Effective PowerPoint presentations

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How to share and find presentations online

Keep it simple

Effective PowerPoint presentations

•Limit the amount of text•No more than 6 lines per slide•No more than 6 words per line

•Limit unnecessary:o imageso animations and transitions o sound effects

Effective PowerPoint presentations

Effective PowerPoint presentations

Too many images, sounds and animations!

Are tedious, slow and boring!

Isn’t that annoying?

Effective PowerPoint presentations

Use suitable color combinations

Avoid poor contrast combinations!

Effective PowerPoint presentations

•Use charts and graphs, where necessary, using the SmartArt option.

Appropriate use of graphics

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graphics

Summary

•Good presentations are simple.•Colors are utilized suitably.•Visual graphics are used as appropriate visual aids.•There is a tasteful use of images, animations and transitions

HOWHOW TOTO

SHARE & SEARCH

PRESENTATIONS ONLINE?

Online slide sharing applications include Slidesix, authorSTREAM, myPlick and SlideShare; Support PowerPoint (ppt, pps, pot) , OpenOffice (odp) and PDF presentations;

Maximum allowed file size is 100 MB;

Add multimedia (audio, video) to your slides online;

Search and browse presentations of other users.

Most of the online presentation tools have the following features:

Online slide sharing applications

supports a wide array of presentation formats including: PPTX (PowerPoint 2007), PPT/PPS (PowerPoint 97/2000/XP), PDF (Adobe Acrobat), ODP/SXI (OpenOffice) and MOV (QuickTime)

SummaryThe slide sharing applications mentioned:•Have an interactive interface•Are user friendly •Include tabs for easily uploading and searching slides.

Resourceswww.slideshare.net www.authorstream.comwww.myplick.comwww.slidesix.comhttp://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/slides.htmlhttp://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html