IPMD 2018 Presentation Guidelines Make your presentation memorable and of the highest quality by adhering to our simple presentation guidelines Questions or Need Help? Contact communications@pmirgc.org

Theme Guidelines Make use of the default themes that come with MS PowerPoint; you can find them under the DESIGN menu item of the PowerPoint Ribbon:

Background Guidelines If you use a dark background theme, make sure that the text color is: WHITE LIGHT BLUE LIGHT ORANGE LIGHT YELLOW NOT A DARK COLOR SUCH AS THIS OR THIS

Image/Video Guidelines Don’t add images that are larger than 1 megabyte Don’t add more than 2 images per slide Ensure that the images match your theme (don’t put images with a dark background on a dark themed slide) While it is in fact possible to embed a YouTube video in your slideshow, it’s better to just pause the slide presentation and launch the YouTube video from a web browser. This helps keep the size of your presentation to an optimal size.

Don’t use fancy fonts Font Guidelines Always try for 28pt or larger. Don’t use pastel or light fonts, especially on a white background. Remember that what you see on your computer screen is not going to look like the same color on a projector screen. Don’t use font size that is too small Always try for 28pt or larger. Use a common font such as Arial

Margin Guidelines – Don’t do this OBEY MARGINS! Leave at least 1 inch on the left, right, top and bottom, to ensure your slide is readable. Don’t do this. If you find you are exceeding the space available to you on one slide, then split the information into additional slides.

Content Guidelines – Don’t do this: As a company we pledge to you that we will always reduce prices when possible. No one wants to pay a lot for products that they need! We also pledge to stay innovative, and to ensure our products are high quality. This is another sentence. Already we can see that this content really belongs in a Microsoft Word document, and NOT a PowerPoint presentation. I’m going to keep adding sentences until such time that I am finished adding words and extra words and even more words here and there and everywhere. his item is here and it goes on and on and it doesn’t really say very much but at some point there will in fact be a paragraph just stay tuned at some point I will end this sentence and then hopefully I won’t actually read the whole thing to you. This is another sentence. Already we can see that this content really belongs in a Microsoft Word document, and NOT a PowerPoint presentation. I’m going to keep adding sentences until such time that I am finished adding words and extra words and even more words here and there and everywhere. This is another sentence. Already we can see that this content really belongs in a Microsoft Word document, and NOT a PowerPoint presentation. I’m going to keep adding sentences until such time that I am finished adding words and extra words and even more words here and there and everywhere.

Content Guidelines – Do this: Use bulleted lists wherever possible! Previous slide’s content restated as a bulleted list: As a company, we pledge that we will: Reduce prices whenever possible Innovate Ensure our products are high quality

Content Guidelines – Do this: Use Tables to present data that needs to be aligned: Contact information Comparison information Numerical or percentage data of any kind Expense 2017 2018 Professional Development $400 $200 Chapter Dinners $600 $100 Name Title Contact Information Your Name Your Title email@email.com 505-NNN-NNNN You can find Tables under the INSERT menu item of the PowerPoint Ribbon:

Content Guidelines – Don’t do this: Name: Your Name Phone Number: 505-NNN-NNNN Title: Your Title Email: email@email.com Expenses: 2017 Professional Development $200 Chapter Dinners $400 2018 Professionnal Development $600 Chapter Dinners $100 Don’t put multiple text boxes on one slide. Try to ensure that most of your text flows from left to right in just one text box per slide. This slide is too hard to read.

Content Guidelines – Do this: Try to avoid giving a presentation that is 100% lecture. Try to include an icebreaker or a hands-on activity. Try to keep people engaged by asking them to share their experience Use visual diagrams to assist in describing complex topics Visit http://www.visual-literacy.org/ for tips on making your presentation and learning materials engaging and attractive.