Guidelines

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PowerPoint Presentation

• Guidelines

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Rule 1

• Dont give PowerPoint center stage.
• PowerPoint is a tool designed to enhance your
  presentation not be your presentation.
• You are the presenter.
• You are the focus.

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Rule 2

• Create a logical flow to your presentation.
• Dont be random.
• Be well organized.

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Rule 3

• Make your presentation readable.
• At least 28-point font is recommended.
• Be consistent

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Rules of Text

• Avoid paragraphs or long blocks of text.
• Emphasize the important words.

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Rules of Text

• Use appropriate fonts.
• Arial
• Verdana
• Helvetica

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Rules of Text

• Use appropriate backgrounds for topic.
• Color
• Style

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Text Rules

• Avoid title capitalization unless its a title.
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• Sentence capitalization is much easier to read.

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Rule 4

• Remember, less is more.
• Fancy slide transitions and fly-ins get old
  quickly.
• Keep things simple.
• Have all your bullets appear at once rather than
  one at a time.
• Avoid sound effects.

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Informational Speech

• Find current event
• Must be an event that has taken place within the
  last 6 months the newer the better
• Use major news networks (MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC,
  The New York Times)

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Informational Speech

• One outside source required
• Print the front page of the main article and
  staple it to the back of your outline

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Informational Speech

• You must recognize, while you are speaking, any
  outside source used in your speech.
• A proper citation tells the name of the author
  (if available), the name of the source, and the
  date it appeared.
• Make sure to include the source citations within
  your outline as well.

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Informational Speech

• The following example shows how to cite a source
  while speaking
• According to Bea Kool, in her 2003 book, Smiles
  Dont Hurt, the average person smiles 72
  times each day.

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Informational Speech

• Here is another example of how to cite your
  sources while speaking
• Dr. Abrams of the University of Minnesota was
  quoted in the March 10th, 2011 issue of Newsweek
  as saying that 200,000 Americans have died of
  AIDS.

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Informational Speech

• 4-6 Minutes
• Begin with title slide

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Informational Speech

• Save PowerPoint in server folder!

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Informational Speech Rubric

• Time __________ (4 6 minutes)
• Outline ________ (10 points) ____ (-1 if no
  article)
• Introduction
• (Attention getter, Introduce topic, Relevance,
  Credibility, Thesis) _____/5
• Body
• (Referenced One Source) ______
  _____/5
• PowerPoint (Enhances speech, Appearance,
  Spelling) _____/10
• Conclusion (Review main points / solid closing
  statement) _____/5
• Delivery _____/5