1. Darlene Burton, IMSG, darlene.burton@hqda.army.mil/ (703) 602-2195
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31 May 2007
TITLE 31 May 2007
Our Mission: To provide the Army the installation capabilities and services to support expeditionary operations in a time of persistent conflict, and to provide a quality of life for Soldiers and Families commensurate with their service.
Leading Change for Installation Excellence
Darlene Burton, IMSG, (703)

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS Slide Rules Building the IMCOM Basic Brief General
IMCOM Briefing Template

3. SLIDE RULES

4. World Time Zone (R=Eastern STANDARD Time)
Slide Data Format
Title of each slide (except Title Slide) in this location – this automatically formats and centers for 1 or 2 lines
On all slides—the subject title of the briefing so that if a page becomes separated it can be referenced back to the appropriate briefing
World Time Zone (R=Eastern STANDARD Time)
Year
DTG—Date-Time Group: ddhhmmzMMMyyyy
Example: RMAR2005
Day
Month
Time Last Revised
Except for the Slide Title and Slide Content, all of this information is changed in the Master Slides. Select VIEW/SLIDE MASTER and be sure to scroll down to change the Title Slide Master, too.
Date-Time-Group (DTG) so that there is no doubt what version of a presentation is the most current. Includes the date and time when the brief was LAST REVISED—this includes the World Time Zone—we are a worldwide Army and local times could be confused if used alone
Name of the person doing the briefing and the contact information in the event later on someone has a need to ask a question about the briefing – use AKO address when available
Slide # of # of slides so that slides can be identified and if the packet is dropped it can be reassembled in proper order with no slide missing
Be sure to add Classification

5. SLIDE RULES – Continuation pages
Always Arial font
Font size no larger than 24 point
Bullet and font color black
Bullet size, 100%
Sub Bullets
Sub bullets use a dash
Text is 2 font sizes smaller
Sub bullet and text in black
Indent using arrow buttons on toolbar
Sub bullet size, 100%
The bottom of each slide must contain the briefer name, office symbol, address and telephone; slide number and date time group.

6. GENERAL
Always build your briefing based on latest slides in the “basic brief”. Don’t depend on your old briefings to be up to date!
FY04, not FY 04, G1, not G 1
Spell out all acronyms
Make sure margins line up perfectly
Use Spell Check liberally
Line spacing – lines that are close together are hard to read!
Lines of text within bullets should be ended early by holding down the SHIFT key, then RETURN – the line will wrap and align automatically without creating a new bullet, like this
Otherwise, do not use the RETURN key except at the end of a bullet – text will wrap and font size will adjust automatically within all bullets, appearance is enhanced
Use multiple slides to avoid crowding of bullets

7. GENERAL
Bullets should not be sentences - “topical” - not whole story and generally no periods (.)
Use small (s) for plural when using upper case, e.g. acronyms - MACOMs
Be Brief
Always use Arial font!
Eliminate superfluous words like “a” and “the”
Pictures, graphics - use only to enhance understanding of message
Briefing copies always B&W - color for special audiences

8. IMCOM BRIEFING TEMPLATE
If building a new brief from scratch
Go to J Drive/Briefings/Basic/IMCOMBasic Brief/IMCOM Slide Master-NOV 06, if at HQIMA (Template contains the Title Slide, Content Slide and end of briefing slide). Rename the template and save it as your own presentation.
Briefing is also on AKO
When using the Title Slide you must go to View/Master/Slide Master to do any updates to the page number, date time group, name of person briefing, and subject of briefing. Making a change here will translate to the slides that follow.

9. BUILDING THE IMCOM BASIC BRIEF
Using slides from the IMCOM Basic Brief
The IMCOM Basic Brief or the “Command Brief” is the foundation of any briefing you build because it contains the latest updates. Pick and choose the slides you need to satisfy your briefing requirements.
The Basic Brief is located on the J Drive/Briefings/IMCOM Basic Brief/IMCOM Slide Master- NOV 06 and is available to the Regions. It is also posted on AKO.

10. INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND
END OF BRIEF
INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND
“Sustain, Support and Defend”
“Sustain, Support, and Defend” is the motto for the new IMA