Making Your Points With Power

1. Making Your Points With Power Developed by Steve Snow

2. Introduction • Objectives • Demo PowerPoint design tips • Emphasize how not to PowerPoint • Offer general presentation tips

3. Know Your Audience • Present information relevant to this audience • Stay focused on the main topic • Be brief • Avoid “Bird Walks”

4. Choosing Colors – Part 1 • Use colors with “pop”, meaning the words stand out against your background color • Dark backgrounds require light colors likewhiteorgold

5. Choosing Colors – Part 2 • Red text on a blue background produces a purple haze

6. Choosing Colors – Part 3 • Green text on a red background looks fuzzy

7. Choosing Colors – Part 4 • Light backgrounds need dark colors like red or blue • Thiscolorchangingissomuchfun! • Dark backgrounds need light colorslike white orgold

8. Choosing Font Style – Part 1 • Arial, Verdana, or Tahoma • This is Arial 28 pt and you can easily read it. • This is Tahoma 28 pt. • This is Verdana 28 pt and it is very easy to read when projected.

9. Choosing Font Style – Part 2 • Times New Roman orCourier • Times New Roman 28 pt is difficult to read. • Courier 28 pt is very thin, even disconnected, when presented with a low quality projector.

10. Choosing Font Style – Part 3 • “Welcome to Jane’s World”is in Comic Sans 32pt is a good font for a PLAYFUL presentation • “HAPPY HALLOWEEN!” is in Chiller 32 pt and is difficult to read. It is a FUN font but use it sparingly and for emphasis. • Word Art is good… Word Art

11. Choosing Font Size • Make sure lettering is big enough that people in the back of a room can read it.

12. Chunking Text • Reading many lines of text tires the audience out and distracts their attention from you and the excellent points you are making. “Chunk” information. I think four lines of text is enough in a chunk. If you are listing bullets of information as you are suppose to be doing in a PowerPoint presentation you shouldn’t have this problem.

13. Using Bullets – Part 1 • Type phrases not sentences • Maintain parallel structure • Use the 666 Rule • 6 words per bullet • 6 bullets per slide • 6 word slides in a row

14. Using Bullets – Part 2 • PowerPoint provides a variety of bullets • Some are basic • Others may surprise you • Select bullets that enhance your presentation

15. Use Spell Check – Part 1 • Mayk use of spell checkker!

16. Use Spell Check – Part 2 • Ode To My Spell CheckerI have a spelling checkerit came with my PCIt plainly marks for my revue,Mistake I cannot sea.I've run this poem threw it,I'm sure your please too no.It's letter perfect in it's weigh,My checker tolled me sew.

17. Adding Graphics GIF VS. JPEG

18. Graphics Size – Part 1 Klamath Falls, Oregon

19. Graphic Size – Part 2

20. Optimizing JPEGS Size 15.7 KB Size 25.9 KB

21. Finding Graphics • On the Web • Microsoft - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx • Google – www.google.com [IMAGES] • Create it yourself • Create in Photoshop • Digital camera • Scanner • Grab from Video

22. Don’t clutter These our are sales from the past year Meeting in the Conference Room Friday at 4

23. Using Animation • Flying • Dissolve • Blinds

24. Using Charts – Part 1

25. Regional Sales (in millions) Using Charts - Part 2

26. Resource Links • Be sure links work • UNCWOW – www.uncwow.org • Presenters University – www.presentersuniversity.com

27. Summary Today, we have: • Viewed PowerPoint design tips • Explored how not to PowerPoint • Modeled general presentation tips

28. Do remember to… • Thank the audience for their attention