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How to Use this Presentation


• Watch the slide show
• Gaze at the bad slides
• Correct and offer better slide
A Demonstration of What NOT to do When
Creating and Using PowerPoint Slide Shows • Read the hints and tips slides that follow
the examples to avoid making similar
mistakes!

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Integrated Circuit Too Much Text, and Font too small


➢ An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated • Don’t put large blocks of text in your
circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is
a set of electronic circuits on one small plate ("chip") presentation.
of semiconductor material, normally silicon. This can be • Emphasize the main points (use keywords)
made much smaller than a discrete circuit made from
independent components. ICs can be made very compact, • The “Six-by-Six” Rule.
having up to several billion transistors and other electronic
components in an area the size of a fingernail. • Use pictures- PowerPoint is multimedia!
➢ The width of each conducting line in a circuit can be made • Use a large font…at least 30-point or more.
smaller and smaller as the technology advances; in 2008 it
dropped below 100 nanometers and in 2013 it was expected
to be in the tens of nanometers

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Beginner Motorcycles Bad Color Choices


• My personal favorite: • Avoid loud, garish colors…dark text on
the Suzuki Savage light background is best.
• Light weight (~380lbs)
• Avoid text colors that fade into
• Adequate power background, i.e. blue and black
(650cc engine)
• Low seat height fits
• Avoid color-blind combinations:
most riders – Red and green
– Blue and yellow

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Antenna Overwhelming Pictures


• Use pictures, but don’t let them use you.
• Keep slides SIMPLE! Too much diverts
audience away from content.
• Too many pictures also make saving a
presentation difficult.
• 1 or 2 pictures per slide is probably
enough.

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Racquetball Fundamentals Using too much Slide Animation


◼ 2, 3, or 4 players. • Again, keep slides simple!
◼ 1 player serves, other “returns.” • Apply one Slide Transition style and one
◼ Only serving player can score. Animation Scheme to ALL slides.
◼ Served ball must land past serving line and
• Don’t change between styles- a single
cannot hit back wall.
style makes a presentation look unified.
◼ Ball can only bounce once before striking
front wall…but ball does not have to bounce. • “Busy” presentations divert audience
attention from content.

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FILE NOT FOUND


• Microsoft PowerPoint is unable to open
the requested file. This could be because
your file is corrupted and/or this is an
unsupported file type. Do you wish to retry
or cancel?
• Disk is unformatted. Click “yes” to format
your disk now.
• Boot startup failure, press any key to
reboot.
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Murphy’s Law More Presentation tips

⚫ Something WILL go wrong- test your ⚫ Talk to your audience, not the slides- face
presentation before you show it. them!
⚫ Always have a backup of your presentation ⚫ Don’t just read what’s on the board…we can
on hand. read that. Use a visual presentation as a
starting point.
⚫ Be prepared to do the presentation without ⚫ Avoid apologizing for a presentation
the PowerPoint…professionals ALWAYS shortcomings…press on.
print handouts for the audience. ⚫ Leave time for Q & A.

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More Presentation tips, cont.

⚫ Check grammar! A presentation is the worst


time to see missspelings.
⚫ Don’t make too many slides…avoid the “slide
rush” (trying to rush through the last 20 slides
because you ran out of time).
⚫ Cite your sources on each slide or at the end
of your presentation.
⚫ Remember: KEEP IT SIMPLE! It’s just a tool!

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