1. Effective PowerPoint Presentations

2. There are 300 million PowerPoint users * *estimate

3. 30 million presentations each day * *estimate 30 million presentations each day *

4. PowerPoint can be confusing…

5. …might take long hours

6. …and sometimes drives crazy!

7. or…

8. …can be fun,

9. …and if successful,

10. …even can make you happy!

11. and make happy! How?

12. Message Simplicity Visuals Format AudienceContent

14. How will they benefit? What to accomplish? What design to use?

16. What do you want them to remember?

17. Will they tell what the message was?

19. How to deliver the message?

20. What to include?

21. would you prefer this?

22. or this?

23. What Why Who Where When How

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25. Have a story…

26. …break it down…

27. …and put it all together…

28. …and tell your story

29. What you are is how you are perceived Rumi

34. Instructional Technology: A complex integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization, for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems in situations in which learning is purposive and controlled (HMRS 5th ed.) Too detailed !

35. A process involving people, procedures & tools for solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5th ed.) Instructional Technology: Much Simpler

36. A process involving people, procedures, tools for solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5th ed.) Instructional Technology; Even Better?

37. Make it Big Keep it Simple Add a little variety and colors

38. This is Arial 12 This is Arial 18 This is Arial 24 This is Arial 32 This is Arial 36 This is Arial 44

39. This is Arial 12 This is Arial 18 This is Arial 24 This is Arial 32 This is Arial 36 This is Arial 44 Too Small

40. Look at it from 7 feet away 7 ft

41. Too many colors Too Too Many Fonts and Styles < 6 lines per slide < 7 words per line Simple fonts E vs. E

42. This animation is annoying, not enhancing "Appear" and "Disappear" are better

43. 7 ft Too distracting !

44. 7 ft simple & to the point

45. Use colours to highlight and influence mood

46. Colour Wheel Opposite colours complement

47. Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours The colour wheel These colours do not complement

48. Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours The colour wheel Better ?

49. Pictures to provide context Photographs for realism Charts and graphs to minimise data Do not over do it!

50. How do we take information during a presentation? Text7% Visual55% Vocal38% Research: Prof. Albert Mehrabian

51. Better ? How do we take information during a presentation?

52. Source: Wharton Research Centre & Decker Communications

53. Choose the right image

54. Remove background colors

55. and use this space...

56. Crop unwanted portions of the images

57. What part of the picture?

58. Three different grounds from the same picture!

64. Power Points

65. 1.Place Key Elements of Your Composition at Power Points

68. 2. Place Key Elements of Your Composition Along Horizontal Lines 3. Place Key Elements of Your Composition Along Vertical Lines

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70. Charts and graphs to minimise data

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76. Shareholding Pattern as of June 30, 2009 of Infosys Shareholder% Shareholding Indian Promoters16% Banks, FIs, Insurance Companies4% FIIs36% Indian Public16% Others28%

77. Shareholding Pattern as of June 30, 2009 of Infosys

78. Remember…

79. Message Simplicity VisualsFormat AudienceContent

80. Also remember…

81. PowerPoint is just a tool…

82. …create your own presentation with it

83. …and don’t forget to save so often! “CTRL + S”

84. Thank you…

85. Back-up Some more examples…