Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Power Point Presentation

My favorite three presentations were by Whitney Stanant, Xin Ma and Miti Matamoros. I thought they all had original ways of presenting their information. I liked Whitney's use of white space, making the point that your presentation should be interesting, and slides should be relatively full, with at least some color. I thought Xin Ma did an excellent job with all the audio and animations. Miti's presentation was ironic and I especially enjoyed her slide on animation.

I think the most important things to remember about Power Points are as follows:

1) Make sure you use correct grammar and spelling.

2) Present your information in a way that is interesting, but not distracting to viewers.

3) Slides should be short and concise, no paragraphs or lenghty sentences.

4) If you use any outside sources, cite them.

5) Don't go overboard with audio or visual clips, especially for professional power points.

Mary-Alice Brown

Below is a link to my "Bad" Power Point Presentation

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~kbrown1/bad/How%20to%20Make%20a%20Bad%20Power%20Point_files/frame.htm

3 comments:

Alexandra said...

I thought usuing 'steps' was a good way to organize your powerpoint. However, that good idea didn't last too long as you mixed up the steps! You sly dog.

Patrick Cunagin said...

You did a good job on yours. It was creative. Step 8 was funny. Yours was of the better ones.

Patrick Cunagin

ellittcs1300 said...

Nice job on the pictures and the background. I really enjoyed your presentation.