The document describes two puppies, Lily and Lloyd, creating PowerPoint presentations for school. Lily followed best practices like including a title slide with her name and date, outlining her thesis and topics in early slides, using bullet points and large readable text on slides, including relevant images with citations, and summarizing at the end. In contrast, Lloyd's presentation lacked a title slide, introduced topics out of context, had too much small text on slides, did not cite images properly, and ended abruptly without summarizing. The moral is to follow proper PowerPoint structure and design to effectively present information.

1. A Day in the Life of the PowerPoint Puppies

2. An Introduction

3. Meet the Kids http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w Lloyd Lily

4. One day, Lily and Lloyd were asked to create PowerPoint presentations for their Senior Thesis papers. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A Their approaches were very different. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w

5. Title Slides

6. Title Slides Lily began with a title slide that contains a title, her name, and the date. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A

7. Title Slides Lloyd didn’t have one. His PowerPoint began with a random slide about his topic. Poor Lloyd! http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w

8. Beginnings

9. Beginnings Lily had a slide dedicated to her thesis statement a slide outlining the content of her senior thesis presentation http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A

10. Beginnings Lloyd had an example that made no sense because he hadn’t introduced his main point. Everyone in the audience looked like this: Poor Lloyd! http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRx28bv0GgoRABkzYIOb4JSMNLBCTzIc6VFUpcLiVWmsMVyhAQ9Jg http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w

11. Slide Construction http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRtciVswkn0ZT3rGljv9VlED8u9-pMFmULj3EOJISG1h4a3IHqP6Q

12. Slide Construction Lily put the topic at the top of her slide bulleted her text and supplemented with her speech. used a font large enough to read http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A

13. Slide Construction Lloyd forgot his title. put way too much text on one slide (and read from it). used a small font. Poor Lloyd! http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w

14. Visual Appeal

15. Visual Appeal Lily enhanced her presentation with relevant pictures Cited with a URL picked a professional design used an plain light color for her background and a dark color for her text http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A

16. Visual Appeal Lloyd either had too many pictures and no pictures at all. And (boo!) he forgot to cite his pictures. picked a style that distracted from his topic. used light text and a dark, patterned background Poor Lloyd! http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w

17. Wrap-Up

18. Wrap-Up At the end of her presentation, Lily summarized her main points and reminded her audience of her thesis statement. She even asked for questions. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A

19. Wrap-Up Lloyd’s last slide read, “The End.” Poor Lloyd! http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w

20. Works Cited Slides

21. Works Cited Slides Lily cited her sources using MLA format. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A

22. Works Cited Slides Lloyd’s last slide read, “The End.” Poor Lloyd! http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w

23. The Moral of the Story

24. data:image/jpg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/ Poor Lloyd! http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmf9L0dDTHG_SkmUkkOzg0ZM7PRoFu3dW-N7t2Vvk9RsM8GMNb_A http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt2vAY4ebxlwXMZoAwbU52ERuBbQIn1McL5H1hCRKYpXiMHpwu8w Lloyd http://www.momsbreak.com/printable/uploads/1/SmallerReddoghouse.jpg Lily Which PowerPoint Puppy Do You Want to Be?