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The Top 10 Tips toAvoid

“Death by PowerPoint”

                                  

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PowerPoint: The most widely used presentation software

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Benefits…

• PowerPoint is easy to use and update• Visuals increase retention• You can make a greater

impact!

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Done wrong….

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The Top Ten Tips for Avoiding

“Death by PowerPoint”

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• About 15 to 20 words• Outline key ideas

Limit the number of words

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10.

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• A PowerPoint presentation is not a reading report! Here is a rather boring and long block of text that is sure to make even the most curious of people extremely sleep. In fact, I will be quite impressed if you read through the entire thing. This example is really awful (or is it really good at depicting something really awful?). Whew, this is harder than I thought to write this much gibberish.

• A PowerPoint program should never compete with the speaker

• Even if you break it up with bullet points it still distracts.

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• Arial Bold or Veranda are recommended

Use a bold, simple font

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•Examples of hard to read text

•Examples of hard to read text• Examples of hard to read text• Examples of hard to read text

• The goal is maximum legibility

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Traffic signs are designedfor maximum legibility

(an Arial font or close to it)

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72 Point Arial Bold

24 Point Arial Bold

48 Point Arial BoldPreferred Size

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• Dissolves are the least jarring

Use transitions wisely

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• Dissolves are the least jarring

Use transitions wisely

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8.

How not to do it:

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Avoid stock templates

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7.

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Go to Google and search on “free powerpoint templates”

Avoid stock templates

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Choose a design where words contrast from the background.

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Choose a design where words contrast from the background.

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6.

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Let the audience know where you are going.

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• What we will cover• Major transitions

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Let the audience know where you are going.• What we will cover• Major transitions

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• Point 1, Point 2…• What we covered

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A picture is worth a thousand words

Use pictures and graphs

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4.

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• Don’t be tethered to your computer.

Use a wireless remote

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3.

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L3Sys.com $149.00

www.rpnav.com$99.00

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Always have a backup

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2. • Burn a CD copy • Carry it separately from

your computer• Load to your Web site

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Always remember….

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1. YOU are the show not the screen.

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6. Words must _______________ from the background.

7. Avoid stock ________________.

8. Use _________________wisely.

9. Use a bold, simple _________.

10. Limit the number of _________.wordsfont

transitions

templates

contrast

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1. You are the_________, not the ___________!

2. Always have a ____________.

3. Use a ________ _________.

4. Use ________ & ___________.

5. Let the audience know where you are _____________.going

pictures graphs

wireless remote

backupshow

screen

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