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Tips in Developing a Presentation. Organize your Ideas!. Cathy Pierson IT Liaison. Tip 1 – Background Tip 2 – Content/Visuals Tip 3 – Final Preparation. Tip 1 – Background. Who are you presenting to? Audience knowledge level
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Tips in Developing a Presentation Organize your Ideas! Cathy PiersonIT Liaison IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Tip 1 – Background • Tip 2 – Content/Visuals • Tip 3 – Final Preparation IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Tip 1 – Background Who are you presenting to? • Audience knowledge level • Disposition of the audience (friendly, supportive, neutral, hostile) What is the room setup? • A/V equipment • Staff supply the equipment • Size of room & font size! IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Tip 2 – Content/Visuals Compare this! One | Two • Bullet Points Only. • Sentences are too long! • Separate slides for each topic. • Test Your Visuals. • Are they easy read? • Simple to follow? • Do they illustrate your point? Use One Font type Titles – 42 points Bullets -32 points IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Tip 2 – Content/Visuals • Seeing makes the most sense • Best way to teach • Increase the retention of messages • Use charts and graphs • To illustrate important numbers / figures. • Use the real thing if possible. • Photos, scanned images The Most Important Rule: Keep It Simple! IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Tip 3 – Final Preparation Have you finished?? • Who will set up the projector and connect your laptop? • Do you have a backup copy of your presentation on disk? • Have you practiced? IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Use the Master Slides Setup fonts colors and sizes Add Logos or objects used on every slide Add Header and Footer info Use Background Color & Fill Effects Good Tips…Master Slides NOTE: Dark Backgrounds are NOT good for printing slides! IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Use simple uncluttered backgrounds Disclose a point at a time to direct attention Gray out information already covered Use color to direct attention Use bullets as a visual guide IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Use simple uncluttered backgrounds Disclose a point at a time to direct attention Gray out information already covered Use color to direct attention Use bullets as a visual guide IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Use simple uncluttered backgrounds Disclose a point at a time to direct attention Gray out information already covered Use color to direct attention Use bullets as a visual guide IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Use simple uncluttered backgrounds Disclose a point at a time to direct attention Gray out information already covered Use color to direct attention Use bullets as a visual guide IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Use simple uncluttered backgrounds Disclose a point at a time to direct attention Gray out information already covered Use color to direct attention Use bullets as a visual guide IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Put a slide in that leaves blank answer until you hit the space bar - • to test your audience!!! • attention/retention on your information. IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Diagrams to Illustrate Concepts Organizational charts – Venn Diagrams IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Charts Note: No-growth levels IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Recording narration • Watch the next series of slides • Requires a sound card, microphone and speakers (or headset) IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Start recording… • For Lecture Notes • Insert your comments on each slide! • Every slide retains your comments. • Go back & forth with arrow Keys & space bar IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
‘John Madden’… free hand! In the Slide Show, you can Right-Click the mouse & choose Pointer Options > Pen Look what you can do! IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Sounds etc. • Example 1 • Example 2 – ongoing sounds • Ongoing - Under Slide Transitions - Sound - Other Sound & Browse local computer. Check Loop until next sound IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
PowerPoint & sound size • Sound adds a lot to the file size! • Use Other support tools to optimize sound! IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
PowerPoint & sound size, cont’d http://www.impatica.com IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Video in PowerPoint • Take a look at this! • Video files - *.avi – are stored externally to PowerPoint. • Put in same folder as *.ppt files IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
More Video! IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu
Good Luck! • Tip 1 – Background • Tip 2 – Content/Visuals • Tip 3 – Final Preparation Be Creative!! Student Examples: IT Tech Series - http://it.ou.edu