Here are some techniques that will help you to create a presentation that will get (and keep) your audience's attention.

1. How can
different
techniques
make a
presentation
really pop?
By Dawn Bartz

2. Pictures are really important...as well as
carefully selecting your words.

3. If you have a really great image, make it
large. Use less words on your slides but
try to tell a story.

4. If my book
presentation is
about surfing, for
instance, what
type of photos
will draw the
audience’s
attention?

5. How can pictures
show the mood you
want to convey?
Was this book
“exciting,” “jarring,”
“shocking,”
“futuristic,” ...

6. How do images help tell
a story and evoke
emotion?
This newspaper image
captured the emotions of
young people at an event.

7. Make sure
the slide
background
enhances the
picture and
is not too
distracting,
unless this is
the point!

8. Drawings are also great to use
There are all sorts of shapes you can
use to create your own image as well.

9. How can pictures,
or other images,
help with setting?

10. What is the mood that I want to set in my
presentation and how can I show it?

11. Don’t be afraid of being creative with where you place images. They can be at the top, bottom,
either side, or the entire slide. Does the font match the idea? (This is Roboto). Of course it is a
really good idea to keep the same “font family” throughout. Make sure it is easy to read!

12. I want to use a photo to
draw the audience into
the shot.
I want to avoid people
standing around.
How can I show action?

13. The design of the
slide (color,
placement of
objects and
texts, and
pictures) help to
tell a story and
can really
engage your
audience.
Using the right
font and
borders is
helpful in
drawing the
reader into the
presentation.

14. This book really was a
key for me to understand
more about the world.
Words are fun. How can you
choose the right ones?

15. Go to “insert” on the top of the
toolbar. Then go to “image.” If
your image is on your desktop,
you can go to “upload” and drag
the photo or picture into the
slide. Or you can go to “search”
and find something on the web.
The image can be
cropped using the
cropping tool within
the “format” section in
the toolbar.
There are also
image “options”
to change the
brightness,
contrast and
transparency of
the photo.
I can insert a picture and
then have the picture
“speak” or “think” about
the presentation.

16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RatKhtboq2E
I can use “shapes” found
under the “insert” icon.
This picture was taken from
Google sites.
You can also use your
computer to “take a picture”
of an image or yourself, for
instance.

17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJy1ajvMU1k
Inserting a short video is
pretty easy. Be sure to “copy
the link.” If it is from YouTube
or another source with a URL,
you can go to “insert,” create
a text box and then go to
“link” and paste it in. When
you click on the link, the
video should pop up.
You can also record yourself
speaking and insert it into
the presentation as you
would with a picture and
create a podcast.