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Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentations
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Evaluate Presentation Design:
Content Design Text Graphics Colors Animations and Transitions
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1 Content Keep it brief Supply highlights Limit amount of detail
Have content support your talk
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This is Our Store’s Mission
Content Pepper’s strives to meet the needs of all shoppers in our neighborhoods We want to make healthy food available to all We interact with our community to promote healthy eating We aim to participate in neighborhood events to promote community cohesiveness This content is too detailed
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Our Mission This is easier to read Meet neighborhood needs
Content Meet neighborhood needs Make healthy food available to all Promote healthy eating Participate in neighborhood events This is easier to read
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The 6 x 6 Rule Six words per line maximum Six lines per slide maximum
Content Six words per line maximum Six lines per slide maximum
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Summer Cooking Classes
A Healthy Dinner Party Content Kale and potato soup Fish and veggie packets Pasta with fresh tomatoes Angel cake with raspberry sauce This slide uses the 6 x 6 rule
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2 Design Keep it simple Keep it consistent
Use same theme and fonts throughout Use templates
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Summer Cooking Classes
Full Meal Salads Design Grilled chicken with fruit Meat and potato salad Grilled salmon salad Kale pasta salad These are super easy to prepare. This slide design introduces inconsistent colors, fonts, and a different transition
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Summer Cooking Classes
Full Meal Salads Design Grilled chicken with fruit Meat and potato salad Grilled salmon salad Kale pasta salad These are super easy to prepare. This slide design is consistent with others in the presentation
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3 Serif Sans Serif Text Use two fonts maximum
Serif fonts have small strokes Sans serif fonts do not have strokes Sans serif fonts are more readable Avoid decorative fonts Use large fonts, minimum 24 point Serif Sans Serif
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Summer Cooking Classes
Pack a Healthy Lunch Text Veggie and hummus sandwich Veggie bean salad Rainbow barley salad Veggie burrito bowl And this specialty font is hard to read This slide uses too many fonts
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Summer Cooking Classes
Pack a Healthy Lunch Text Veggie and hummus sandwich Veggie bean salad Rainbow barley salad Veggie burrito bowl This slide uses only Trubuchet MS font
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4 Graphics Choose from: Keep them simple
Images Charts Tables Diagrams Keep them simple Limit graphics to one or two per slide Graphics should enhance slide content Don’t use for decoration
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Classes Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Summer Cooking Classes Classes Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12 noon Graphics Name Date Full Meal Salads June 27th A Healthy Dinner Party July 11th Simple Veggie Stir Fries July 25th Pack a Healthy Lunch August 8th Last year’s classes were on Fridays. Too many graphics detract attention from content
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Simple Veggie Stir Fries
Summer Cooking Classes Simple Veggie Stir Fries Graphics Simple preparation Easy-to-find ingredients Fun to make Economical Two graphics are adequate on this slide
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5 Colors Use complementary colors Create text contrast with background
Blues and greens are good for business Use strong colors sparingly
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Summer Cooking Classes
Sign up! Colors Cost: $15/class Enrollment limited to 10 per class Sign up at our Customer Service desk, or Sign up at our website: Red and blue make text difficult to read
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Summer Cooking Classes
Sign up! Colors Cost: $15/class Enrollment limited to 10 per class Sign up at our Customer Service desk, or Sign up at our website: Insufficient contrast makes text hard to see
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Summer Cooking Classes
Sign up! Colors Cost: $15/class Enrollment limited to 10 per class Sign up at our Customer Service desk, or Sign up at our website: White text on a dark background is easy to read
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Animations and Transitions
6 Animations and Transitions Use exciting transitions sparingly Keep attention on the message Use animations appropriately Don’t overdo animations
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Summer Cooking Classes
Sign up! Animations and Transitions Cost: $15/class Enrollment limited to 10 per class Sign up at our Customer Service desk, or Sign up at our website: Too many different animations are distracting
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Summer Cooking Classes
Sign up! Animations and Transitions Cost: $15/class Enrollment limited to 10 per class Sign up at our Customer Service desk, or Sign up at our website: Simple animations work best
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…to create effective presentations
Summary: Use Content Design Text Graphics Colors Animations and Transitions …to create effective presentations
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