Not ANOTHER BORING PowerPoint! Bonnie Addison Fall 2012 Not ANOTHER BORING PowerPoint!

How Many PPTs Have You Seen? We’ve all been there. 100 200 300 948,317,256,915,678,333 ?

Make your audience say, “WOW!”

5 TIPS to a Great Presentation!

5 Tips 1. Images/Sound 2. Fonts 3. Size 4. Bullets 5. Colors

1. Images (vs. Text) Too often PowerPoint presentations are written for the Presenter and not for the Audience. This is called Death by PowerPoint. “I am going to write everything I am going to say so that I don’t forget anything because if I stand up in front of the class and I forget what I am going to say then I am going to feel stupid and I don’t want to make a fool of myself by not remembering anything so I have to read it even though my audience can read it for themselves faster than I can talk.”

Pictures Say More than Words Poverty Pictures Say More than Words

The Eye’s Natural Scanning Pattern

The Many Faces of Hunger What can YOU do about it?

Help! Too busy! What do I look at first?

Not O.K. Distracting animations & sounds Clip art Complicated graphics

O. K. Cards or notes with what you will say (not crammed on the screen) Short, carefully chosen video clips, song clips, & podcasts

Match the mood but make it readable: 2. Fonts: Use no more than 3! Match the mood but make it readable:

Fonts for Distance Viewing - 32pt. min. Use These: (Sans serif) Arial Century Gothic Franklin Lucida Sans Tahoma Trebuchet Verdana Not These: Algerian Bauhaus 93 Bernard MT Condensed Broadway Chiller Comic Sans MS Old English Stencil

Make Your Message Powerful Bold slows the reader down Use for headings, subheadings, & emphasis Italics imitate spoken words Use for emphasis, captions, & quoted words

AND ALL CAPS LOOKS LIKE SHOUTING! Underline slows the reader down Use for emphasis in the sentence or body AND ALL CAPS LOOKS LIKE SHOUTING!

3. Size – 6 x 6 Rule Only 6 words max per line Only 6 lines max per slide/area

Equal Size = Static, Balanced Unequal Size = Dynamic, Lively Depression Depression

4. Bullets Don’t Overuse Bullets Or Your Audience Will Want To Use One

5. Colors: Use color as a tool. Use light on dark Or dark on light Solid backgrounds work best.

Warm Colors Grab Attention Cool Colors Calm

BUT… Avoid Ugly Color Combos

Remember the 5 Tips! 1. Images/Sound 2. Fonts 3. Size 4. Bullets 5. Colors

While you’re at it, try … Alternatives to PowerPoint: VoiceThread Prezi Animoto Xtranormal GoAnimate Eduglogster MuseumBox Mixbook Wikispaces LiveBinder Weebly Smore Other ???

DOs & DON’Ts During Your Presentation: DON’T read the text DON’T assume your audience knows anything DON’T spend more than 8 seconds per slide DON’T look back at your screen

DO offer learning support (the board or a handout)! DO let your personality shine through (you won’t be as nervous)! DO remember that less is more!

And Practice Will Make It Perfect