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The Deep Sea Monsters in PowerPoint
Toastmasters District Conference November 8, 2013
Mindy S. Moore, CC, ALB 1
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Wild Sea Monsters
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Layout & Graphics
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MESSAGE – MAKE IT CLEAR
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Tamed Sea
Monsters
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• The PowerPoint is NOT your speech
• Know your topic!
• Limit content
– Slides
– Text
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Message
Too Much Text
• Sometimes people use a whole lot of text on their slides. • They like to use long complete sentences. • This is a really bad idea because the audience feels a need
to read the entire slide instead of listen to the presenter. • Also, the presenter often ends up reading the slide as well. • It’s so dull when there aren’t any pictures or graphics. • As you write more and more on your slide, the font gets
smaller and smaller and smaller. So small, that the audience can’t read it anymore!
• How boring this is. Yawn. • Wow, that’s a lot of text.
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The Right Amount of Text
• Short (6 x 6 rule)
• Simple
• Complete quotes
• Use notes section
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Notes Section
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• Mispelings are larger on the skreen
• Pour grammer our distrackting
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Typos
BACKGROUND – MAKE IT CLEAN
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Tamed Sea
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Background – Options
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LAYOUT & GRAPHICS – MAKE IT SIMPLE, BUT NOT BORING
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Tamed Sea
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Layout Options
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Customized Background & Layout
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• Attract tourists
• Attract business
• Attract residents
• Increase property values
• Encourage equipment sales
• Reduce taxes
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Economic Prosperity
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
Attract
tourists
Attract business
Attract residents
Increase property
values
Encourage equipment
sales
Reduce taxes
FONT – MAKE IT PLAIN
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Tamed Sea
Monsters
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Font Options
• Sans-serif: Easy-to-read fonts (Serif)
• Large: 20 - 30 point
• Easy to read fonts
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TRANSITIONS – MAKE THEM SMOOTH
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Tamed Sea
Monsters
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Presentation Process
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Title Slide Outline Section Changes
Summary
Animations
• Some fly in
• Some fade in
• Some do weirdo things
Use Carefully
• Not necessary
• Are distracting
• Just plain goofy
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QUIZ – WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS SLIDE?
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OTHER PRESENTATION TOOLS
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Google Presentation
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• Zooming
• Challenging
• Creative
• Quirky
Prezi
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Questions?
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Tamed Sea
Monsters
Message - Clear
Background - Clean
Layout & Graphics – Simple, not
boring
Font –
Plain
Transitions - Smooth
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Love the Sea Monsters