CREATING EFFECTIVE MULTIMEDIA

PRESENTATIONS

Presented by Tara Williams

Tips To An Effective Presentation

Start with an attention getter

Have a back-up plan

Do not read directly from

notes

Appropriate visual aids

Handout after presentation

Making a Powerful

Presentation

Start with the text

Select background and fonts

Communicate through Images

Graphics

Special Effects

Hyperlinks and

engaging

Purpose of Slides

Generate Interest

Highlight points

Introduce or review key points

Simplify ideasTransition

between slides

Utilize the 3-x-3 Writing Process

Prewriting- analyze, anticipate, adapt

Research- research, organize, compose

Revisit/Edit- revise, edit, evaluate

Step 1: Pre-writing

Determine specifics of the presentation

Power Point or PDF?

Viewing capability on alternate devices?

Analyze the Situation

Choose appropriate colors

Culture influences selection

Use special effects carefully

Anticipate the

Audience

Adhere to the 6-x-6 Rule

Adapting text/color selections

Background versus text colors

Step 2: Research

Learn PowerPoint

Heading s should match handout

Visual Aids to help understanding

Research and

Organize

Avoid overused templates

Use Power Point Templates in Google

Use Office Power Point 2007

Template Selection

Use photos, charts, and graphs

Make Things Interesting

Combination of Font Sizes and layouts

Create diagrams from bullets

Step 3: Revisit, Proofread, and Evaluate

Rearrange, insert, and delete slides

Use parallel form

Clear and concise writing

Revisiting

Check spelling and grammar

Check punctuation

Check capitalization

Proof-reading

Applicable tools in Power Point

Evaluate

Presentation visually appealing

Ensuring Effective Delivery

Prepare

Rehearse

Test Equipment

Check lighting

Body Language

Awareness