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A Quick-andDirty Guide to PowerPoint(less) TCOM 2010 Dr. Jonathan Arnett, Instructor You will learn… Common types of PPT presentations The Canons of Rhetoric as used in PPT Tips for using the program Three Major Types Bullet Points Illustrated Points • “traditional” • easy to prep • all-purpose format • can be boring • needs detailed prep • good for showing physical relationships • good for concepts Speaker’s Prop • takes a lot of prep • very interesting • could be distracting Example of Bullet Points Heading is a phrase Bulleted points are phrases or sentences Example of Illustrated Points Heading is a full sentence Text explains picture Contains picture(s) of the subject Example of Illustrated Points Labeled diagrams can be very useful Example of Speaker’s Prop http://www.auburn.edu/~dgr0003/Classroom%20PPT/OSCON_Keynote_Lg.wmv The Canons of Rhetoric Invention Arrangement Style Memory Delivery PPT and Arrangement PPT is your servant. Don’t let PPT use you. Gettysburg Cemetery Dedication Abraham Lincoln 11/19/1863 home back next Agenda Met on battlefield (great) Dedicate portion of field - fitting! Unfinished work (great tasks) 11/19/1863 home back next Not on Agenda! Dedicate Consecrate Hallow (in narrow sense) Add or detract Note or remember what we say 11/19/1863 home back next Review of Key Objectives & Critical Success Factors What makes nation unique – Conceived in Liberty – Men are equal Shared vision – New birth of freedom – Gov’t of/for/by the people 11/19/1863 home back next Organizational Overview 11/19/1863 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 New Nations -87 Now Years home back next Summary 11/19/1863 New nation Civil war Dedicate field Dedicated to unfinished work New birth of freedom Government not perish http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/ home back next PPT and Style typefaces layouts color choices backgrounds You should always… use readable typefaces. Tahoma Georgia Book Antiqua Trebuchet Agency FB Bookman Old Style Lucida Console Algerian Garamond Verdana Baveuse Baskerville Old Face You should always… use logical layouts. words words words words words words words words words words words words You should always… avoid clutter. You should always… avoid text-overload. You should always… pick your colors carefully because color affects reading speed; color affects reading speed; color affects reading speed, some people are color-blind, and color affects your audience’s emotions. You should always… use relevant backgrounds. Please, please, please don’t use the default templates. Yuck. They’re lame. Ack. Everyone’s seen these before. Yawn-O-Rama Make your own, instead. home back next PPT and Memory/Delivery Use slides as aides-memoires. Focus on your audience’s needs. You should always… face your audience. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/healy082/architecture/addicted-powerpoint.gif You should always… use slides as notes, not a script. – – – – Don’t read slides to your audience If you do, your audience will resent you They are not children They can read the text faster than you can pronounce the words aloud – Therefore, reading slide text to your audience is counterproductive You should always… consider using effects. (But And don’t ever overdo useit.) music. Tips for Using PPT Master Slide Line Spacing Custom Animation Drawing/Picture Formatting Tools