Claremont McKenna College was founded in 1946 as a men's college and became coeducational in 1976. It has around 1,300 undergraduate students and is located on a 69 acre campus 35 miles east of Los Angeles. The presentation emphasizes using visual elements in PowerPoint, such as compelling photographs and videos, and keeping slides concise with 10 words or less. It also provides tips for an effective presentation structure and cites sources.

1. Claremont McKenna College
• A Powerpoint
presentation by Gordon
Jack

2. Claremont McKenna College
•Founded as a men’s college in 1946
•CMC became co-educational in 1976
• The 69 acre campus is located 35 miles east of
downtown Los Angeles
• As of 2011, there are 1,301 undergraduate students
and 20 graduate students
• Mr. Jack plagiarized this information from Wikipedia
• These points are getting tedious, aren’t they?
• Are you even reading these any more?
• Raise your hand if you want him to shut up!

6. Avoid Bullets on Every Slide
• Too linear
• Too wordy
• Too boring
• Too predictable
• Promotes reading the slides
• Promotes reading ahead

7. Society as a whole is predominantly
visual in its orientation
(Hyerle, 2000)

8. Not visual like this
(cheesy stock photograph)

9. Not visual like this
(cheesy clip art)

10. Compelling photographs

11. Video

12. Rules to remember
1. Keep the audience in mind

14. Rules to remember
2. Keep it organized

15. Opening hook
Central Claim
Sub Point #1
Sub Point #2
Effective closing

16. Opening hook
Sub points

17. EFFECTIVE CLOSING!
uh...so...t
hat’s it

18. Rules to remember
3. Keep it simple

19. 10 words or less on slides

20. How to reduce to < 10 words a slide
Step 1: Find a slide with too many words on it.
Adapted from Slideology by Nancy Duarte

21. How to reduce to < 10 words a slide
Step 2: Choose one key word per bullet as reminder
Adapted from Slideology by Nancy Duarte

22. How to reduce to < 10 words a slide
Step 2: Choose one key word per bullet as reminder
Adapted from Slideology by Nancy Duarte

23. How to reduce to < 10 words a slide
Better yet, find a visual and memorize all the info
Learning to Ride
Adapted from Slideology by Nancy Duarte

24. Images of Claremont McKenna College
Don’t Clutter the Page

25. “Graduation!!”

26. Rules to remember
4. Practice, practice, practice

27. Rules to remember
5. Cite your sources!
http://www.noodletools.com/

33. Exercise:
Make this slide visual
“In studies, experimental psychologists and educators
have found that retention of information three days after
a meeting or other event is six times greater when
information is presented by visual and oral means than
when the information is presented by the spoken word
alone.”

34. Retention of Information after 3 Days