San Diego Jewish Academy High School Humanities PowerPoint Tips

• Tells a story
• Organizes your presentation
• Keeps the audience involved - hopefully

Start your presentation with a quote that sets the tone.

"Consider the overall message of the presentation and formulate a practical strategy to execute it."

• Use a quote that sets the tone, introduces, and/or asks a question that encourages the audience to want to learn more about the topic.
• See http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/quotes.html for hundreds of quotes on a variety of topics.

Liven up you presentation

• Animate text blocks -
  bring in text one key point at a time, but don't get carried away with too much animation. BE CAREFUL, unless you have rehearsed
• Animate images -
  use multiple images or animations to show more depth. Make sure that each image and or animation supports the slide. Don't just put something there because it's "cool".

A picture is worth...
Well, you can insert all kinds of images such as:

• Photographs
• Internet art
• Clip Art
• Charts and graphs
• Video
• Sound
• You need to be careful of file size - keep under 400k if possible
• Don't get carried away - make sure everything supports your content

Whoa, be careful...

• Use simple sentences or phrases
• Fit about seven or fewer lines on a slide...
  give or take...
  if you have more information,
  but it won't fit...
  continue the topic onto the next slide.
• Use colors and images that support your presentation.
• Use type that can be easily read oops, easily read from a distance.
  Try to keep body text no smaller than 24 points
  and titles at 36 points.
• Use templates until you get the hang, or not.
• Don't get carried away with lots of "cool stuff".

Finish your presentation with a quote that leaves the audience with something to think about.

"Remember -- speaking is an audience-centered sport. Avoid speaking out of ego, appearing too cocky or unprepared. As long as you stay focused on the audience -- in preparation, delivery and during the Q and A, you should be successful as a presenter." - Marjorie Brody - http://www.presentation-pointers.com/showarticle/articleid/25/

• Use a quote that reinforces, summarizes, and/or asks a question that encourages the audience to learn more about the topic.
• See http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/quotes.html for hundreds of quotes on a variety of topics.

Finally...

Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse,
rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse,
rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, do you get the idea?

10 Little-Known, Rarely Discussed, Highly Effective Presentation Techniques by Marjorie Brody at: http://www.presentation-pointers.com/showarticle/articleid/25/

21 Tips For Spellbinding Speeches by Eileen Kugler at: http://www.presentation-pointers.com/showarticle/articleid/82/

Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 at: http://www.pdfconverter.com/resources/articles/PowerPoint2007tutorial/ - Courtesy of Sandy Darby