Policy Studies PowerPoint Style Guide

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Prof. Jim Hoefler, PhD Dickinson College

Date:

May 29, 2013

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Common font Common font sizes (3 maximum) Content should be big enough to be seen in the back of a room

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Put template slide on master: View > Master > Slide master Put the slide locater bar on each individual slide

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Clean, professional looking background Light with dark letters Use colors for a purpose, not for decoration

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OK to use yours (understated) Get approval to use someone elses

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Font Navigation bar Colors Logo Footer Author Client Presentation title Date Page x of y (adjust y in slide master when your presentation is completed)

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Use Insert > Duplicate slide to maintain common look Use good 2-level outlining technique

This is the third level and an orphan -- bad idea

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Introduce yourselves Do the content Summary

Review the high points Thank the audience Ask for questions

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Save your work often (at least after every slide)

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Save your work often (at least after every slide) Do not get bogged down

Good presentation is important It is necessary, but not sufficient No substitute for good content

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Save your work often (at least after every slide) Do not get bogged down Use PPT to your advantage

A good way to add organizational structure A good way to present visuals

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New, limited-edition shoe from Adidas-Salomon AG (Yellow Series). Creator: San Francisco graffiti artist, Barry McGee, who is half Chinese.

Asians Decry Adidas Shoe as a Misstep Michael Tunison Washington Post Friday, April 14, 2006; Page D01

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Save your work often (at least after every slide) Do not get bogged down Use PPT to your advantage

A good way to add organizational structure A good way to present visuals Bad way to convey textual information

PowerPoint Pete says: If your slides are too busy with too much information on them somebody in the back of the room (especially if they are over 50) will yell at you and tell you that they can not read the slides. Others who are anal retentive or who are very insecure and are afraid they will miss something important, will try to read the slides word-for-word while you are trying to talk, and that is not good either, because these losers will not retain either the written or the spoken word. Others will just feel overwhelmed and tune out of your presentation altogether.

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Save your work often (at least after every slide) Do not get bogged down Use PPT to your advantage Plan B: Be prepared to deliver your presentation solo

Corrupted files Forgotten files Network is down Projector is broken Mac-to-Windows translation

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Handouts Consider providing handouts Save trees -- 4 slides per page Consider the outline option in the print menu

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Handouts Plan slide advances Who will do the advancing? How will bullet points come in?

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Handouts Plan slide advances Think about room light Presentation, note-taking, sleeping Warn the audience when the lights come back up

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Design Organization Technology Logistics Summary (include a Sources slide) Note: This is the same Slide as the slide #2

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And What Does It Mean in Farsi? Ad slogans that are successful in English don't always travel well http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001312,00.html Chinese Scholars Condemn New KFC Chicken Ad http://www.chinacsr.com/2006/07/27/chinese-scholars-condemn-new-kfc-chicken-ad/ How to Get into University (According To KFC) http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060414_1.htm

KFC Sullies Chinese Classic http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/15/content_4836622.htm

Seven Swords and KFC http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060718_1.htm\ The Chickens Come Home to Roost: China Digital Times http://uselesstree.typepad.com/useless_tree/2006/07/the_chickens_co.html University of Northern Virginia Prague: International Business Dept. http://www.unva.cz/answers.htm

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Policy Studies PowerPoint Style Guide

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Policy Studies students

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This is the same As the Title slide Insert > Duplicate Slide View > Slide Sorter Thank You QUESTIONS? Prof. Jim Hoefler, PhD Dickinson College May 29, 2013