Presentation Design

The UNM Libraries are teaming up with Graduate Support and the Engineering Student Success Center to offer a four-part presentation prep workshop series this semester. Join us to learn how to be a more prepared, confident, and effective presenter! Workshops take place on Tuesdays from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in a hybrid format (Zoom & in person in Centennial Science & Engineering Library). Registration is strongly recommended, & workshops are open to anyone in the UNM community! Pizza will be provided to in-person attendees.

• What is a Conference?: Tuesday, October 1, 12:30-1:30pm (Zoom & CSEL DEN 2)
• Designing and Developing Presentations: Tuesday, October 15, 12:30-1:30pm (Zoom & CSEL DEN 2)
• Data Visualization: Tuesday, October 22, 12:30-1:30pm (Zoom & CSEL DEN 2)
• Delivering Presentations: Tuesday, October 29, 12:30-1:30pm (Zoom & CSEL DEN 2)

• Think and communicate visually: Humans remember images and words better than words alone.
• Be consistent: Keep your slides or poster design simple and use a consistent style (fonts, colors)
• Focus: Keep your audience focused on your most important points

• Hook and Preview
• Methods, Data and/or Details (Don't dwell overlong here)
• Conclusion and Takeaways

• Use stories to help people remember your points
• Use metaphorical thinking to choose impactful and meaningful images
• Avoid "slide-uments" (slides that contain a high level of text detail). To communicate detail, make a slideshow as well as a handout/document