Powerpoint Basics(a la Sprott)

INTRO SLIDE MASTER BREADCRUMBS SMART ART EXERCISES

Slide Master

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Page Numbers

Judges love

them

Profs love

them

We love them.

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Breadcrumbs

• Will already be included

• Several options for highlighting

– underlining

– moving boxes

– coloured fonts

– different weights

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Breadcrumbs

• Tell the story!

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Smart Art

• Visual display of information

• Illustrates relationships

• Easily consumed

• Very sticky

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Thing 1

•fact

•opinion

Thing 2

•fact

•opinion

Thing 3

•fact

•opinion

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All of these things are EXACTLY like the others. Comparing like with like.

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Thing 1

•fact

•opinion

Thing 2

•fact

•opinion

Thing 3

•fact

•opinion

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Draws attention to Thing 3. Thing 3 is not like the others.

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Short Term

• Take immediate action

• Change things!

Medium Term

• Keep changing things

• Evaluate the changes

Long Term

• Look at results and re-adjust

• Keep being excellent.

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• Take immediate action

• Change things!

Short Term

• Keep changing things

• Evaluate the changes

Medium Term• Look at results

and re-adjust

• Keep being excellent.

Long Term

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Fact about the situation Other fact about

the situation

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Fact 1Fact 2

Fact 3

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Good presentations

Clear

Informative

EngagingSimple

Visual

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Is it a tree?

Yes

Cut it

Water it

NoRe-

evaluate.

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Cut Tree Water Tree

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Current problem!

Low ROI

No customers

Bad product

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• Illustrate a decision process.

• Visually display two equal courses of action.

• Compare and contrast two alternatives.

• Show how different factors contribute to a situation.

• Illustrate a problem.

• Illustrate the positive elements of a situation.

• Use three different colours to show meaning.

• Use a Smart Art we haven’t discussed and explain what it means.

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