Tips For Creating a PowerPoint Presentation

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Tips For Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
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6 x 6 Rule

• 6 lines or less per slide
• 6 words or less per line

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Text

• Audience needs to see the presentation
• Use 24 point font or larger
• Use bullet points
• Use phrases - not sentences
• Use simple fonts

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• Use upper and lower case
• Dont use all CAPS
• Except for EXIT or STOP
• Use color or bold for emphasis
• Not underlining or italics
• Use no more than 2 fonts
• Use no more than 2 sizes

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• Use light text on dark background
• Not this

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• Use dark text on light background
• Not this

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• Make titles stand out
• Contrast titles from body of text
• Make text readable
• For contrast, use
• Size
• Indents
• Separation

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Graphics

• 1, 2 or 3 per slide
• No more than 3 per slide
• Enhance presentation
• Not distract presentation
• Use to increase understanding
• Picture work 1,000 words

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Slides

• Supplement your presentation
• Are not your presentation
• What you say is more important
• Keep it simple
• Dont read word for word

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Slide Construction

• Leave white space around the text
• Make your slide balanced
• Top to bottom
• Side to Side or Left to Right
• White space is your friend
• Build your page around an axis
• Horizontal
• Vertical

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Storyboard

• Create after research but
• Before using PowerPoint
• Helps you stay organized
• Helps you work faster
• Save after each slide

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Bells and Whistles

• Fun to put in
• Distracting for the audience
• Keep transitions consistent
• Keep backgrounds consistent
• Add 1 black slide at beginning
• Add 1 black slide at end

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Presenting

• Follow DHS rubric
• Present to your audience
• Make eye contact
• Dont read to your audience
• Practice, Practice, Practice

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