Making your PowerPoint presentation better than average at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

1. CUTTING EDGE POWERPOINT
Steve Sinclair
NWTC
Staff and Organizational Development

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
Pecha Kucha
Several Good Books
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Elements
Types of Presentations
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PECHA KUCHA
20 x 20
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4. ABOUT PECHA KUCHA
 Define – Wikipedia
 “Official Site” - http://www.pecha-kucha.org/
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 The Wired Article
 The Training Video (next slide)
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6. DO IT!
 Make a mini Pecha Kucha
 10 pictures in Pecha Kucha folder
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 Use 5 now
 Auto advance in 20 seconds
 Try it!
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7. NWTC – Staff and Organizational Development
BOOK LEARNING
eLiterature Resources
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8. EBOOKS
 Better than Bullet Points
 Clear and to the Point: 8 Psychological Principles
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for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations by
Kosslyn, Stephen Michael. (NetLibrary)
 PowerPoint 2007 Graphics & Animation Made Easy
by Slack, S. E.; Zavala, Michelle I. (NetLibrary)
 Putting the Power in your PowerPoint with 21
Mistakes to Avoid and 9 PowerPoint Philosophies
by Fripp, Patricia.; Prost, Jim. (NetLibrary)
 Simple Strategies for Effective PowerPoint
Presentations
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ELEMENTS & TEMPLATES
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Introduction to Visual Appeal

10. ELEMENTS
 Text
 Graphics
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 Shapes
 Fills, lines, effects
 Sounds & Video
 Animations and transitions
 Interactivity, flow, navigation
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Pecha Kucha Good Books Web Sites

11. CHANGES
THEME COLORS OTHERS
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 Theme  Fonts
 Colors  Effects
 Customize
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WORDART

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WORDART TWISTED

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Plane
Car
MOTION

15. SMARTART
• Talk • Show
More Less
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Simple Clear
Light Bold
• Text on • Easy
Dark to See
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16. VIDEO IN PRESENTATION
Add YouTube
 YouTube Views like
 NWTC Films the news clip
Add Movies
from Films on
Demand
Link to
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Instructions
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17. NWTC EXAMPLES
 Square Bullets
 Pictures
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 Wave
 Arc
 Link -
https://intranet.nwtc.edu/Advancement/Shared%20Documents/designtemplates.aspx
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TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS
Internet Sources
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19. ONLINE IDEA SITES
 PowerPointing with the  personal-computer-
Best of Them tutor.com
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 Using Steve Jobs'  articlesbase.com
Presentation Method
 Effective interactive  web-conferencing-
presentations zone.com
 Avoid the PowerPoint  creativekeys.net
Pitfalls
 Create an Effective
 howto.wired.com
Presentation
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20. SUMMARY
Pecha Kucha
 Pictures only
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SeveralGood Books
Elements
Types
 Simple to Very Complicated
Homework
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QUESTIONS