Are there ways to perk up presentations? Is death by Power Point inevitable? The rationale and brief history of clearer, more meaningful slides is given, along with a few tips for images.

4. I used to think I made wonderful slides

5. NOW

6. I thought this was necessary . . .

7. Workshop Structure
Background
In the Classroom
The BIG Picture
7

8. I thought this was a good slide . . .
HRH
Abdullah
bin Abdul
Aziz
King of
Saudi
Arabia
10/18/2013
8

9. HRH Abdullah
bin Abdul Aziz
King of Saudi
Arabia
9

13. Japan

16. Fewer
Words

17. More
Meaning

19. More of this . . .

20. High Resolution
Sources
• Your own
collection
• MS Clipart
• Google
images large
format
• Bing
• Flikr
• Yahoo images
of the week
• Decadentart
• iStock ($)

21. Tips & Techniques

22. 1) Bleed the Photo

24. 2) Crop
and
Enlarge
for Effect

25. 3) Drop in a Text Box

26. Wake me when it’s over

27. 4) Dark
backgrounds
can be lightened
for effect

28. 6) Rule
of

31. 7)
The
7Word
rule

32. Less is more!

33. 8) Use of White Space

35. Meaning is Intuitive

36. Engagement/Edutainment

37. Oral Communications
My Favorite City!
Carol Costello
Oral Communications 1
March 31, 2010

38. Summary

39. Use high resolution photos
Low
Resolution

40. Bleed

41. Drop in a Text Box

42. Crop

43. Crop and Enlarge

44. Use the Rule of Thirds

45. Minimize Text
• Coatamundi are a
raccoon-like animal
living in Central and
South America
• They love to eat
peanuts
• In many places they are
not afraid of people!

46. White Space is Powerful

48. Advantages:Visual Power Point
Presentations
• Take More Time and
Thought
• Improve your Power
Point Skills
• More impact on your
audience—they enjoy
and remember!
• You feel better about
your communications
skills