Effective Use of PowerPoint Presentations Barry 2011

Tip #1: Less is More

•Do not over-clutter your design.

•White space makes your design easier to read.

•Busy backgrounds or elaborate fonts make your presentation difficult to read.

1940s Music

By Billy Badexample

Bebop Music

• One of the innovators of the 1940s musical style was Dizzy

Gillespie. Known for his trademark puffy cheeks formed from being

a prominent jazz trumpeter,

• Dizzy Gillespie was one of the prominent band leaders of the day.

He also helped to create the bebop style of music, which consisted of

a fast-tempo style of jazz combined with scat singing.

• Scat singing was a phenomenon that came to prominence during

this era and it consisted of several nonsense but rhythmical

syllables strung together to fit with the music.

• Dizzy Gillespie also helped to create the Afro-Cuban music trend

that enjoyed popularity during the following years.

Tip #2: Transitions and Animations

•Don’t use transitions and animations to show off.

•Use transitions and animations to gradually add elements to the screen to help direct your audience’s focus.

Bebop Music

• One of the innovators of the 1940s musical style was Dizzy

Gillespie. Known for his trademark puffy cheeks formed from being

a prominent jazz trumpeter,

• Dizzy Gillespie was one of the prominent band leaders of the day.

He also helped to create the bebop style of music, which consisted of

a fast-tempo style of jazz combined with scat singing.

• Scat singing was a phenomenon that came to prominence during

this era and it consisted of several nonsense but rhythmical

syllables strung together to fit with the music.

• Dizzy Gillespie also helped to create the Afro-Cuban music trend

that enjoyed popularity during the following years.

Tip #3: Foreground and Background

•Create contrast between foreground and background.

•Combinations to avoid:

• Black with blue

• Two pale colors

• Two dark colors

Dizzy Gillespie

• Helped create bebop music

• Known for his puffy trumpeter’s cheeks

• Wrote and recorded the hit single “Salt Peanuts”

From jazzphoto.ch

Dizzy Gillespie

• Helped create bebop music

• Known for his puffy trumpeter’s cheeks

• Wrote and recorded the hit single “Salt Peanuts”

From jazzphoto.ch

Dizzy Gillespie

• Helped create bebop music

• Known for his puffy trumpeter’s cheeks

• Wrote and recorded the hit single “Salt Peanuts”

From jazzphoto.ch

Tip #4: Font Size

•Do not use font sizes smaller than about 32 points.

•Captions are an exception: 20-24 points is perfect.

DIZZY GILLESPIE

• Helped create bebop music

• Known for his puffy trumpeter’s

cheeks

• Wrote and recorded the hit single

“Salt Peanuts”

• Played with stars like Ella

Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Lionel

Hampton, Earl Hines, and Billie

Holliday

From jazzphoto.ch

Tip #5: Use of Text

•Do not use complete sentences.

• Text should complement speaking.

•Do not read your text off of the screen, and do not say the exact words on the screen.

DIZZY GILLESPIE (BAD)

• Dizzy Gillespie was a popular jazz musician in the 1940s.

• Dizzy Gillespie is one of the founders of bebop music, a genre still popular today.

• Throughout his life, Dizzy Gillespie was known for his puffy cheeks. He filled them with air when he played his trumpet.

• Gillespie wrote and recorded the hit single “Salt Peanuts.”

• Gillespie played with stars like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Earl Hines, and Billie Holliday.

From jazzphoto.ch

DIZZY GILLESPIE (GOOD)

• Founder of bebop

• Puffy trumpet cheeks

• “Salt Peanuts”

• Gillespie with the stars:

Ella Fitzgerald, Duke

Ellington, Lionel Hampton,

and Billie Holliday

From jazzphoto.ch

Tip #6: Composition and Balance

•Do not use large blocks of text.

• Slides with an image are more attractive.

•Make your image sufficiently large to see—use balance of 50%.

DIZZY GILLESPIE (BAD)

One of the innovators of the 1940s musical style

was Dizzy Gillespie. Known for his trademark

puffy cheeks formed from being a prominent

jazz trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie was one of the

prominent band leaders of the day. He also

helped to create the bebop style of music, which

consisted of a fast-tempo style of jazz combined

with scat singing. Scat singing was a

phenomenon that came to prominence during

this era and it consisted of several nonsense but

rhythmical syllables strung together to fit with

the music. Dizzy Gillespie also helped to create

the Afro-Cuban music trend that enjoyed

popularity during the following years. This style

combined musical aspects from both Latin and

African influences. Dizzy Gillespie was also

known for having a bent trumpet because it

produced a unique sound that was

characteristic of his particular sound.

From jazzphoto.ch

DIZZY GILLESPIE (GOOD)

• Founder of bebop

• Puffy trumpet cheeks

• “Salt Peanuts”

• Gillespie with the stars:

Ella Fitzgerald, Duke

Ellington, Lionel Hampton,

and Billie Holliday

From jazzphoto.ch

Tip #6: Quality Images

•Do not use images that have a watermark over them.

•Use images with resolutions of 400x400 or higher.

Tip #6: Quality Images

Tip #6: Quality Images

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