Presentations Using Slides: Best Practices A Presentation by Max Macias PCC 10/23/2014.

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Presentations Using Slides: Best Practices A Presentation by Max Macias PCC 10/23/2014

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Limit Bullet Points and Text Don’t do this: 1)Outline main points with bullets a)Use subheadings on a slide i)See how cluttered it gets when this happens? 1) It is hard to read and doesn’t help make your point 2)Talk about your points a)The slides are meant to enhance your points 3)Use slides only for emphasis a)Slides are not meant to be outline containers! i)Too much text is bad--this is not a paper! 4)Too much text clutters the slide and audience minds

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Presentations Using Slides: Best Practices

A Presentation by Max Macias PCC

10/23/2014

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Limit Bullet Points and TextDon’t do this:1) Outline main points with bullets

a) Use subheadings on a slide i) See how cluttered it gets when this happens?

1) It is hard to read and doesn’t help make your point2) Talk about your points

a) The slides are meant to enhance your points3) Use slides only for emphasis

a) Slides are not meant to be outline containers! i) Too much text is bad--this is not a paper!

4) Too much text clutters the slide and audience minds

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Too Many Ideas on One Slide

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Slides Should Emphasize Your Point

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Limit Transitions and Animations

This is tough to watch when overly done.

Nobody likes this--it can make one dizzy.

I will frequently leave presentations like this.

This is a major faux pas.

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Use This! Not This!

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Malcolm X on the Field Negro versus the House Negro

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Three Takeaways or Less!

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Limit Slides to 15 or Less

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