CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION

Points to Consider When Planning a presentation ◦ Purpose of the Presentation ◦ All presentations should have a specific purpose ◦ Type of Presentation ◦ Business, classroom, etc.? ◦ Audience ◦ Who is your presentation directed towards?

Points to Consider When Planning a Presentation ◦ Location of the Presentation ◦ Where will the presentation be presented? ◦ Is there appropriate technology available? ◦ Format ◦ Will you be making a presentation? ◦ Slides are used as a visual aid

Check for Errors Contextual Spell Check ◦ Checks context in which word is used ◦ Example: to versus too ◦ There are to many cats ◦ Contextual spell check must be turned on Spell Check ◦ Checks words against a built-in dictionary ◦ Red wavy line appears ex. Efffect

Normal View ◦ View in which the user creates the slide show

Slide Sorter View ◦ The slides become thumbnails and are easy to arrange ◦ Allows the author to view all slides at once

Slide Show View ◦ Runs the presentation

Keep Phrases ParallelParallel ◦ Organizing, displaying, editing, printing ◦ Posted to journals, answered the phones, typed correspondence, greeted customers

Don’ts of Presentations ◦ Bore the audience with fact after fact ◦ Read the slides ◦ Forget to use parallel form ◦ Give handouts before presentation ◦ Six words to a bullet ◦ Built- in sound effects