How to give a great presentation

CIS 255

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION, INFLUENCE, AND DECISION

MAKING

85% of a person’s success in business is determined by his or her ability to communicate effectively with others.

BY PRESENTING WELL…

You come across as credible and knowledgeable.

Your level of influence immediately increases

You can think critically, which leads to good decisions.

A LONG TIME AGO…

Flip Charts

Transparencies

Finally…PowerPoint

WHAT IS POWERPOINT?

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X computer operating systems.

JUST TALK TO YOUR AUDIENCE

You’re not giving a presentation.

You are sharing ideas.

Have a main point or two and tell the story surrounding those points.

FOR EXAMPLE…

Coffee

Discovered

Types

Best

Brew

NOT TOO MANY WORDS…

Use words and graphics. Your presentation should be very incomplete without your narration.

KNOW THE SUBJECT

Practice your presentation, but also take time to know your subject.

QUOTES

Quoting others…makes you look smart!"Never memorize something that you can

look up."

CALM THOSE NERVES!

Don’t be nervous.

Having fun is contagious.

BE POLITE…

Be polite. Thank the audience for listening.

DEVELOPING THE PITCH…

Start with your main point of view.

Build a storyboard around that, one slide per thought.

Keep the number of slides down and allow a few minutes per slide.

THE ICEBREAKER

Start with something to break the tension: a welcome gesture, graphic or video, or some combination. Keep it relevant and appropriate. Don’t tell a joke.

Overworked Mouse!

THE OLD AXIOM

Old advice, but it works: First tell the audience what you’re going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you told them.

DON’T READ WHAT’S ON THE SLIDE

Know your stuff!!

Speak in your own words.

If you (rarely) want the audience to read what’s on a slide, look at it and read silently along with them.

ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE

Ask questions. If they don’t respond, try offering an answer and asking for a show of hands of who agrees and disagrees

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BE ACCESSIBLE

Don’t stand behind a podium. Use a wireless mic if needed. Get close to the audience and move from place to place while maintaining eye contact, but only from time to time. Do not bounce around like a ball.

MAKE EYE CONTACT

But only for a few seconds per person.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

Mostly the bad

and the ugly…

THIS IS AN EXAMPLEOf a very poor slide choice

THIS IS AN EXAMPLEOF A BETTER SLIDE CHOICE

24Environmental SciencePerspective Paper #2: Written in APA format. Each paper worth 50 points, as outlined in the Module Description.Suggestions – a specific topic can be selected from one of the following general areas of interest.• Give an account of an Endangered Species

•Sustainable Agriculture or Forestry

•Forest Biomes in decline, why are they important

•Fisheries as sustainable resources

•The Production and Distribution of Food in Developing Countries

•Current Conservation Practices in Agriculture – How effective are they?

•The Status of the Memphis Aquifer

•Fossil Fuel Energy Sources and their Environmental Impacts

•The future of Water Resources in the United States or ___?___.

•The sustainability of agriculture and/or urban growth/development in locations where water resources (groundwater and/or surface water) are limited or overdrawn.

•A topic from Week 2 or Week 3 Reading Assignments

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Perspective Paper #2: Written in APA format. Each paper worth 50 points, as outlined in the Module Description.

Suggestions – a specific topic can be selected from one of the following general areas of interest. Give an account of an Endangered Species Sustainable Agriculture or Forestry Forest Biomes in decline, why are they important Fisheries as sustainable resources

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• The Production and Distribution of Food in Developing Countries

• Current Conservation Practices in Agriculture – How effective are they?

• The Status of the Memphis Aquifer• Fossil Fuel Energy Sources and their

Environmental Impacts• The future of Water Resources in the

United States or ___?___.

FONTS

If you use a small font, your audience won’t be able to read what you have written

CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ

Don’t use a complicated font

DIMES

WHATS THAT ON OUR MONEY?????

QUARTERS

The quarter is worth twenty five cents.

Four quarters make a dollar.

One quarter can be written 25¢ or $0.25.

George Washington who was the first president of the United States is on the quarter

This coin was minted in 1932; it was designed by John Flanagan.

THE DIME IS WORTH TEN CENTS

TEN DIMES MAKE A DOLLAR

ONE DIME CAN BE WRITTEN AS .10 OR $0.10.

THE 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ON THE DIME

•Too many fonts colors•Too many font styles•Lower case and all capital mixture•Bad format

WHAT’S THAT ON OUR MONEY?

QUARTERS

THE QUARTER IS WORTH TWENTY FIVE CENTS.

FOUR QUARTERS MAKE A DOLLAR.

ONE QUARTER CAN BE WRITTEN 25¢ OR $0.25.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ON THE QUARTER

DIMES

THE DIME IS WORTH TEN CENTS

TEN DIMES MAKE A DOLLAR

ONE DIME CAN BE WRITTEN AS .10 OR $0.10.

THE 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ON THE DIME

ABOUT MONEY

BEFORE WE MAKE OUR PURCHASES WE MUST LEARN ABOUT MONEY

TODAY WE WILL DISCUSS QUARTERS AND DIMES.

ABOUT MONEY

BEFORE WE MAKE OUR PURCHASES WE MUST LEARN ABOUT MONEY

TODAY WE WILL DISCUSS QUARTERS AND DIMES.

WHEN WAS THE FIRST PIANO MADE?

The first piano was made in the 1700s•The title is drifting off •Asking a questions and expecting a response•Picture blurry

WHEN WAS THE FIRST PIANO MADE?

The piano was invented in 1709 in Italy by Bartolomeo Christofori .

He called his new instrument “harpsichord with soft and loud.”

1 NICKEL = ? 1 nickel = 5 pennies

We learned yesterday that a penny is equal to $0.01.

Here is how we would count this.

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•The title is weak•The bullets drift too far up•Penny has a watermark•Too much animation•You can see the white edges on the coin pictures•Disproportionate coin sizes

HAW MANY PENNIES EQUAL A NICKEL?

=5 Pennies = 1 Nickel

CURRENCY

Penny

Nickel

Dime

Quarter

CURRENCY

Penny

Nickel

Dime

Quarter

QUESTIONS?

REFERENCES

http://www.walkingpaper.org/695

http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1584