Powerful Presentations

The most important elements in a Slides presentation should generally:

• Be the largest and catch the reader's eye

• Be located in the bottom right corner

• Be the smallest so as to catch the reader's eye

• Blend in with the rest of the elements on the page

True or False: One large image is often better than many small ones.

• True

• False

Other words for FONT are:

• background image

• shapes and symbols

• text or typeface

• letter size

The EMPHASIS font is the

• The informational text (facts)

• Heading or main idea

• An artistic or accent font

When choosing fonts for your text, it is best to select

• Only 1 font

• 2 or 3 fonts

• 5 or more fonts

The 3 best SHAPES to use to highlight information are:

• Rectangles or Squares

• Rounded Edges

• Circles or Ovals

• Stars and Lightning Bolts

Select everything that is wrong with this slide.

• There are too many pictures.

• The background layer is busy.

• There is not enough information.

• The font is too large.

Select everything that is wrong with this slide.

• There are too many pictures

• The background is boring and unrelated.

• There is not enough information.

• The font is too small and there is too much information

Is this a good or a bad slide and why?

• Good - It sticks to one color scheme, has good information, and has images.

• Good - The background color makes the rest of the slide really pop.

• Bad - The pictures are of different types of wolves.

• Bad- The slide is cluttered with too many pictures. Some of the text is too small.

What is wrong with this slide?

• Nothing. It is perfect.

• There is too much text.

• The citation is on the slide.

• The images and text are not balanced