Power Point 101:Perfecting Your Ability to
Create an Effective PowerPoint
Today’s Agenda
Welcome!!!
What would you like to learn from this
workshop?
Life After Death By PowerPoint
Main Causes of Death By PowerPoint
Lack of preparation
Lack of experience or knowledge
Indifference
Self-Importance
How to Avoid PowerPoint
Overload
Cognitive Overload ResearchCognitive scientists say the mind processes information in two channels at a time:
Visual
Verbal
Cognitive Overload Research
The mind pays attention to only a few pieces of information in each channel
ROI Real Estate
Tax
Contracts
Risk
Cognitive Overload Research
The mind needs space to select and analyze what is important
Visual
Verbal
Verbal
How to Reduce Content Overload
The Signaling Principle
The Segmenting Principle
The Modality Principle
The Multi-Media Principle
The Coherence Principle
Write a Clear Headline
What are the Main Points?“One of the biggest obstacles you can impose on yourself when
you speak in public is the idea that you need to be someone you’re not. This problem becomes magnified if you’re handed a generic corporate PowerPoint file with the same over stylized but boring look that everyone else uses. Although these presentations might look slick on the surface, they’re often lacking the heart and soul that only the personality of a unique human being can create.
You can break out of this trap using a PowerPoint you have created, which should reflect your character and personality in the choices you make for the story and visuals. Now you can expand on that personal beginning by delivering a presentation that expresses your original voice. Audiences will always prefer a presentation that’s imperfect and a little rough around the edges – but still authentic – over a perfect and flawless presentation that has no soul.
When you present, never be afraid to be yourself, because that’s what people really want you to be.”
– From Beyond Bullet Points by Cliff Atkinson
Distilled to the Main Points…
Authenticity Creativity
Make it Personal Be Yourself
Use visuals with your words instead of just words alone
Layout Variations
PowerPoint BackgroundsYou do not want your background to upstage or take away from your contentBackgrounds should never be the main attractionBackgrounds should be subtle and professional
Tips on Text
Don’t UNDERLINE.
Don’t use obnoxious fonts.
Don’t use unusual fonts if you will be transferring the presentation to another machine.
Do spell check, ALWAAYS.
Do use different font and text styles to emphasize a point.
Breaking up Linear Text
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Columns and Tables Randomized Text
Builds
Text within ImagesSmartArt
Always Remember
CreativitySimplicity Clarity
Using the Slide Master
Ideas as Images Ideas as Images
What makes an Image Ideal for
YOUR Presentation
Asymmetry
Empty Space
Point of View
Color
Repetition
Perspective
Where to Find Images
• Google Images
• www. Clipart.com
• Clipart Gallery in PowerPoint
• Pictures saved to your computer
How To Download Images
Common Mistake
Download
Copy and Paste
Resizing an Image
Cropping an Image
Rotating an Image
Removing a Solid Background
Activities using PowerPoint!
Technologies