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What Makes a Good Presentation?

• How to Use Powerpoint to Get Your Message Across

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A word of note

• This presentation is designed as a smorgasbord of
  what is available online for making good
  presentations in PowerPoint.
• It is meant to help you make your Consumerism
  presentation better, not be a stand-alone lecture
  of what I think you should do.
• It is published on the wiki to allow you to use
  the video links at your own pace and on your own
  time. ie during computer time when working on
  your PowerPoint.
• It is assumed that you have some understanding of
  the presentation software PowerPoint. If not,
  come see me after school.

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Making a Presentation Takes Brains

• Imagine sitting in a lecture hall while slide
  after slide gets put up and the speaker drones
  on. Youd be bored after 10 slides
• Your Consumerism message might suffer the same
  fate, unless you remember a few things.
• Number 1 Keep your audience interested and they
  will keep reading. Bore them and they will tune
  out your message.
• Number 2 Your audience isnt stupid, they will
  not be dazzled by bells and whistles if the
  content is not there. Junk with fancy paint is
  still junk!

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You need to think before you start

• A few key questions
• What message do I want my audience to understand?
• How will they best understand it? Pictures? Text?
  Sound? A combination?
• What do I want my audience to do during the
  presentation? Read? Listen? Think?
• What do I want them to take away from my
  presentation?

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Basic Presentation Tips

• http//www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/Presentation.html

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Before What, Consider How

• Do not cram all your information into every
  slide.
• Do not overdo the amount of information in your
  presentation. Less is More
• Do not cram more than three or four key points
  you want your audience to remember
• If you are going to use data and graphs, make
  them as simple to understand as possible and
  clearly labeled. Make sure the pictures help you
  make your point, not take attention away from it.

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More About the How

• If you are going to use transitions, use the same
  one between every slide
• Colours? Keep it easy on the eyes. Blue
  background with yellow writing gives the best
  contrast
• Font size remember, when you make it your eyes
  are less than 1m away. When your audience sees
  it, they are more than 1m away from the screen

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Lets watch some video on presentations

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vOC1OixM_118feature
  related
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vhKv_s6WMc1Ufeature
  related

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Content?

• Based on what you have seen here, how will you
  translate what you have researched and discussed
  into a good presentation?
• You have some the remaining class time to
  determine how you will approach this in our next
  class. Please have a loose organizational plan
  for next class. This will require some planning
  at home too (ie homework)