1. The Dos and Don’ts of Effective PowerPoint Presentations
Mr. Hapke ADST 8 – Period 1

2. Introduction
Hello. My name is Troy and welcome to my presentation about the Vancouver. I have lived in Vancouver my entire life. Vancouver was founded 1886, but before that, Vancouver was known as Granville which is really interesting because today, there is a still a street called Granville as well as Granville Island. One more interest fact is that Vancouver also has two revolving restaurants.
Boring title
Don’t read out every word
DON’T

3. Best Things About Vancouver
Stanley Park
Science World
Sea Wall / Ocean
The Grouse Grind
Bloedel Conservatory
Pacific Centre Mall
Max six bullet points.
Images make it visually interesting and memorable DO

4. What Makes Stanley Park GREAT!
Vancouver Aquarium – belugas
Sea Wall – bicycle, roller blade, walk, run
Lion’s Gate Bridge – amazing view of the narrows
Beaver Lake – not for swimming
Lost Lagoon - ducks
Too many colours.
Avoid pool colour schemes/combinations
Remember that what looks good on your monitor does not necessarily look good on the big screen.
DON’T

5. SEA WALL SHOTS: SEE & BE SEEN
To much animation.
Test your animation, make sure it looks good, and each item is in the correct order.
DON’T

6. DON’T The Grouse Grind: TOP 10 Shelter Light Water and Food
The Grouse Grind is a 2.9-kilometre trail up the face of Grouse Mountain, commonly referred to as “Mother Nature’s Stairmaster.”
DON’T
Going to do the Grind? Here is a list of the top ten things to take with you for a safe hike:
Shelter
Water and Food
First-Aid Kit
Navigation
Cellular Telephone
Light
Signaling Device
Fire Starter
Extra Clothing
Pocket Knife

7. Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park
The Bloedel Floral Conservatory in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a conservatory and aviary located at the top of Queen Elizabeth Park.
History [edit]
In 1966, communities and organizations across Canada were encouraged to engage in Centennial projects to celebrate this country’s 100th anniversary. The projects ranged from special one-time events to local improvement projects. In Vancouver, Stuart Lefeaux, Superintendent of the Vancouver Park Board and his Deputy Bill Livingstone had a vision for Vancouver: they wanted to create an icon that would enhance the image of the city, while at the same time give people something to be really excited about. Their vision was to build a conservatory for exotic plants that would not only be educational, but would also be a great place for families to go.
What better spot to place such a landmark than at the geographic centre of the city and at its highest point of land? Building a conservatory on top of Little Mountain, as it was called at the time, was a complicated project. The City had already leased the top of the mountain to the Greater Vancouver Water Board and they had built a 5 ½ acre open water reservoir for the City’s potable water supply. A concrete lid was constructed in 1965 to cover the reservoir, but approval was needed to build the Conservatory’s surrounding plaza on top of the cover. The project was not to detract from the natural beauty of the site, nor to jeopardize the quality of the potable water supply in the reservoir. Climates had to be simulated for temperate, tropical and arid areas in the botanical displays inside the Conservatory, and the project was not to exceed the budget. Giving the immense concrete plaza over the reservoir an attractive garden atmosphere meant working within rigid and expensive water board restrictions.[3] These challenges were overcome, and the Conservatory was constructed next to this reservoir, which remains a major source of water for the city today SOURCE: Wikipedia
DON’T

8. DON’T Pacific Centre Mall Boasts over 100 stores
Mostly shops are underground
Holt Renfrew
Apple
H&M
Avoid overly colourful or distracting backgrounds. It makes your slide too difficult to read and may also distract your audience.

9. Over Tid Bits: Speling Ehrers
Ofen times presentors do not proffread 4 grammer errers or dont never pay atention to they’re spell chequer witch can result in alot of blaring mistaks that will distract your audience, expeciallity ur teach.
Fer realZ.
Max six bullet points.
Images make it visually interesting and memorable
DON’T

10. Formal Presentation: Avoid Memes
Is this really the tone you want to set with your last slide?
Max six bullet points.
Images make it visually interesting and memorable
DON’T

11. Important DOs: Use font sizes at least 28.
For example, this font is Calibri and has a font size of 32.
TEST: Can your read your slides from the last row of the room where you will be presenting?
Max six bullet points.
Images make it visually interesting and memorable

12. Important DOs:
Learn to use the “undo” command: Control + Z on PC Command + Z on Apples computers.
Doing so can save you a lot of time as you make changes back and forth.
Max six bullet points.
Images make it visually interesting and memorable

13. Important DOs:
Use the “Play” button from the Slide Show to do a test run.
Slides in the correct order?
Transitions smooth?
Animations in the correct order?
Max six bullet points.
Images make it visually interesting and memorable

14. Your Assignment: Make a PowerPoint presentation
Choose your topic/theme
10 Slides
8 created properly (The Good)
2 as ugly as possible (The Bad and the Ugly!) Though these are bad, they must stay on-topic! Don’t have to be the last 2 slides.
5-7 bullets per slide
No paragraphs allowed!
Appropriate Images (1-3 per slide)

15. Your Assignment:
Begin with a Title Slide Topic, Name, Subject, Period #
Beginning First couple slides introduce the theme
Middle Covers the most important content
End Find a nice way to wrap up the topic The End / Questions? are not acceptable
All slides relate to the theme
Graphics relate to the current slide’s topic
Each slide has a title at the top