1. Powerpoint Basics

2. Tell a Story Everyone likes relevant stories
Don’t be someone you aren’t
First impressions count
A little humor is good to break ice
Here for presentation not fancy stuff

3. Brainstorm Who is the audience What do they know about the material
What do you want them to learn
Where will the presentation take place & under what conditions

4. Slide Design
“With great power comes great responsibility”

5. Slide Design
KISS principles

6. Slide Design
Keep It Simple Stupid

7. Slide Design Each slide address a single concept
Slides should follow a logical progression
Should build on each other
Use no more than six lines of text per slide
Use upper and lower case text
DO NOT all caps

8. Slide Design Choose a color appropriate to the mood
Avoid using too many colors (max of 5)
Photographs help the audience relate
Permission to use copyrighted material

9. Slide Design Too much of a good thing
Avoid animations for it’s own sake
Avoid massive amounts of bullets
Bullet/animations do not tell story

10. Color Dark Blue projects a stable message
Dark Blue has a calming effect
Red/Orange to trigger excitement
Red/Orange = emotional response
Green to make audience comfortable
Yellow to get audience attention quickly

11. Color Gray to promote the idea of "quality"
White to project honesty/sincerity
Black is not appealing to most viewers
Avoid stark white background

12. Other Media driven visual tool Everyone can read slides
What will be remembered
Design to audience
Just because you can do it…
KISS

13. PowerPoint how-to videos by Microsoft
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14. Goals of project Create slides and add text. Choose a slide layout
Insert a picture
Apply a theme.
Change the size and position of slide elements.
Format pictures, shapes, and other slide content.

15. Goals of project Create speaker notes to use
Share the presentation file for review.
Print handouts and prepare to present.

16. Fundamentals Work in groups Complete worksheet List several topics
Use outline before creating PowerPoint
3 to 5 minutes in length