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1 PowerPoint but don’t abuse it….. Learn how to use it…..
Remember - just because you can do something, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you should...

2 Design Guidelines Simplicity is your friend Rule of seven
Lots of white Organized Path for the eye Rule of seven Color and contrast Typography Content 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

3 Simplicity is your friend
Content is center stage Draw attention to presentation, not special effects Text Graphics Sound Background Colors Consistency - slides, bullets, fonts 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

4 Simplicity Is Your Friend
Content (and speaker) is center stage Draw attention to presentation, not special effects Text, graphics and background Sound Colors Consistency - slides, bullets, fonts 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

5 Lots of White Space Too much filler will overwhelm the viewer
Makes your eyes tired – You won’t bother to read it If you have a lot of information to share in a slide, consider either using PowerPoint to display the point and you discuss it, or break things up in to several slides You need a place for the viewer to focus on as you discuss a point - otherwise, he or she could just read it themselves ... 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

6 Lots of White Don’t want to overwhelm audience Place for focus
Keep things short Break up into several slides 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

7 Images Use clear digitally scanned images Clipart
Remember - reproduction of images often leads to quality reduction (search large image) But… 1) Not too much information 2) Labels appropriate size!!!

8 or is this a better way to add text to the image???
Superimposing text over pictures looks very fancy on your computer screen but what does it actually achieve? Does it add to the effectiveness of the slide? Is this an appropriate use of technology? or is this a better way to add text to the image???

9 Organized Audience feels movement to a conclusion Easy to see progress
Pace of slides (rehearse) Too fast, exhausts them Too slow, put them to sleep 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

10 This (nothing dominant)
Path for the Eye class… Oh, boy, another This versus This (nothing dominant) GREAT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION I feel so informed! Oh, boy, another class… Confusing PowerPoint Presentation I survived … 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

11 Rule of Seven Thou shall not use more than SEVEN lines
Thou shall not use more than SEVEN words per line 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

12 One to three colors is PLENTY
Green Growth and movement Blue Calm Red Power, energy, danger One to three colors is PLENTY Yellow Positive Purple Spiritual Brown Neutral 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

13 … And Contrast Dark background Light background Black Red Orange Green
Blue Purple Yellow White Yellow Orange Green Red Blue Purple 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

14 Colors for Presenting Dark Room – dark background
Light Room – light background This one has a dark background to show the difference… 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

15 Colors for Presenting Dark Room – dark background
Light Room – light background This one has a light background to show the difference… 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

16 Typography - Font (44 pt) Smallest font 28-30 points (32 pt)
Large for emphasis: Titles Simple fonts - Arial, times Avoid script Limit: 1 or 2 fonts No more than 3 sizes 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

17 Typography - Style Don’t hyphen- ate
Errors: check, recheck, someone proof Avoid italics – least likely to be read 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

18 Typography - UPPER CASE
DON’T USE ALL CAPITALS FOR LARGE BLOCKS OF TEXT. READERS READ FASTEST WHEN SENTENCES ARE PRINTED IN UPPER AND LOWER CASE - THE WAY THEY NORMALLY ARE SEEN IN PRINT. HEADLINES ARE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE READER TO SLOW DOWN, GIVING EMPHASIS TO A FEW WORDS. 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

19 Typography - Sentence Case
Don’t use all caps Readers read fastest when Sentences are upper and lower case The way they normally are seen in print Headlines are in all caps It requires the reader to slow down 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

20 Content Only the essence
Remember you want to elaborate and not read from the slide Few words Items in order Relate graphics to content 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

21 General Presentation Always check spelling and grammar
Do not read the BULLETED INFO– the text should be a cue for the presenter The presenter must add info beyond the bullets Use notecards to help! Beginning - Always give a introduction/summary of what you are going to cover INTRODUCE YOURSELF FIRST!

22 Design Summary Less is more! Anecdote from Presentations Magazine
Any good presentation will have the presenter as its prime focus, he (Nick Morgan – Princeton University professor and former speech writer) says; visuals should be used sparingly and only to reinforce the speaker’s credibility. How sparingly? To answer this question, Morgan tells the story of a client who started at a pace of one slide per minute (not unusual in the corporate world, he says) for a speech that could go up to three hours. After working with him for six months, Morgan gradually pared the client down to one single slide – albeit one with six pictures that could be highlighted in various ways throughout the speech. “It liberated him,” Morgan says. In fact, once the client broke his slide habit, he tripled his speaking fee. 1/2/2019 Hale - Huff - Patience

23 Extras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcq5Ce8aIXc
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24 Quiz Go to kahoot.it on your phone and follow the directions on smartboard 


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