PowerPoint Presentations: An Overview Goals: 1.Understand the basic components of a GOOD PowerPoint presentation 2.Develop your communication objective 3.Brainstorm the components of your presentation
The PowerPoint Metaphor Slideshow Large audience Primarily visual The big picture
Components of a PowerPoint Slideshow Communication objective Unifying theme Text, graphics, animation, sound Audience participation
Communication Objective WIIFM? AWBAT Inform Persuade Elicit dialogue
Unifying Theme Color Key graphics Animation and/or sound Templates Custom
Text, graphics, animation, and sound Purposeful Readable/seeable/hearable Necessary
Audience Participation Speak Write Read Listen
Linear Slideshow End goal Logical progression Build-up
Non-Linear Slideshow Discussion-based—could go anywhere Hyperlinks to other slides or files Some non-linear abilities in all slideshows
Coltan and the Congo A Hotspots! Presentation
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Used in: Light-bulb filaments Cell phones Computers Game consoles (such as Playstations) Coltan ( columbium tantalite) Insert image(s) here
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo Civil War since ,345,410 sq km (about one- fourth the size of the US)2,345,410 sq km (about one- fourth the size of the US) 77% forests and woodlands Source: CIA World Factbook 2001CIA World Factbook 2001
Civil War government revenue Foreign debt
Source: Wildlife Conservation Society
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“…there is no point in the West "We have got to stop buying this stuff, and end the flow of money..." pointing a finger at the slaughter…” Greg Cummings, Executive Director of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
What You Can Do Write to the companies who make the products you use— ask them to make sure that their coltan doesn’t come from mines in the protected National Parks in the DROC Money TALKS!
Designing your Slideshow State your communication objective List your components Outline your narrative Create your speaker notes Create your slides Test-drive your slideshow Create audience materials