A Presentation Pattern Language.

Giving a good presentation is not easy. It takes a lot of discipline and creativity to prepare and give a presentation that, on the one hand, is received positively by its audience and, on the other hand, has the effects desired by the presenter. This paper gives a handful of recommendations that aid in creating a good presentation. These recommendations are put in pattern form and combined into a presentation pattern language. Introduction Motivation Many readers have been exposed to presentations of varying quality. So have I. When listening to a very chaotic and boring presentation given by a student, I felt there must be a way to change this. Many presenters could make use of some advice helping them to give better presentations. Having read a few pattern papers, especially those published in the Pattern Languages of Program Design (PLoPD) series [1][2][3], I was inspired to create a pattern language for presentations. Presentation Patterns Presentation patterns can be roughly...