Powerpoint = Death Presentation
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This document provides tips on how to effectively use PowerPoint for presentations. It recommends including no more than 6 words per slide, avoiding cheesy images and animations, and not printing out slides. It also suggests using cue cards to reinforce key points and taking feedback to improve. The document originates from the idea that communication aims to transfer emotion, rather than just providing information.
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Powerpoint = Death Presentation
- 1. PowerPoint= DEATH (but does it HAVE to?)
- 2. What’s “WRONG” with this PowerPoint slide?
- 3. Topics to Cover Point of Origin Rule(s) of Thumb Check Yourself Questions
- 6. This is NOT “Communicating” Teleprompter Providing a written record Audience Memorization
- 7. Why POWERPOINT?? It’s about SELLING Believe in your idea Get what you came for
- 8. RULE(S) OF
- 9. 4 Components of a GREAT Presentation Cue Cards Reinforce Take Away (sheet) Feedback
- 10. No more than 6 words on a slide.EVER.
- 11. NO CHEESY IMAGES
- 12. NO ANIMATIONS
- 13. Sound Effects??
- 14. DO NOT PRINT-OUT SLIDES
- 15. Check Yourself! CUE CARDS
- 16. REINFORCE
- 17. Pollution in Houston,TX Ozone levels in Houston and other cities have remained fairly constant or even gotten worse in the past 10 years Contributing 25 tons of Green House Gases into the atmosphere each day! That’s 750 tons in a single month alone!
- 20. Setting Up Resume Search Agents 1. Run the search that you would like to save like any other ad hoc query under Search Resumes.2. Once you click Search, your results will be displayed.3. Simply click on the Save This Search button.4. Select how often you would like resumes matching your search criteria to be sent to you via email (or you may choose to not have resumes automatically sent to you at all).5. In addition, although the Send Resumes To field is auto-populated with the email address used to log in to the account, you may choose to enter an alternate email address.6. Name your search.
- 21. Setting Up Resume Search Agents Save the Search Email the results
- 22. TAKE-AWAY
- 23. FEEDBACK
- 24. How NOT To Use PowerPoint By Comedian Don McMillan Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpjrHzgSRM
- 25. QUESTIONS??