Dynamic PowerPoint
Presentations
Great ideas!
• Summarized main ideas, key phrases, points of
discussion
• Make sure text is “readable”
• Balance text & (appropriate) images
• Use simple font & background colors
• Use hyperlinks
• Attendance
• Keep animations & sound effects to a minimum
• Pose questions to your audience
I. United Egypt
A. 3200 BC: Upper & Lower Egypt unite
B. Old, Middle & New Kingdoms
C. Culture is stable & homogenous
1. Good agricultural base
2. Strong belief in religion
3. Few foreign invasions in early pd.
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Impact of Crusades
– Europeans were exposed to a more
sophisticated culture
– Increased trade
– Weakened feudalism – kings gain more power
– Muslims claim all of Asia Minor
Things to avoid!
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Text overload
Inappropriate images
Hard-to-read font
Words/concepts you cannot say & don’t
understand
Excess images, animations, sound effects, etc.
Forgetting to PRACTICE going over your slide
Forgetting to check all links/videos
Forgetting to check for “readability”
What is PowerPoint?
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PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package. It gives you everything you need to produce a
professional-looking presentation. PowerPoint offers word processing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and
presentation management tools- all designed to be easy to use and learn.
The following gives you a quick overview of what you can do in PowerPoint:
When you create a presentation using PowerPoint, the presentation is made up of a series of slides. The
slides that you create using PowerPoint can also be presented as overhead transparencies or 35mm slides.
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In addition to slides, you can print audience handouts, outlines, and speaker's notes.
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You can format all the slides in a presentation using the powerful Slide Master which will be covered in the
tutorial.
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You can keep your entire presentation in a single file- all your slides, speaker's notes, and audience
handouts.
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You can import what you have created in other Microsoft products, such as Word and Excel into any of
your slides.
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Now that you know what features PowerPoint offers it's time to learn how to work in PowerPoint.
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PowerPoint uses a graphical approach to presentations in
the form of slide shows that accompany the oral delivery
of the topic. This program is widely used in business and
classrooms and is an effective tool when used for training
purposes.
PowerPoint is one of the simplest computer programs to
learn. It is the number 1 program used worldwide for
presentations. Anyone can create stunning presentations
that look like they were designed by a professional.
PowerPoint presentations can be made into photo
albums, complete with music or narrations, to distribute
on CDs or DVDs. If you are in the sales field, it involves
just a few simple clicks to add an illustrative chart of data
or an organizational chart of your company's structure.
Make your presentation into a web page for emailing
purposes or as a promotion displayed on your company's
website.
It is easy to customize presentations with your company
logo and to dazzle your audience by using one of the
many design templates that come with the programs.
Many more free add-ins and templates are available
online from Microsoft and a host of other websites. In
addition to an on screen slide show, PowerPoint has
printing options that allow the presenter to provide
handouts and outlines for the audience as well as notes
pages for the speaker to refer to during the presentation.
All in all, PowerPoint is a "one-stop-shop" to create
successful presentations for the business world, the
classroom or just for your own personal use.
Tips for giving great oral presentations
• Turn your body towards your audience; face
away from projection screens; EYE CONTACT
• Use your hands to emphasize (in moderation)
• Stand up straight
• Allow your personality to come through
• Keep hair our of your face
• Use notes/paper/notecards to aide you only
(avoid reading directly)
Tonight’s Homework….yes, Homework!
• Write 1 to 2 paragraphs about a topic you find
interesting
• The latest movie you saw, book you read,
concert you attended, game you played in,
etc.
• Make sure it’s something you REALLY ENJOY or
are interested in