Designed to help create effective presentations, this guide describes the basic techniques and provides hints for producing professional, attention-getting overhead transparencies in a step-by-step procedure format. Eight topics are addressed in the guide: (1) eight steps to a successful meeting presentation; (2) advantages of overhead projection; (3) the overhead projector; (4) planning the meeting room, including screen size, types of screens, and room arrangements; (5) how to make overhead transparencies, including planning, lettering, figures, and color; (6) organization and layout, including headings and composition; and (7) mounting transparencies (special visual effects, including overlays, disclosures, graphs, and liquid crystal display panels). (ALF)