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Effective PowerPoint

Effective PowerPoint. Stephanie McCarthy, Erin Shelley, Larry MacPhee e-Learning. Part I: Delivery. 10. 10 steps to a better presentation. 1. Purpose. Hit the target. 2. Pacing. Keep it moving. 3. Interpretation. Explain your reasoning. 4. Clarity. Keep it simple. 5. Attention.

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Effective PowerPoint

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  1. Effective PowerPoint Stephanie McCarthy, Erin Shelley, Larry MacPhee e-Learning

  2. Part I: Delivery 10 10 steps to a better presentation

  3. 1. Purpose Hit the target.

  4. 2. Pacing Keep it moving.

  5. 3. Interpretation Explain your reasoning.

  6. 4. Clarity Keep it simple.

  7. 5. Attention

  8. 6. Engagement Involve your audience

  9. 7. Personality Project your enthusiasm

  10. 8.Navigation Provide milestones.

  11. 9. Venue Know the room.

  12. 10. Practice Know your talk.

  13. Part II: Design Layout Color Graphics Text Data Animation Good design is unobtrusive.

  14. Align Arrange Group Layout

  15. Victory posters. Layout Sample 1

  16. Layout Sample 2 Victory posters.

  17. Color

  18. ALL CAPS IN SCRIPT IS HARD TO READ Offensive color palettes and bad contrast are also a problem.

  19. Aaaah. Much Better. “A memorable quote” – Author

  20. Graphics

  21. Bad Template Choices • The SOUTHWEST is warm • pretty sunsets • lots of prickly cacti

  22. Text

  23. Text Emphasizelike you mean it!

  24. Data

  25. Data Baby Names Wizard News Dots Preservation of Favoured Traces The Visual Thesaurus The art of data visualization.

  26. Avoid Effects • Pointless typewriter text. Animation Overload • Pointless laser text. Please make it stop!

  27. The End Questions? Comments?

  28. PowerPoint Samples Blue Planet http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~lrm22/technology/msoffice/effective_powerpoint/BluePlan.pps Gettysburg Address http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~lrm22/technology/msoffice/effective_powerpoint/gettysburg_address.ppt Motivational Posters http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~lrm22/technology/msoffice/effective_powerpoint/motivational_posters.pps

  29. Selected References The Visual Display of Quantitative Informationby Edward R. Tufte The Cognitive Style of PowerPointby Edward R. Tufte Clear and to the Pointby Stephen Kosslyn Graph Design for the Eye and Mind by Stephen Kosslyn Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck by Rick Altman Show Me the Numbers by Stephen Few Visualizing Data by William S. Cleveland Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference by Robert L. Harris

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