The document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations. It recommends keeping animations and transitions simple to avoid distracting the audience. Images should be included to engage viewers more than words alone. Charts are useful for organizing data. Fonts must be large enough to read from any distance. Colors that create harmony and complement the presentation style should be selected. Pictures and formatting can help an audience focus on the discussion.

1. Lauren Blumberg

2. Special Effects
 Avoid using too many animations and transitions
 Can distract your audience from the information
 Too many lowers the level of professionalism
 Keep it simple
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3. Using
Images
Pictures help
captivate the
audience more
than words

4. Charts
 Use charts to your advantage
 Helps organize data

5.  Creating Color Harmony
 Neither boring or chaotic
 Visual interest and sense of order
 Dynamic equilibrium
 Color Harmony Formulas:
 Analogous colors
 Complementary colors
 Nature Colors

6. Format
 Chose from one to two fonts that are easy to
read, unlike cursive
 Example:
Like this vs. Like that
 Use a large enough font size so the whole audience can
see, whether it be in a classroom or auditorium
 To show emphasis on a particular word make use of a
larger size font as well as using Bold or Underline

7. Summary:
 Keep animations and transitions simply
 Make fonts large enough to read
 Use colors that compliment your power point and can
easily be seen
 Incorporate pictures to help your audience stay
focused on your discussion

8. Resources:
 TechRepublic. (2013) 10 Slide Design Tips for Producing Powerful and
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Effective Presentations. Retrieved from
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-slide-design-tips-for-producingpowerful-and-effective-presentations/
Presentation Magazine (2012) Effective Presentation Techniques.
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Reynolds, G. (2013) Top Ten Slide Tips. Retrieved from
http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/
Bates Information & Library Services (2011) PowerPoint: Presentation
Tips. Retrieved from http://www.bates.edu/ils/2011/how-doi/software/powerpoint-presentation-tips/
Color Matters (2012) Basic Color Theory. Retrieved from
http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-theory
Satria, D. (2009) Color wheel. Retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Color_wheel.svg
Hardman, D. (2009) Multilated Checkerboard. Retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mutilated_checkerboard_3.jpg