Slides for an EWI (Executive Women International) webinar on 4/9/2013. -Planning your PowerPoint presentation -4 Easy PowerPoint design principles -A few PowerPoint Tips and Tricks and more!

1. Easy PowerPoint
for Leaders
Diane Windingland
Small Talk Big Results
Webinar for Executive Women International
4/09/2013 1

2. Another
Boring
PowerPoint
Presentation?
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3. The Boring Agenda Slide
• Plan your presentation
• Discover 4 easy design principles
• Learn a few tips and tricks
• Deliver with confidence
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4. The Not-So-Boring “About Me” Slide
 Communications Expert
 Author
 Speaker
 Presentation Coach
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5. The Exciting Offer Preview
FREE Kindle book
Only 4/09/2013 until midnight
Cat Got Your Tongue?
Powerful Public Speaking Skills &
Presentation Strategies for
Confident Communication, or
How to Create the Purrfect Speech
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7. Start with
Why
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8. Start with
Why
Does your
Audience
care? 8

9. After
Why
Then plan
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13. 4 Easy Design Principles
Rule of
Go BIG!
Thirds
Contrast Less is
More
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14. Go BIG!
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15. Empowerment: Pass the Baton
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17. Empowerment
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18. Rule of
Thirds
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19. Beautiful Tree in Rolling Pasture
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21. 1/3 1/3 1/3
1/3
1/3 Power
Points
1/3
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29. Contrast
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30. Contrast
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31. Is this easy to read?
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32. Is this easy to read?
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33. Contrast
information
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34. U.S.A.
 Revis family
 North Carolina, U.S.A. $341.98/week
 Spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
From the book “Hungry Planet”
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35. Chad
 Aboubakar family
 Breidjing Camp, Chad
 $1.23/week
 Soup with fresh sheep meat
From the book “Hungry Planet”
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36. Weekly Food Consumption
USA Chad
 Revis family  Aboubakar family
 North  Breidjing
Carolina, U.S.A. Camp, Chad
$341.98/week  $1.23/week
 Spaghetti, potatoes,  Soup with fresh
sesame chicken sheep meat
From the book, “Hungry Planet”
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37. Weekly Food Consumption
USA Chad
 Revis family  Aboubakar family
 North  Breidjing
Carolina, U.S.A. Camp, Chad
$341.98/week $1.23/week
 Spaghetti, potatoes,  Soup with fresh
sesame chicken sheep meat
From the book, “Hungry Planet”
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38. Weekly Food Consumption
USA Chad
$341.98 $1.23
From the book, “Hungry Planet”
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39. Weekly Food Consumption
400 $341.93
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40. Or . . .
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41. A picture
is worth ____ _____.
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44. Dogs Vs. Cats
Dogs Cats
• 78.2 Million owned • 86.4 Million owned
39% households own • 33% households own
40% more than one 52% more than one
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46. 52%
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47. Less is
More
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48. What is the #1 problem?
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52. One idea per slide
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53. 6 X 6 Rule
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54. The 6 X 6 Rule
• No more than 6 bullets per slide
• No more than 6 words per bullet
• Don’t wrap points past one line
• Fade-in bullets one at a time
• This rule is better than wall-o-text.
• Ugh. BORING. TMI. Do you like?
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55. Make Information Visual
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56. My Family
• Diane, born in Oregon
• Sean, born in California
• Clara, born in California
• Yuri, born in Russia
• Kim, born in South Korea
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57. My Family
Diane, born in Oregon
Sean, born in California
Clara, born in California
Yuri, born in Russia
Kim, born in South Korea
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58. Diane Sean Clara Yuri Kim
My Family 58

59. Survey Question:
How many PowerPoint presentations
have you attended in the last 3 months?
Answer choices Responses
Zero 1
1-2 5
3-5 7
More than 5 9
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60. Survey Question:
How many PowerPoint presentations
have you attended in the last 3 months?
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61. Survey Question:
How many PowerPoint presentations
have you attended in the last 3 months?
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62. Survey Question:
How many PowerPoint presentations
have you attended in the last 3 months?
73%
Attended 3 or more
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63. Survey Question:
How many PowerPoint presentations
have you attended in the last 3 months?
7 out of 10
attended 3 or more
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65. Have Fun!
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68. 4 Easy Design Principles
Rule of
Go BIG!
Thirds
Contrast Less is
More
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70. Tips and Tricks
• Sections
• Picture placement
• Remove background of picture
• Making text “pop”
Not covered: video, audio, animations
or transitions due to limitations of webinar platform 70

71. Organize and plan with
Sections
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73. Slide Sorter View
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74. Picture
Placement
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75. What does this eye-tracking study tell you?
Eye-tracking study by James Breeze at ObjectiveEyeTracking.com
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76. “
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A person starts dying
when they stop dreaming
-Brian Williams
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77. “
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A person starts dying
when they stop dreaming
-Brian Williams
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78. “
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A person starts dying
when they stop dreaming
-Brian Williams
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79. “
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A person starts dying
when they stop dreaming
-Brian Williams
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80. Remove Picture
Background
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84. Zoom in for finer control 84

85. Diane Sean Clara Yuri Kim
My Family 85

86. Making text
“Pop”
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88. Muay Thai
Boxing
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89. Muay Thai
Boxing 89

90. Muay Thai
Boxing 90

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95. Bonus tips: Keyboard Shortcuts
• hold shift to size objects proportionally
• arrow keys move objects, CTRL arrow nudge
• Hold shift to select multiple objects
• Copy short cut: Press CTRL while dragging
• Shift F5 to jump to slide show mode
• Select text box to animate bullets one-by-one
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98. Sample PowerPoint Checklist
Laptop Handouts
AC Adapter handouts
Mouse flyers
biz. Cards
Electrical
Power strip Just in case
Extension cord remote batteries
spare bulb
Projector CD w/ ppt file
AC adapter flash drive w/ppt file
Lap top cable Speaker Notes
Remote control slides printout
Projector screen
Venue
Accessories set up
Speakers power access
Laser Pointer internet access
set up early? 98

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100. “Show then Tell”
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101. “B”
for Black Screen
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103. Another
Boring
PowerPoint
Presentation?
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104. Additional Resources
• Tutorials on Lynda.com (David Diskin)
• Book: Presentation Zen
• Book: PowerPoint 2010 for Dummies
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105. Your Take Aways . . .
• Planning your presentation
• 4 easy design principles
• A few tips and tricks
• Delivering with confidence
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106. And, now the Exciting Offer
Free Kindle Book
Today only 4/09/13
Ends at midnight
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Diane Windingland
Diane@SmallTalkBigResults.com
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