Creating an Effective
PowerPoint Presentation

       BY BILLY DAVIS
Bulleted Slide

 6 lines or less per slide
   6-8 words per line

   Bullets are boring

   Bullets are outlines or lists
 What to use instead of bullets
                    Pictures
Bulleted Slide      Symbols

                    Metaphors

                    One concept per slide

                    Break up 6 bullets into 6 slides
Graphics

 Use high quality graphics    Avoid using clip art
 Include photographs          Avoid cartoonish
 Purchase professional         pictures
 stock photography             Never stretch a small
                                picture
 Pie Chart
   Used to Show percentages

 Vertical Bar Graph
   Used to show change over time

 Horizontal Bar Graph
   Used to compare quantities
Summary

 Don’t use too many bullets
 Stay away from cartoonish
  pictures
 Don’t write too many words
 Use the right chart/graph
Sources

 Lavinsky, R. Wikimedia commons.
  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azurite-
  62370.jpg March 2010
 Flickr Commons.
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/836143
  2443/sizes/n/in/photostream/
 Nenov Brothers Photography. Public Domain.
  http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=97429
  550.

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Creating an effective power point presentation with audio and timing

  • 1. Creating an Effective PowerPoint Presentation BY BILLY DAVIS
  • 2. Bulleted Slide  6 lines or less per slide  6-8 words per line  Bullets are boring  Bullets are outlines or lists
  • 3.  What to use instead of bullets  Pictures Bulleted Slide  Symbols  Metaphors  One concept per slide  Break up 6 bullets into 6 slides
  • 4. Graphics  Use high quality graphics  Avoid using clip art  Include photographs  Avoid cartoonish  Purchase professional pictures stock photography  Never stretch a small picture
  • 5.  Pie Chart  Used to Show percentages  Vertical Bar Graph  Used to show change over time  Horizontal Bar Graph  Used to compare quantities
  • 6. Summary  Don’t use too many bullets  Stay away from cartoonish pictures  Don’t write too many words  Use the right chart/graph
  • 7. Sources  Lavinsky, R. Wikimedia commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azurite- 62370.jpg March 2010  Flickr Commons. http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/836143 2443/sizes/n/in/photostream/  Nenov Brothers Photography. Public Domain. http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=97429 550.