This is the Slideset for the workshop for the KU Palliative Medicine Fellowship Lecture series.

1. Professional Skills:PowerPoint Christian Sinclair, MD August 20, 2009

3. Overview Constructing professional slides Optimizing graphics Working with video Implementing a pre-show Tips for the talk Handouts: Before, during or after? Post-presentation

5. Constructing Professional Slides 5 & 5 rule Five lines Five words per line Consistency Spelling Avoid fancy type styles Colors

6. Importance of palliative care in HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS still a leading cause of death among Americans ages 15-44 Co-morbidities of Hep B & C and malignancies can be fatal HAART is not a cure and has many side effects Many symptoms throughout the disease impact quality of life Complex psychosocial issues such as psychiatric illness and substance abuse

7. Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS Leading cause of death for 15-44yo Co-morbidities can be fatal Hep B & C Malignancies HAART is not a cure and has many side effects Multiple symptoms impact QOL Complex psychosocial issues

12. Constructing Professional Slides 5 & 5 rule Five lines Five words per line Consistency Spelling Avoid fancy type styles Colors

13. Consistency Do a fast visual scan Look for consistency: Of titles Of font size Of graphics. Of colors, Of citations Of punctuation

14. Citations Choose a style Maintain consistency Avoid citation in the title Bibliography Author, title, journal, year Place in a text box

16. Starvation and Dehydration Hunger uncommon Small amounts alleviated most hunger Thirst and dry mouth treatable Pay attention to the patients requests to provide most comfort “OK if you are hungry and eat, and OK if are not hungry and don’t eat” McCann et al. Comfort Care for Terminally Ill Patients: The Appropriate Use of Nutrition and Hydration. JAMA 1994.

17. Eye now these form personnel experience.

18. Constructing Professional Slides 5 & 5 rule Five lines Five words per line Consistency Spelling Avoid fancy type styles Colors

19. Serif vs. Sans Serif Times New Roman Palatino Tahoma Arial Which are more legible: Serif or Sans typefaces? Alex Poole. http://www.alexpoole.info/academic/literaturereview.html

20. Colors Be consistent Limited palette Grey out/ghosting Avoid red and green in same slide Use dark shades/contrast

21. Think Like a Designer Contrast Flow Hierarchy Whitespace

22. BIG

23. simple.

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25. Other Tips Simple bullets Don’t Overuse Capital Letters Title Case Is All Caps First Body case looks like this Avoid animated text Include logo on the bumper slides only

26. More Tips Know the boundaries of projection Safe area – 5-10% edge Inches of monitor = Feet away to be legible Dim the lights, but not off Think about contrast

27. Overview Constructing professional slides Optimizing graphics Working with video Implementing a pre-show Tips for the talk Handouts: Before, during or after? Post-presentation

28. Graphics Figures Tables Animations Could they tell a better story?

29. Classic Image Blunders See Presentation Zen slides http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2009/08/10-ways-to-use-images-poorly.html

30. Five Data Slide Rules Tell the truth Get to the point Pick the right tool for the job Highlight what’s important Keep it simple

31. General Graphics Tips Copy figures and tables from PDF’s Use MWSnap or ‘Print Screen’ button http://www.mirekw.com/ Make your tables in Excel Copy using MWSnap Make your own figures and tables

36. Overview Constructing professional slides Optimizing graphics Working with video Implementing a pre-show Tips for the talk Handouts: Before, during or after? Post-presentation

37. Importing Movies Multiple formats supported Look for AVI, WMV (Not QT) >Insert >Movies and Sounds >Movie from file Have backup plan for sound Choice to play automatically Or have DVD cued

38. Importing Sounds Multiple formats supported Look for MP3 >Insert >Movies and Sounds >Sound from file Have backup plan for sound Choice to play automatically

39. Overview Constructing professional slides Optimizing graphics Working with video Implementing a pre-show Tips for the talk Handouts: Before, during or after? Post-presentation

40. Pre-show Slides Like the movies Informative Fun Or both Best if made into a separate slide show Combine pictures and text

41. How To: Pre-show Slides Set to loop >Slide Show >Set Up Show >Loop continuously until ‘Esc’ >Slide Transition >Automatically after: (usually 5-10 sec) >Apply to all

42. Pre-show Slides Don’t forget to include on a few slides: Title of talk Your name, credentials Your organization

43. Overview Constructing professional slides Optimizing graphics Working with video Implementing a pre-show Tips for the talk Handouts: Before, during or after? Post-presentation

44. Tips For The Talk Hotkeys Wireless control Ghosting or reveal Link to the web Back-ups and other computers

45. Hotkeys Working with multiple windows ‘Alt+Tab’ Running a presentation from the start ‘F5’ Running a presentation from current slide ‘Shift + F5’ During a presentation B = black screen W = white screen

46. More Hotkeys During a presentation Writing on screen = ‘Ctrl+P’ Back to arrow = ‘Ctrl+A’ Erase marks = ‘E’ Go to a slide number = ‘number’ + ‘Enter’ End a slideshow ‘Esc’

47. Wireless Control Gain mobility Security blanket +/- Laser pointer Get your own

51. Back-Ups and Other Computers Email Jump/USB/thumb drive PPT vs. PPTX compatibility Upload to Slideshare or Scribd Bring your own computer Compatibility issues with more complex talks

52. Linking to the Web Need an internet connection (usually) Helpful to display important web content AAHPM Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Select text to be linked ‘Ctrl+K’

53. did you know?

54. sometimes SIZE does matter

55. SMBs over 100 million opened their doors this morning

56. creating

57. > 1.5B billion jobs

58. 3rd largest economy In the world American small business largest economy

59. American small business is trailing only U.S. (as a whole) is the Japan

60. Spain Italy there are more small business owners than the in the of +

61. do you think there is a Starbucks on every corner?

62. there are 7,300 SMBs for every Starbucks store