How to Give a Truly Terrible Talk In PowerPoint Or Better, How Not To! By Ms. Barber & Ms. Evett, Teacher-Librarians.

“How to Give a Truly Terrible Talk In PowerPoint”

Or Better, How Not To!

By Ms. Barber & Ms. Evett,Teacher-Librarians

First, be sure to use complete sentences in all of your slides.

• Everyone likes to read every detail on each slide. It makes them feel important. It shows your writing skills.

• Backgrounds come in white with black letters.• All PowerPoint presentations should look the same.• Every slide should have bullet points and all of the

bullet points should be exactly the same.• No one likes pictures. They distract.• It does not matter whether you are printing the

PowerPoint or viewing it.

Presentation Hints

• Face the Mob• Wear something attractive• Hold notes in front of you• Don’t read out loud• Smile

Backgrounds

On Screen – In a well lit room – Dark Backgrounds!

On Paper – WHITE Backgrounds work better

Color Theory• Blue – Peace, Tranquility• Black – Power, Mystery, Evil• Green – Nature, Spring, Youth• Orange – Fall, Warmth, Attention-seeking• Purple – Royalty, Wisdom• Red – Love, Anger, Excitement• White – Purity• Yellow – Joy, Happiness

How Does Color Affect Our Mood? By D.M. Elesawi, accessed 4/5/11.http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/lovely_man-108133-colors-affect-moods-entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/

Bullet Points and Phrases

• Do use bullet points for a list• Don’t use bullet points for paragraphs• Do use phrases• You should not use complete sentences that

take too long to read.– Be sure to indent for details and organization– Don’t fill the page!

21st Century Presidents

• Barak Obama (2009-Present)– 44th President– 1st African-American President

• George W. Bush (2001-2008)– 43rd President– 2nd President to be the son of a President

Pictures ARE Distracting

When you put pictures on the screen, it takes your eyes away from the words.

In a presentation, does this help?

Pictures ARE DistractingPossible subjects :

World War II

Arlington National Cemetery

The Battle of Iwo Jima

Plagiarism transitive verb : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source

intransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source Plagiarism includes copying directly and copying indirectly and not citing.

Common Knowledge

• Common Knowledge has at least 3 sources and does not need to be cited.

• Your own ideas and interpretations do not need to be cited.

• Images are NOT Common Knowledge

Copying Pictures from the Internet

Insert

Resize

Copyright!

Save It Correctly!

Don’t forget – DeKalb County Schools use Microsoft Office 2003. Save as PPT, not PPTX!!

Attach to E-Mail

FirstClass icon from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FirstClass

You can DRAG your file onto

your FC desktop OR New

Message and Attach

IMPORTANT! If PowerPoint is still open with your file,

THIS WILL NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!

Quick! What was wrong with the previous slide?

Answer:

•Too many things on one slide

•Too many different colors

Overall, it was just too confusing!

Questions?

“How To Give a Truly Terrible Talk In PowerPoint”