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Rethinking Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

Tech Soup

During our webinar on May 24, Creating Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint , we covered key points on effective presentations in PowerPoint. One of my favorite pieces of advice is to remember that your economy of language is incredibly important when creating your slides. Meredith Farkas, Avoiding the Idea Graveyard.

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Death By PowerPoint? Three Ways to Revive Your Presentations!

Tech Soup

Here's something we all dread: Slide after slide loaded with text that is being "read" by the presenter. Reduce the number of slides and increase the number of interactions. Second: Edit each slide so it is easy on the eye and on the brain.

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Pecha Kucha

NCE Social Media

Pecha Kucha is a variation on your typical PowerPoint presentation. How it differs from your traditional PowerPoint presentation is that the speaker uses 20 slides and has 20 seconds per slide to speak. The slides are set up to auto-run so they advance automatically. Questions are only asked at the end.

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An Accessibility & Inclusion Checklist for Virtual Events

Forum One

Helpful Pressbook for Google Slides. Accessibility guidelines for PowerPoint (this information is also very useful and applicable to all presentation formats). Include your speaking points on a slide so people can choose to read or listen. Describe the visuals on your slide. Include key takeaways as text on a slide.

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Harry's Powerpoint

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tonight we worked on Harry's slide show. I showed him the basics of how to extract the photos from the camera, how to insert them into PowerPoint, and some basic instruction on PowerPoint. I purchased a $10 digital camera for Harry from the drugstore. He has been taking photos and then using them to illustrate a digital diary.

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DIY Social Media Management

Amy Sample Ward

Refer to the slides below for examples. Refer to the slides below for examples. View more PowerPoint from Amy Sample Ward. Create a shared tracking space for your team or whole organization. How to get started: I suggest using Netvibes , you can also try iGoogle or even Google Reader. Content Map. Why create a content map?

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5 Tips For Making An Effective Presentation

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It's not enough to review your notecards and double-check your PowerPoint. You are not bound by slides. Your slides are there to support you, not vice versa. There is lots of good advice in Bob Kulhan 's book, Getting To Yes And , One of my favorites is his tips for making a presentation. Be Yourself.