A few guidelines for creating an effective presentation:
- Be sure to read the FAQ page on the Milton Wolf Prize website, particularly the sections on requirements and criteria for how the review committee will judge the projects
- Remember your goal: to educate people about your issue and compel them to get involved.
- Make it true
- Facts must be accurate
- Cite your sources
- Make it beautiful
- don’t put too many words on each slide if you are creating a PowerPoint, Google slide presentation, Prezi or some other slide presentation
- use images (photos, icons, art) to help you tell the story
- use colors that help viewers read what’s on the slides (for example, text is easier to read when it is dark on a lighter background)
- if you are making a video, make sure the audio is clear and easy to hear, and/or include good music
- Make us care
- Through words and images (and, if you’re making a video, sound) create a “story” with your presentation:
- Introduce your topic
- Tell us why it is important, why we should care
- Include information viewers need to know to be informed so they consider doing something about this issue
- Include specific information viewers can use to get involved: Who do they contact and what is the best way for them to reach out?
- Discuss the connection between your topic and Milton Wolf and the Survival in Sarajevo story
- Through words and images (and, if you’re making a video, sound) create a “story” with your presentation: