2. Examples
      1. Worst examples
         1. Example 1
            1. Too much text
            2. The audience is busy reading, not listening
         2. Example 2
            1. Ugly
            2. Useless
            3. Text hiding the picture. So, Why putting the picture?
         3. Example 3
            1. confused
            2. Too small
            3. Too much information
            4. No hierarchy
         4. Example 4
            1. No clear indication on how to read it
            2. No hierarchy
            3. confusing message: pictures vs text
         5. Example 5
            1. Too many bullet points
            2. Too much text
            3. Lack of contrast
            4. Outdated design
         6. Example 6
            1. Ugly
            2. Confused and complex
            3. No hierarchy
            4. No clear message
      2. Bad vs Good
         1. Apple
            1. Simple message: what you can do with it
            2. Pictures
            3. Clear Design
         2. Microsoft
            1. Complex: mixed text and pictures
            2. No hierarchy
            3. Ugly
            4. Selfish message: What we can do vs the others
2. Preparing
   1. Why are you talking?
      1. Engaging/sharing
         1. Entertaining people
         2. Engaging employees
      2. Convincing
         1. Selling
         2. Support
         3. Hiring
         4. Getting a Degree, an award
      3. Transmitting
         1. Information
         2. Knowledge
      4. Decision helping
         1. Elaborate a collective decision
         2. Decide between several decisions
         3. Justify a decision = convincing
   2. Who are you talking to?
      1. The audience?
         1. Small?
         2. Large?
      2. Your relation to the audience?
         1. Relative hierarchical position?
            1. Student, employee
            2. Instructor, supervisor, boss
         2. No relation
      3. Why are they attending?
         1. Volunteering
            1. Free attendance
            2. Paid attendance
         2. Mandatory
            1. Classroom
            2. Mandatory training
            3. Committee
      4. Their expectations?
         1. Knowledge
         2. Skills
         3. Discover
         4. Accept
         5. Reject
         6. None
      5. Their background?
         1. Knowledge of the topic
            1. Experts
            2. Beginners
            3. Outsiders
         2. No knowledge of the topic
            1. Active learners
            2. Passive learners
            3. Not interested
         3. Language fluency
   3. What is your message?
      1. Information
      2. Feeling
      3. Knowledge
   4. When are you talking?
      1. How long?
         1. Slides vs time
         2. Information adapted to the time
      2. When in the day?
         1. The only talk or among many?
         2. Morning? after lunch? evening?
      3. Single or multiple talk event
         1. Thesis or internship report
         2. Large multisession international congress
   5. Where do you deliver?
      1. Face-to-face
         1. Small group
         2. Large Congress
      2. Online
         1. Platform
            1. Personal site
            2. Webinar guest
            3. Social media
         2. Do you know your audience?
   6. How do you deliver?
      1. Casual
      2. Formal
      3. Professional
3. Designing
   1. Slide Design
      1. Can you choose your templates?
         1. No: Avoid heavy themed slides
            1. small space for content
         2. Yes: Choose professional slide decks
            1. Well-designed
            2. Correct colour code
            3. Color contrast calculator
      2. The 10-20-30 rule
      3. The sans serif rule
         1. Sans-Serif
            1. Modern
            2. Dynamic
         2. Serif
            1. Traditional
            2. Better for long text
      4. The "one image is better than 100 words" rule
         1. Always use professional photos
            1. No watermark
            2. Licence free photos
         2. If personal photos, do them properly
            1. Proper light
            2. Good quality
            3. Set a specific photo shooting
      5. The 6-7 subitizing rule
         1. Don't put more than 6 items in a slide
      6. The rule of thirds
      7. Reading direction
         1. Insert the sequence according to the reading direction
            1. From top left to bottom right
            2. For western countries
   2. The "Don't be creative" rule
      1. Favour easy reading instead of creativity
      2. Use only a small set of templates
         1. Audience finds the same items at the same place
      3. Don't trust your artistic mind
         1. Trust & adapt proved professional decks instead
   3. The "one info per slide" rule
      1. One slide = one main info
         1. Don't waste your title
         2. Adopt the normal reading direction
            1. Position the sequence of information accordingly
      2. Structure of a scientific slide
         1. Title = problem description
         2. Show a result
            1. Don't show raw data
            2. Your graph must illustrate your message
         3. Describe the result
            1. Describe a graph
            2. Explain a flowchart
         4. Analyze the result
            1. Interpret the result
            2. Set hypotheses
         5. Conclude
            1. Main information
            2. Question rose by the analysis
            3. transition to the next slide
      3. Displaying complex information
         1. Take time
   4. The "Always avoid Tables" rule
      1. too much information
      2. No hierarchy
         1. Only use: to highlight ONE value different from the rest
      3. No time to explain
      4. No visual support
   5. The "almost no bullets" rule
4. Delivering
   1. Presentation = show time
      1. On-stage attitude is not a natural attitude
      2. You must win the audience attention
         1. They give you their time, not the opposite
         2. Focus on the value they expect to get from your talk
            1. It's never about you
   2. Create and keep audience engagement
      1. Focus on your topic
         1. Avoid jokes except at the intro
      2. Position between screen and audience
      3. Align your talk with the slides
         1. If something on the screen, explain
         2. Don't talk of something that's not displayed
   3. Have a Plan B
      1. Don't trust internet
      2. Have a pdf copy of your talk on a USB stick
      3. Use your laptop when possible
   4. Time control
      1. Personal?
      2. Session Chair?
   5. Main message(s) delivered
      1. Highlight the main information
         1. conclusion slides with main info, not "Thanks you"
   6. Yourself
      1. Don't use your slides a a teleprompter
      2. Voice?
         1. Warm it before if needed
      3. Keep eye contact
         1. Target 2-3 persons in the audience
5. After
   1. Last slide = takeover message
   2. How to contact you
      1. Include a QR code
      2. Easy to photography
   3. Never leave your slides
      1. Prepare a PDF
         1. Your slides + full sentence narrative in the comments
         2. A specific document
            1. Explain the information you will deliver
            2. Send it before
      2. If you hand out copies to be read, you will prepare your slides accordingly
   4. After talk chat
      1. Ask questions about people
         1. What they do
         2. If they have a specific interest
      2. Don't let one person monopolize you
      3. Accept critics