A word about bullets

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A word about bullets

• The dos and Donts when creating bullets on
  slides

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Dos

• Make bullets short and simple
• Should be no more than 3 to 4 words in length
• No more than 6 bullets per page (if you have more
  bulleted points, then make another slide to
  continue with those bullets).
• You do not want your audience to have to read
  your presentation
• As the speaker, you are to tell the audience
  about the bullet
• Add graphics
• Graphics help make slides interesting
• Add transitions and animations
• These also make your presentation more interesting

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Where do I keep my notes???

• Use the Notes Page
• The notes page is used to store what you would
  actually say about each bullet
• It takes the place of actual note cards that you
  might take with you as you present in front of
  the class
• Use notes page for ALL of your slides (Including
  the Intro and Conclusion slides)
• You will use the notes pages for most of your
  projects in this class.

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Donts.

• Dont write whole sentences for your bullets
• Limit bullet size to 3 to 4 words in length
• No more than 6 bullets per slide
• Your audience will spend most of its time reading
  your presentation and not listening to you
• Dont use unrelated graphics
• Graphics should help illustrate a point you are
  discussing
• Irritating sound or animations
• They are funny the first time you use them, then
  they get very irritating

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Conclusion Slides

• Re-discuss
• Pick out the 3 or 4 most important things from
  your presentation and re-discuss those points.
• Final Statement
• Make a final statement and wrap reinforce major
  points
• Should be in bullet format
• 3 or 4 words max.