Graduate research
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W.10-EffectivePowerPointPresentations.pdf
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3/19: Draft of your PPT Due: 10- minute presentation of your paper
3/26: Final Paper Due
4/2: Final PPT Due
4/3: Present to your Group!
Welcome!!
PowerPoint and presentation skills!
Let’s go BACK in time:
Remember YOUR “why”!
WHY were Why were your topic
and your research question
important to YOU?
What SERVICE did you want to
perform by conducting this research?
How can you best tell that “story,” and the “story” of what you learned?
What “story” will YOU tell?
Put it in the chat bar!
First, let’s make sure your PowerPoint has IMPACT
Presentation Action
(Your presentation needs to tell YOUR “story”
in a way that makes people want
to take some form of action as a result.)
Now, let’s see HOW you can tell it BEST!
1st prize
Watch a video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i68a6M5FFBc
APA PowerPoint Design
What do these have in common?
H. A. T. S.
H. A. T. S.
• Headings - for easy navigation
H. A. T. S.
• Headings - for easy navigation
• Access - for finding and understanding
• Typeface - for ease of reading
H. A. T. S.
• Headings - for easy navigation
• Access - for finding and understanding
• Typeface - for ease of reading
• Space - for effective document design
H. A. T. S.
• Headings - for easy navigation
• Access - for finding and understanding
• Typeface - for ease of reading
• Space - for effective document design
Let’s take a look!
Compare the 4 following slides
They have the SAME exact words!
1. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
2. Pay attention to headings to promote easy navigation, access to promote the finding and understanding of information, typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy, and space to promote effective document design.
3. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
4. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation
Access to promote the finding and understanding of information
Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy
Space to promote effective document design
Below they are featured on a single slide
Which is hardest, and which is easiest to read, and WHY?
1. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
3. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
4. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation
Access to promote the finding and understanding of information
Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy
Space to promote effective document design
2. Pay attention to headings to promote easy navigation, access to promote the finding and understanding of information, typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy, and space to promote effective document design.
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Your slide
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Your slide
YOU!
Slides almost NEVER need to stand alone
Slides almost NEVER need to stand alone
*yawn*
They need YOU to tell the story
GAME! Compare slides
• Look at the following 3 pairs of slides
GAME! Compare slides
• Look at the following 3 pairs of slides
• For each pair, identify the ways in which
the second one
is a “slam dunk”
(or better)?
Our 20th President
• PDie He served as president for only 6 months, from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year
James A. Garfield
20th U.S. President
6-month term
3/1881 to
9/1881 (assassinated)
James A. Garfield
H.A.T.S.
Headings
Access
Typeface
Space
H.A.T.S.
Headings
Access
Typeface
Space
The Apes of Africa
• The following presentation is about the apes of Africa.
• It looks at the differences in ape behavior depending on their gender.
• It explores the cause of the reduction in ape population.
Apes of Africa
• differences in behavior by gender
• cause of reduction in population
What did you notice about the 2nd
slide in each pair?
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS is MORE!
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS is MORE!
• Each word costs you…
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS is MORE!
• Each word costs you !
Font sizes
Which do you think is the smallest everyone can reasonably see
44 point
40 point
36 point
32 point
28 point
24 point
20 point
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Font sizes 44 point
40 point
36 point
32 point
28 point
24 point
20 point
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Your answer may have been different!
Please do not go below this anyway!
Parallel Construction
Which of these sets of lines is parallel?
A
B
C
D
Puppies are
1. Cute
2. Frisky
3. I love them
Which is NOT parallel?
Puppies are
1. Cute
2. Frisky
3. I love them
Can you fix it?
Puppies are
1. Cute
2. Frisky
3. Lovable
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance
2. Is the doctor qualified
3. Pre-existing conditions
Which is not parallel?
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance
2. Is the doctor qualified
3. Pre-existing conditions
Can you fix it?
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance
2. Doctor qualifications
3. Pre-existing conditions
Time to check
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics
Font type is the same throughout the presentation
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics
Font type is the same throughout the presentation
3. Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction
(see your Manual)
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics
Font type is the same throughout the presentation
3. Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction
(see your Manual)
4. All slides lead to main point the presenter wants to
make
Oral Presentations
Now, for the fun part!
WAIT!!! FUN???? I’m terrified of presenting!!!
Oral Presentations
Now, for the fun part!
WAIT!!! FUN???? I’m terrified of presenting!!!
Oral Presentations
Now, for the fun part!
WAIT!!! FUN???? I’m terrified of presenting!!!
Let’s see if we CAN make it fun!!
When you hear oral presentations:
What do you REALLY not like?
Make a list!
Oral Presentations
What do you REALLY not like?• Reading from the slide
• No eye contact • Too quiet • No expression – all one tone • Too many “um”s • Other??
Oral Presentations
What do you REALLY not like?
If you don’t like it…..
Advice:
Oral Presentations
What do you REALLY not like?
Don’t do it!!!!
If you don’t like it…..
To include or not to include, that is the question!
To Blackboard!
• Now: Grab all your worksheets that helped you write your paper AND the outline!
Start planning! Start the timer for yourself!
Aim for 5-MINUTE presentations!!!
