POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Ibrahim bin Abdullah

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ibrahim.msu@gmail.com

PREPARATION
Determine your content and its
structure.
Take the time to think about your
target audience,
main objective of your presentation,
your desired outcomes.

THEME
Is theme effective?
Are bullet points effective?
Bullets are deadly.
Dodge the bullets.

Break the rule.

HOW MANY SLIDES?

Keep the number of slides in your
presentation to a minimum.
But one idea per slide.

Ibrahim bin Abdullah

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ibrahim.msu@gmail.com

FONTS?
Choose the right font and font size
Use standard, common fonts.
Avoid fancy, unfamiliar fonts.
Visible from back of class.
Biggest possible.
Some times, it is better to use
non-standard fonts.

none of your audience is a

superman who can read from afar

FONTS?

MIX & MATCH

FONTS?
Free fonts are many. Examples
from Google Fonts.

Ibrahim bin Abdullah

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ibrahim.msu@gmail.com

TEXT: K-I-S-S
Keep your text simple:
Follow the 6 6 rule: Use six or fewer
items per screen, and use phrases of six
or fewer words.
Omit unnecessary articles, pronouns,
and adjectives.
No long paragraphs. Audience can read
faster than you reading for them.

EXERCISE. Summarize this: Why should I be

concerned about antibiotic resistance.
Antibiotic resistance has been called one of the world's most pressing public
health problems. Almost every type of bacteria has become stronger and less
responsive to antibiotic treatment when it is really needed. These antibioticresistant bacteria can quickly spread to family members, schoolmates, and coworkers - threatening the community with a new strain of infectious disease
that is more difficult to cure and more expensive to treat. For this reason,
antibiotic resistance is among CDC's top concerns.
Antibiotic resistance can cause significant danger and suffering for children and
adults who have common infections, once easily treatable with antibiotics.
Microbes can develop resistance to specific medicines. A common
misconception is that a person's body becomes resistant to specific drugs.
However, it is microbes, not people, that become resistant to the drugs.
If a microbe is resistant to many drugs, treating the infections it causes can
become difficult or even impossible. Someone with an infection that is resistant
to a certain medicine can pass that resistant infection to another person. In this
way, a hard-to-treat illness can be spread from person to person. In some
cases, the illness can lead to serious disability or even death.
http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/antibiotic-use/antibiotic-resistance-faqs.html

MATCHING
Keep phrases parallel:
If one bulleted item starts with a verb,
all the other bulleted items should start
with a verb.
If one bulleted list is a complete
sentence, all the items should be
complete sentences.
Ibrahim bin Abdullah

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ibrahim.msu@gmail.com

PRESENTATION
Do not read but explain.
Emphasize on short sentences
with main points only.

ANIMATION
Restrict the Animations:
Don't use animations that distract from
your points.
Don't use them too often.

Animate your audience, not your

slides.

PICTURES
Visual information easier to recall.
Simple, high quality.
Not blurry (resizing). No cliparts.
Related to slide, not just cosmetic.
Copyright issue. Common creative.
Proper credit must be given.
flickrcc.net, Pinterest, Desktop Nexus, etc.

COLOUR
Background and foreground should
contrast.
Consider when backgound is photo
or pattern.

Ibrahim bin Abdullah

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ibrahim.msu@gmail.com

COLOUR

CONTRAST

CEHCK THE SPELING

Proof read, watching out for any
grammatical or spelling errors.

TIMING
Keep to the time limit.
Use widget, set to ALWAYS ON TOP.
Powerpoint 2013 features help.

YOU ARE THE *****

Be a teacher, not
Powerpoint
presenter only.
Powerpoint should
enhance your
speaking ability, not
hinder it.

OBSERVE / MONITOR
Monitor audience's behaviour:
If you observe people focusing on your
slides, the slides may contain too much
data or be confusing or distracting in
some other way.
Use the information you learn each time
to improve your future presentations.
Ibrahim bin Abdullah

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ibrahim.msu@gmail.com

NOW, OBSERVE THIS

AND THIS

BE CRAZY
Use Prezi:
prezi.com.
100Mb free space.
Public vs private account.

emaze.com.
etc.
We are not affiliated with any website or provider

This is not the way to end your slide.

What is the best way to end your slide?

YOUR TASK
Create an interactive slide titled
MYSELF using Powerpoint, Prezi,
Google Slides, Apple Keynote, etc
Maximum slides 8 pages.
Submit to ibrahim.msu@gmail.com.
Email title should be Myself Yourname.
Example: Myself Ibrahim Abdullah.