Presenting with Pizzazz

A picture tells a thousand words

Pause and power down projector until later in the session (2.6)

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FONT Font Font Font Font Readability Messages in the style, colour and size. Font Font

SIZE – 72 POINT SIZE – 48 POINT SIZE – 44 POINT SIZE – 40 POINT Text must be able to be read at the back of the room. Summarise in 6 words – don’t write a thesis. A picture tells a thousand words

Read the writing OK? What about the logo? Becoming Australia’s leading organisation for girls and young women in leadership and personal development

A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN! Capitals = shouting A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN!

Fonts and Animations? FUN confidence action adventure friendship sitting These are all 40 size font – so check readability. Font sizes are like dress sizes – different brands = different sizes. What does the font say? What does the colour say? (Italics can indicate movement – action, adventure) Readable? Why? Why not? Heading over the branding is distracting old-fashioned static boring

Background

Cropping, background of photo, background colours can all make a difference

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Active

Closer to the action

Branding sometimes takes up slide ‘real-estate’ Branding sometimes takes up slide ‘real-estate’. Do we need it on every slide?

Quite good photo – but is it old-fashioned Quite good photo – but is it old-fashioned? Is this the first impression we want to give?

blurry

Where is she looking – it draws your eye off the page/screen too

Aim High! Where is she looking – she draws your eye to the text

Aim High! Templates take up a lot of slide space. Do you need it on every slide

Spacing? THE MEDIA'S THE MOST POWERFUL ENTITY ON EARTH. THEY HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THE INNOCENT GUILTY AND TO MAKE THE GUILTY INNOCENT, AND THAT'S POWER. BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE MINDS OF THE MASSES. Malcolm X Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. Denis Diderot Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner. Cher