Unleashing the Power of PowerPoint

Break-through classes for brilliant presentations

Class I: Power Beginnings

Class Purpose

To help you unleash the power of PowerPoint

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The Power to

• Inform

• Persuade

• Motivate

• Empower

• Entertain

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Class Series Objectives

To help you ~

• learn how to use PowerPoint

• develop proficiency in creating presentations

• develop good presentation skills

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PowerPoint Description

• A tool for helping us structure presentations

• A means of helping our audience better understand our presentations

• A way of helping our audience remember what we said

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Three Classes

• Getting Started

• Power Enhancements

• Break-through Presentations

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Getting Started

• Developing Content

• Working with PowerPoint Views

• Formatting PowerPoint Slides

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Content

• Conceiving and building ideas

• Creating outlines in Word

• Copying Outlines from Word to PowerPoint

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Conceiving Ideas

• Purpose

• Audience

• Outcome

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Purpose

• Clear, Concise, Realistic

• Used to evaluate what goes into your presentation

• Say to yourself, “After hearing this message, I want my audience to . . .”

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Audience

• Who are the audience?

• What are their issues?

• What are their expectations?

• What will motivate them?

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Outcome

• What is the outcome I desire?

• How will that manifest itself in my audience?

• What can I do to make that happen?

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Creating Outlines in Word

• Limit number of sub-topics to 5

• One line per topic

• Eight words per line

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Inserting Word Outline into PowerPoint

• See Workbook

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Finding Your Way Around

• Menus

• Tool Bars

• Work Area

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Working with Views• Normal• Masters• Slide Sorter• Notes• Slide Show• Handouts• Outline

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Creating a New Presentation• Choosing a Theme/Design Template

• Choosing Layouts

• Revising the Master Slides

• Adding Objects

• Over-Laying Animation & Slide Transitions

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Formatting Text• Font types, styles, colors & sizes

• Line Spacing

• Bullets and Numbering

• Checking Spelling

• Font guidelines

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Font Guidelines

• Use sans-serif fonts for headings and bullets (Ariel/Trebuchet/Maiandra/Tahoma)

• Avoid script and novelty fonts

• Use 34-45 pt for headings and 24-30 pt for text/bullets

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Font Guidelines

• Use bold and shadow to differentiate and provide emphasis

• Do not underline

• Use single font for most of the presentation

• Use different colors, size and styles for impact

• Be consistent

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Exercise• Create a New Presentation

• Choose a theme/design

• Format Master Slides

• Add Text from example Outline

• Add Graphics

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