Its All Too Much

Shameless Self-Promotion: Social Media for Women FacultyJill Miller ZimonDirector of PartnershipsLearn How To Use Social MediaThe Civic Commonshttp://theciviccommons.com

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A little organization will go a long way to enhancing your PowerPoint presentation. Your title slide should be catching and relevant to your audience offer something in the title that your audience wants. Keep some basic principles in mind:Your slides should complement what you have to say, not say it for you. Keep slides direct and to the point - less is more!Choose a background color or design that enhances and complements your presentation rather than competes with it. Dont get too fancy - a simple font, elegant color scheme and clear message is more important than lots of information (clutter!) on the slide.Keep it simple! The purpose of the PowerPoint slide is to keep the mind of your audience focused fewer words are better.

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Introduction

Be sure that major headings are always in the same font, size and color this provides your audience with a visual cue to where they are in the presentation.Organize your thoughts before you start preparing your slides too much mental clutter is as bad for your presentation as too much clutter on your slides. Use the Animation Schemes to add interest here the Fade entrance animation is used to gradually reveal content.Clarity is what your audience needs here so keep your message clear and focused.Keep your major slides brief the slides are meant to summarize what youre saying, not contain all your information.

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QUESTION 1: What does the acronym RSS mean?

Answer: Really Simple Syndication

QUESTION 2:The term blog is short for what term?

Answer: Web-logQUESTION 3: What is a hyperlink?Answer: A: a way to reference a blog post, profile, or other document QUESTION 4:How many characters can you use when creating a Twitter tweet?

Answer: 140QUESTION 5: What are Hootsuite, Quora & Foursquare

Answer: Tool to manage your social media network messaging; A collection of questions and answers created, edited and organized by Quora members aka answer machine; Geo-location based mobile platform Adapted from 20 Questions to Test Your Social MediaIQhttp://deansguide.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/20-questions-to-test-your-social-media-iq/

Top Sites & Overview of ToolsSoundCloudNingdeliciousMeetUp

Be sure that major headings are always in the same font, size and color this provides your audience with a visual cue to where they are in the presentation.Organize your thoughts before you start preparing your slides too much mental clutter is as bad for your presentation as too much clutter on your slides. Use the Animation Schemes to add interest here the Fade entrance animation is used to gradually reveal content.Clarity is what your audience needs here so keep your message clear and focused.Keep your major slides brief the slides are meant to summarize what youre saying, not contain all your information.

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Why BotherReturn on investment:

Keep your presentation logical and be sure that one point flows to the next. If there are sub-points, add them with an additional slide. Make sure that when you move to a new main bullet point your audience knows where they are in the presentation.If you sense that youre losing your audience summarize what youve said and pick up the pace.

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Blogging & Website Presence (video from the University of Minnesota: e-Professionalism Using Social Media Tools)

Used via Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Unported License.

Research, Policy & EthicsResource smorgasbordTrends in use, including mobileCase Western Reserve policy on faculty use of social mediaEthics, especially in regard to research

Consider sub-headings that provide an emotional or action-oriented aspect to your presentation these can be very motivating to an audience.

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Get thee to a Network!5 Steps To Get You Started1. Decide on how much time you want to spend2. Commit to 2-3 weeks of regular use3. Test out & dont be afraid to abandon4. Listen, dont just broadcast5. Share news, share your org, share news about your area, respond to people

Have a summary slide of your presentation state it succinctly in a way that wraps your presentation.Use the Fade in and dim animation this keeps focus on the major summary heading but still allows you to talk about summary points.Three important steps in wrapping your presentation: Thank your audience for taking part in the presentation. Call for questions, making it clear how many questions youll take or how long question time will last. Encourage the audience to take what theyve learned in the presentation and apply it to their situation directly.

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For More InformationJill Miller ZimonThe Civic Commons

www.theciviccommons.com jillmzimon@theciviccommons.com Thank you and good luck!

If youre presenting to an audience, the final slide should include:Your contact information.Publications relevant to your presentation and of interest to the audience.Other relevant information for the audience to follow up if interested.Keep this slide on screen while the audience disperses.

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