Power Point 101:

1. Power Point 101: Perfecting Your Ability to Create an Effective PowerPoint

2. Today’s Agenda

3. What would you like to learn from this workshop? Welcome!!!

4. Life After Death By PowerPoint

5. Main Causes of Death By PowerPoint • Lack of preparation • Lack of experience or knowledge • Indifference • Self-Importance

6. How to Avoid PowerPoint Overload

7. Cognitive Overload Research Cognitive scientists say the mind processes information in two channels at a time: Verbal Visual

8. Cognitive Overload Research The mind pays attention to only a few pieces of information in each channel Contracts Real Estate ROI Risk Tax

9. Cognitive Overload Research The mind needs space to select and analyze what is important Verbal Visual Verbal

10. How to Reduce Content Overload • The Signaling Principle • The Segmenting Principle • The Modality Principle • The Multi-Media Principle • The Coherence Principle

11. Write a Clear Headline

12. What are the Main Points? “One of the biggest obstacles you can impose on yourself when you speak in public is the idea that you need to be someone you’re not. This problem becomes magnified if you’re handed a generic corporate PowerPoint file with the same over stylized but boring look that everyone else uses. Although these presentations might look slick on the surface, they’re often lacking the heart and soul that only the personality of a unique human being can create. You can break out of this trap using a PowerPoint youhave created, which should reflect your character and personality in the choices you make for the story and visuals. Now you can expand on that personal beginning by delivering a presentation that expresses your original voice. Audiences will always prefer a presentation that’s imperfect and a little rough around the edges – but still authentic – over a perfect and flawless presentation that has no soul. When you present, never be afraid to be yourself, because that’s what people really want you to be.” – From Beyond Bullet Points by Cliff Atkinson

13. Distilled to the Main Points…

14. Use visuals with your words instead of just words alone

15. Layout Variations

16. PowerPoint Backgrounds • You do not want your background to upstage or take away from your content • Backgrounds should never be the main attraction • Backgrounds should be subtle and professional

17. Tips on Text Don’t UNDERLINE. Don’t use obnoxiousfonts. Don’t use unusualfonts if you will be transferring the presentation to another machine. Do spell check, ALWAAYS. Do use different font and text styles to emphasize a point.

18. Breaking up Linear Text Columns and Tables Randomized Text Builds SmartArt Text within Images

19. Always Remember Clarity Simplicity Creativity

20. Using the Slide Master

21. Ideas as Images Ideas as Images

22. What makes an Image Ideal for YOUR Presentation

23. Asymmetry

24. Empty Space

25. Point of View

26. Color

27. Repetition

28. Perspective

29. Where to Find Images • Google Images • www. Clipart.com • Clipart Gallery in PowerPoint • Pictures saved to your computer

30. How To Download Images

31. Common Mistake Download Copy and Paste

32. Resizing an Image

33. Cropping an Image

34. Rotating an Image

35. Removing a Solid Background

36. Activities using PowerPoint!

37. Technologies