Pretty, Powerful PowerPoint Presentations

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Pretty, PowerfulPowerPoint Presentations

• By Deborah A. Chávez
• Wilton Staff Development Day
• Wednesday, September 28, 2012

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Power Point is Easy

• Hardest Part - What to Say
• Organizing Ideas
• Slides Bullet Points
• Fun Part - Dress It Up
• Color Schemes, Backgrounds Fonts
• Graphics
• Google Images, Photos, Scanned Images
• Charts, Graphs, SmartArt
• Transitions Animations
• Audio Video

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What to Say

• Organized Outline
• Nuggets of Wisdom
• Brief, Succinct
• Focused, Concise
• Avoid unnecessary details

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How to Say It

• Bullets
• Max. 8 bullets per slide
• Max. 5 words per bullet
• Avoid Complete Sentences.
• Germ of the idea
• Concentrated, freeze-dried
• Talk to the bullets
• Speaker notes

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Fun Part Dress it Up

• Visual Impact
• Graphic Elements
• Sound
• Video
• Transitions
• Animations

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Visual Impact

• Backgrounds
• Design Themes
• Templates
• Scanned Image, Watermark, Trademark
• Color Schemes
• Fonts
• Bullets

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Graphic Elements

• Google Images
• Photos
• Scanned Images
• Logos, branding
• Charts, graphs
• SmartArt

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Sound

• CD tracks
• Music downloads
• .mp3, .mp4, .wav, .wma
• Recorded Narration
• Sound effects

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Video Clips

• .mp4, .avi, .mov, .wmv,
• YouTube videos
• Requires Adobe Flash
• Check PowerPoint help for links
• Different versions require different plug-ins

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Transitions Animations

• Slide Transitions
• Object Animations order timing
• Text
• Line, Word, letter
• Level, groupings
• Fade (dont dim)
• Graphics
• Sound
• Video

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Humor

• Content
• What you say
• Packaging
• How you say it
• What it looks like
• How long theyll listen

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Powerful Communication

• PowerPoint is the tool
• Facilitates Impressive Presentations
• Easy Fun
• Creative
• Start Simple
• Add lots of bells whistles
• Use humor to keep attention