9 effective tips to follow while making a PPT and research paper to stand out from the crowd

Why choose a practical topic?

While reviewing a PPT or research paper, teachers primarily check the practical aspects of the pointers in it. Choosing a practical topic itself gives you the first victory. Practical topics make the work effortless and you can easily fetch marks.

How to choose a practical topic?

When you are choosing a practical topic for your PPT or research paper, your priority should be the trending or hot issue going on in the country.

How can I make my PPT or Research paper different from the crowd?

Making a great PPT begins by knowing what to include and exclude in it. Follow these tips to improve your PPT or Research paper skills:

1. Make an index in the end

Making an index first makes you restricted towards the topic. Rather cover all the information that you can include in your topic, and then write an index. It will help to get more attention to your introduction/content.

2. Use a question

Instead of an introduction, start your PPT with a question. It will instantly attract more attention and engagement from the audience. You can also add a fancy start in the place of an introduction.

3. Don't be Monotonous

It is easy to predict the index of a monotonous PPT and this is what the teachers hate the most. The PPTs that score maximum marks are made by those students who know that PPT is just a tool to explain the subject, and that’s why they keep trying to bring up new points to the picture.

4. Build Engagement

Adding interesting or different pointers in the index of your PPT will create curiosity and maximum amount of engagement in the audience. Make sure your research paper or PPT reflects professionalism.

5. Read & Explain

Many of us have the habit of reading the presentation directly from what we're presenting on screen. The right way to present a PPT is by only reading the heading from the screen and explaining the entire content yourself. You can also make two PPTs, one to present and the second to memorize.

6. Use Bullet points

Explain your PPT content more in pointers/bullet points than paragraphs. It will help make the information crisp and easy to understand while delivering. The research papers originally follow paragraph format, but here the headings of the content serve the purpose of pointers.

7. Background check

Whenever you make PPT, and you have to talk in number it's recommended to do a background check before fetching the data from the internet. While doing this, never forget to give credit to the resources you are using in your PPT.

8. Place numerical slides...

Generally, we present the numerical slides at the end. If you want to stand out from the crowd, keep a few number sheets in between PPT and remaining at the end.

9. Connecting the dot

There has to be a connection between the slides to explain it at the end of the presentation. But, don't confuse it with a conclusion. For research papers, you have to walk extra kilometers like interviewing your target audience, traveling to a city, etc. to make it practical-oriented.

How can I present PPT to stand out among others?

Build synergy-

If there are five slides of PPT and five members of a group are presenting one each, then take an approach of presenting one topic by two people. This method will not only show the synergy of the team but will also help to score extra marks.

End with a question-

Your PPT should end with a question and not with Thank You (while speaking). The best orator of the group should take the responsibility to conclude the PPT and ask a question to the audience to seek engagement. Make sure that your answer should be there in the conclusion slide.

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