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Title: Effective PowerPoint


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Effective PowerPoint
  • Stephanie McCarthy,
  • Erin Shelley,
  • Larry MacPhee
  • e-Learning

2
Part I Delivery
10
10 steps to a better presentation
3
1. Purpose
  • Hit the target.

4
2. Pacing
  • Keep it moving.

5
3. Interpretation
  • Explain your reasoning.

6
4. Clarity
  • Keep it simple.

7
5. Attention
8
6. Engagement
  • Involve your audience

9
7. Personality
  • Project your enthusiasm

10
8. Navigation
  • Provide milestones.

11
9. Venue
  • Know the room.

12
10. Practice
  • Know your talk.

13
Part II Design
  • Layout
  • Color
  • Graphics
  • Text
  • Data
  • Animation
  • Good design is unobtrusive.

14
Layout
15
Layout Sample 1
Victory posters.
16
Layout Sample 2
Victory posters.
17
Color
18
ALL CAPS IN SCRIPT IS HARD TO READ
Offensive color palettes and bad contrast are
also a problem.
19
Aaaah. Much Better.
A memorable quote
Author
20
Graphics
21
Bad Template Choices
  • The SOUTHWEST is warm
  • pretty sunsets
  • lots of prickly cacti

22
Text
23
Text
Emphasize like you mean it!
24
Data
25
Data
  • Baby Names Wizard
  • News Dots
  • Preservation of Favoured Traces
  • The Visual Thesaurus

The art of data visualization.
26
Avoid Effects
Animation Overload
  • Pointless typewriter text.
  • Pointless laser text.

Please make it stop!
27
The End
  • Questions?
  • Comments?

28
PowerPoint Samples
  • Blue Planet
  • http//jan.ucc.nau.edu/lrm22/technology/msoffice/
    effective_powerpoint/BluePlan.pps
  • Gettysburg Address
  • http//jan.ucc.nau.edu/lrm22/technology/msoffice/
    effective_powerpoint/gettysburg_address.ppt
  • Motivational Posters
  • http//jan.ucc.nau.edu/lrm22/technology/msoffice/
    effective_powerpoint/motivational_posters.pps

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Selected References
  • The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by
    Edward R. Tufte
  • The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint by Edward R.
    Tufte
  • Clear and to the Point by Stephen Kosslyn
  • Graph Design for the Eye and Mind by Stephen
    Kosslyn
  • Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck by Rick
    Altman
  • Show Me the Numbers by Stephen Few
  • Visualizing Data by William S. Cleveland
  • Information Graphics A Comprehensive Illustrated
    Reference by Robert L. Harris
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