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PowerPointandKeynoteTipsforAnnualConferenceThankyouforusingaPowerPointorKeynotetoenhanceyourpresentationatannualconference.Becausewestrivetohaveagreatproductionatannualconference,pleasereviewthebelowsuggestions.-Keepthedesignsimple.Alightbackgroundwithdarktypeorviceversaisthemostvisuallyappealing.Theuseofphotoscanhelpexplainapoint.Becarefulofusingtypeoverbusyphotosthatisnotreadable.-Pleaseuseacommonfont.Unusualfontsthatarenotwidelyrecognizedareoftenreplacedthroughthetransferandcanadjustthelayout.MostlikelythepresentationwillrunfromaMaccomputer.-PowerPointandKeynotehaveseveralpre-madetemplates.Considerusingthemtomakeyourpresentationclean.-Shouldyouwishtodesignyourown,keepthedesignofslidesconsistentsothatitiscohesive.-Remember,PowerPointorKeynoteshouldcomplementwhatyousayasopposedtobeingthemainsourceofinformation.-Screensizesvarygreatly,butthestandardresolutionforpresentingatAnnualConferenceis1024x768.Inordertoeliminatetheriskoftypebeingcutoff,donotplacetoomuchononeslide.Typethatisnearthetoporbottomedgeoftheslidehasahighriskofbeingcutoffandnotseenbytheaudience.-Youmayadvancetheslidesatannualconferencebyeitherusingthehand-heldremoteorverballycuingthesoundbooth.Pleaselettheannualconferencecommunicationsdepartmentknowwhichyoupreferwhenyousubmityourpresentation.Ifyouchoosetheremoteadvancer,pleasefamiliarizeyourselfwithitduringabreak.-Inorderforthehostchurchtotestallgraphicsandvideos,PowerPointsorKeynotesareduenolaterthanMay15,2019.Theymaybesenttomarycatherine@awfumc.org.YoumayalsoutilizeDropBoxiffilesaretoolarge.The“sendto”addressisthesameasabove.-Wecannotguaranteelateentrieswillworksmoothly.