21 Mar Submit your PowerPoint on your research findings (tell us the ‘story’ of your findings,?USING THE RUBRIC) Remember IMPACT: For example, If I explained that research shows h
Submit your PowerPoint on your research findings (tell us the "story" of your findings, USING THE RUBRIC)
Remember IMPACT: For example, If I explained that research shows how harmful childhood obesity is, what causes it, and how to prevent it, you might be inspired to check on your own child's diet although I never told you to do that.
The student sample has LOTS of slides. That is fine, but MOST PowerPoints that earn 100 have between 7-15
Please check off where your PowerPoint is on each criterion in this rubric
and submit it with your assignment
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Criteria |
Excellent |
Not yet excellent |
Not yet satisfactory |
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Few words per slide, any art or graphics are relevant, and professional (slides are a backdrop to what you say, not substituting for what you say) |
Few words per slide, and art is relevant and professional |
Few words in some slides, or some art is not professional |
Most/all slides wordy, or much of the art is not professional |
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Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics Font type is the same throughout the presentation |
Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics Font type is the same throughout the presentation |
Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics in most slides or font type is the same throughout the presentation in most slides |
Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics, in few slides or font type is the same throughout the presentation in few slides |
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Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction (see your Manual) |
Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction |
Some bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction |
Few bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction |
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All slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
All slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
Some slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
Few slides lead to main point the presenter wants to make |
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Before we start on how to create effective and impactful PowerPoints…
Let’s talk about your
FINAL PAPER – The submission box is in this week’s folder
You will cut and paste the parts of your FINAL EXAM into the FINAL PAPER
You do NOT need to write ANYTHING new.
ALL you will be evaluated on is:
ARE ALL THE PARTS THERE?
ARE THEY IN THE CORRECT ORDER?
THAT IS IT!!!!
Each part already has a grade; this assignment and the others will be averaged for your final exam grade
So now…. PowerPoint and presentation skills!
Let’s go BACK in time:
Remember YOUR “why”!
WHY were your topic and
your research question important to YOU?
What SERVICE did you want to
perform by conducting this research?
How can you best tell that “story?”
Stories:
Your story will be like a story for children in some ways!
It will: • lay out the problem your research wanted to
mitigate or solve • give information you learned about the problem
from the research • end with your recommendation BASED on the
research
It will: – lay out the problem your research wanted to mitigate or solve – give information you learned about the problem from the research – end with your recommendation BASED on the research
Oh wow!!! Doesn’t that sound a LOT like the discussion section you just wrote???
Hmmmm
I think it does!
You just need to turn that into an impactful
presentation!
What “story” will YOU tell about YOUR topic?
STOP AND JOT IT DOWN – you will need it!
• REMEMBER:
You need to turn that into
an impactful presentation!
HOW???
First, let’s make sure your PowerPoint has IMPACT (leads to action)
Presentation Action
Your presentation needs to tell YOUR “story”
in a way that makes people want
to take some form of action as a result.
Now, let’s see HOW you can tell your story BEST!
1st prize
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
• Access – for finding and understanding
• Typeface – for ease of reading
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
• Access – for finding and understanding
• Typeface – for ease of reading
• Space – for effective document design
H. A. T. S.
• Headings – for easy navigation
• Access – for finding and understanding
• Typeface – for ease of reading
• Space – for effective document design
Let’s take a look!
Compare the 4 following slides
They have the SAME exact words!
1. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
2. Pay attention to headings to promote easy navigation, access to promote the finding and understanding of information, typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy, and space to promote effective document design.
3. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
4. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation
Access to promote the finding and understanding of information
Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy
Space to promote effective document design
Below they are featured on a single slide
Which is hardest, and which is easiest to read, and WHY?
1. Pay attention to: Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
3. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation Access to promote the finding and understanding of information Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy Space to promote effective document design
4. Pay attention to:
Headings to promote easy navigation
Access to promote the finding and understanding of information
Typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy
Space to promote effective document design
2. Pay attention to headings to promote easy navigation, access to promote the finding and understanding of information, typography to promote ease of reading and clear levels of information hierarchy, and space to promote effective document design.
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Your slide
Slides are a backdrop to your words
Your slide
YOU!
Slides almost NEVER need to stand alone
Slides almost NEVER need to stand alone
*yawn*
They need YOU to tell the story
GAME! Compare slides
• Look at the following 3 pairs of slides
GAME! Compare slides
• Look at the following 3 pairs of slides
(Each pair has the SAME information!)
• For each pair, identify the ways in which
the second one
is a “slam dunk”
(or better)?
Our 20th President
• PDie He served as president for only 6 months, from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year
James A. Garfield
20th U.S. President
served 6-months
3/1881 to
9/1881 (assassinated)
James A. Garfield
According to the Coalition for the Homeless, in December 2022, there were 68,884 homeless people, including 21,805 homeless children, sleeping each night in New York City's main municipal shelter system.
68,800+ people in shelters 21,800+ of them children
The Apes of Africa
• The following presentation is about the apes of Africa.
• It looks at the differences in ape behavior depending on their gender.
• It explores the cause of the reduction in ape population.
Apes of Africa
• differences in behavior by gender
• cause of reduction in population
What did you notice about the 2nd
slide in each pair?
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS is MORE!
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS is MORE!
• Each word costs you…
Be “LEAN and MEAN!!!”
• LESS is MORE!
• Each word costs you !
Font sizes
Which do you think is the smallest everyone can reasonably see
44 point
40 point
36 point
32 point
28 point
24 point
20 point
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Font sizes 44 point
40 point
36 point
32 point
28 point
24 point
20 point
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Your answer may have been different!
Please do not go below this anyway!
Parallel Construction
Which of these sets of lines is parallel?
A
B
C
D
Puppies are
1. Cute
2. Frisky
3. I love them
Which is NOT parallel?
Puppies are
1. Cute
2. Frisky
3. I love them
Can you fix it?
Puppies are
1. Cute
2. Frisky
3. Lovable
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance
2. Is the doctor qualified
3. Pre-existing conditions
Which is not parallel?
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance
2. Is the doctor qualified
3. Pre-existing conditions
Can you fix it?
Patient factors in medical care
1. Type of insurance
2. Doctor qualifications
3. Pre-existing conditions
Develop YOUR PowerPoint to tell YOUR story!
Workshop!
Time to check
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in the
graphics
Font type is the same throughout the presentation
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics
Font type is the same throughout the presentation
3. Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction
(see your Manual)
Time to check 1. Few words per slide, any art or graphics are
relevant, and professional. (slides are a backdrop to
what you say, not substituting for what you say)
2. Type size is a minimum of 32 points even in graphics
Font type is the same throughout the presentation
3. Bulleted lists are prepared in parallel construction
(see your Manual)
4. All slides lead to main point the presenter wants to
make
