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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Andrew T. Corbin Ph.D.Agriculture and Natural
ResourcesWashington State UniversitySnohomish County Extension
Improving PowerPoint
Presentations for SCRI Outreach
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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Improving PowerPoint
Presentations for SCRI Outreach
Start with approved templates from your institution (if required by them)
Andrew T. Corbin Ph.D.Agriculture and Natural
ResourcesWashington State UniversitySnohomish County Extension
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If not required – use a simple, creative and consistent theme
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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Improving PowerPoint
Presentations for SCRI Outreach
Acknowledge the project using our official slide
Andrew T. Corbin Ph.D.Agriculture and Natural
ResourcesWashington State UniversitySnohomish County Extension
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Biodegradable Mulches for Specialty Crops Produced Under Protective Covers
Debra Inglis and Carol Miles (Project Directors)1;Andrew Corbin, Ana Espinola-Arredondo, Annabel Kirschner, Karen Leonas, Tom Marsh and Tom Walters1;
Doug Hayes, Bobby Jones, Jaehoon Lee, Larry Wadsworth and Annette Wszelaki2; Eric Belasco and Jennifer Moore-Kucera3; Russ Wallace4; and, Marian Brodhagen5
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SCRI Grant Award
No. 2009-51181-05897
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Text should always be dark on light or light on dark
Improving PowerPoint
Presentations for SCRI Outreach
Avoid light text on light
background
And vise-versa
Which phrase is easier for you to read?
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Text should always be dark on light or light on dark
The same concept applies with writing on images The same concept applies with writing on images
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Biodegradable Mulches for Specialty Crops Produced Under Protective Covers
Debra Inglis and Carol Miles (Project Directors)1;Andrew Corbin, Ana Espinola-Arredondo, Annabel Kirschner, Karen Leonas, Tom Marsh and Tom Walters1;
Doug Hayes, Bobby Jones, Jaehoon Lee, Larry Wadsworth and Annette Wszelaki2; Eric Belasco and Jennifer Moore-Kucera3; Russ Wallace4; and, Marian Brodhagen5
1 25
SCRI Grant Award
No. 2009-51181-05897
43
Blue sky makes a good background for text
Use solid background over mixed imagery
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Use consistent font style and sizes
Stone sans for headings
Stone sans semibold for body
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You might think Comic sans looks cool – it doesn’t!
Other acceptable font styles
Arial
Calibri
Lucida sans unicodeTimes
Helvetica
Use consistent text style and sizes
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Use consistent text style and sizes
Text boxes must have consistent
margins
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Use consistent text style and sizes
Keep Caps Consistent• Between titles and bullets• Use the same style • For each text box
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Keep text to a minimum – use phrases not sentences – no paragraphs!
Try using six words per slide
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Keep text to a minimum – use phrases not sentences – no paragraphs!
We know how impossible that is
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Keep text to a minimum – use phrases not sentences – no paragraphs!
But that should be your goal
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Keep text to a minimum – use phrases not sentences – no paragraphs!
People want to listen to you
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Keep text to a minimum – use phrases not sentences – no paragraphs!
Not read what’s on the
screen
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Keep text to a minimum – use phrases not sentences – no paragraphs!
If you read from the screen
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Keep text to a minimum – use phrases not sentences – no paragraphs!
You’re boring the audience to
death
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Use animations judiciously and consistently
Fade in
Or fly in
But don’t mix styles
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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Use images to make your point
Imagery works better than text
© Sunglint PhotographyCredit photographsA. Corbin
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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSIONImagery works better than text
Andrew T. Corbin Ph.D.Agriculture and Natural
ResourcesWashington State UniversitySnohomish County Extension
• Minimize text
• Short bullets
© Sunglint Photography
• Explain imagery
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Charts and graphs
Don’t pull charts directly from Excel
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Charts and graphs
• Maximize• Remove
background• Remove gridlines
Hi SeedFull Fert
Lo SeedHalf Fert
Hi SeedHalf Fert
Lo SeedFull Fert
• Avoid legends
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If you need to include a legend – make it simple and large enough to see!
HS-FF
LS-HF
HS-HF
LS-FF
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Hi SeedFull Fert
Lo SeedHalf Fert
Hi SeedHalf Fert
Lo SeedFull Fert
Charts and graphs
• Separate columns
Pou
nds/
acre
Treatment
Yield
• Make titles in PowerPoint
• Explain differences
• Cite work
Corbin 2010 unpublished
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Tables
• Simplify
• Large font
• Explain
• Emphasize
Robertson (2004)
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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSIONTake a look at these useful tips for PowerPoint presentations
Andrew T. Corbin Ph.D.Agriculture and Natural
ResourcesWashington State UniversitySnohomish County Extension
• http://breeze.wsu.edu/ppttips/
• http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/slides.html