 What is the main theme or purpose of your presentation?  Who is your audience?  What is the best way to get your point across?

 Create outline of content  Determine appropriate icons  Plan audio presentation  In person or pre-recorded  Music or other audio accompaniment

 Create PowerPoint slides  Don’t overwhelm audience  Leave whitespace  Avoid overuse of flamboyant colors  Keep animation to a minimum

 Only one medium or two small pictures per slide  Pictures/icons should match slide content  Visual should augment content, not distract from it

 Add Narration on each slide  Add background music to title slide  Timed to run desire duration  If desired, start another one on a later slide

 Click on Slide Show tab  #1 on next slide  Click on Add Narration  #2 on next slide  Click OK on the popup window  See the slide following

 While recording, advance to next slide and continue speaking  If you don’t want to auto-advance the slides, then pause recording, advance to next slide, and continue

 Right click on slide  Can pause or End Show

 Click on Slide Show tab  Click on the From Beginning icon

 If you made a mistake on a slide’s narration, you can remove the existing audio and do it again  In Design view, click on the speaker icon at the bottom right of the screen  See next slide  Click Delete

 Determine if slides change after desired time  Manual control or automated  Match to audio  Allow time for slow readers