How to use PowerPoin

t effectively

Maximize your effectiveness with these

simple techniques

Know your audience

Your presentation should be:

Demographic appropriate

Use vocabulary and images suitable for the anticipated age and education level of your

audience

Achieve your objective

Your presentation should :

Focus on your key objectives

Know your objectives beforehand and make sure your presentation addresses all of your key objectives

Choose a unifying theme

Design your slides to use a unifying theme.

• Common background

• Contrasting but easy-to-read colors

• Standardized font and font size.

Engage your audience

Create colorful and informative

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Quizzes

Homework

Attendance

Avoid distractions

Examples of common distractions:

Moving text

Animated graphics

Pointless illustrations Arrow cursor – hide by pressing Ctrl-h

EXCESSIVE UPPER CASE and poor color choices

Too busy – too much text on one slide – more slides is always a better choice than more text!

Text too small for the audience to read

Bad transitions to the next slide

Remember

PowerPoint slides should be points … not essays

Assume your audience can read and

avoid reading every word of your presentation

In the Classroom

Ideas for using PowerPoint in the classroom

• Highlight key points in daily lessons• Highlight upcoming events

• Parents’ night presentations

Watch the time

Keep your presentation concise

and to the

point

Take care of the P’s

Prepare, Practice and Perfect …

but when the time comes to Present …

Relax

Relax

and

have

FUN!

Thanks for your time

Presentation

by

Bev Sutton