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Create Your Own Backgrounds—For the Artistically Challenged. Ellen Finkelstein. Components of a presentation. Content: Your message Its organization Your choice of words. 2. Components of a presentation. Content: Your message, its organization, your choice of words. 3. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Create Your Own Backgrounds—For the Artistically Challenged
Ellen Finkelstein
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Components of a presentation
Content: – Your message– Its organization– Your choice of words
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Components of a presentation
Content:
Your message, its organization, your choice of
words
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Backgrounds aren’t necessary!
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What a bright idea!
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Hire a professional
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Find a free background
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Show that you care
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Choose your colors
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Text should be clear!• Arial• Verdana• Tahoma• Calibri
• Times New Roman
• Book Antiqua• Cambria• Century
Schoolbook
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Choose your font for legibility• Arial• Verdana• Tahoma• Calibri
• Times New Roman
• Book Antiqua• Cambria• Century
Schoolbook
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Sans-serif fonts are easy to read• Arial• Verdana• Tahoma• Calibri
• Times New Roman
• Book Antiqua• Cambria• Century
Schoolbook
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Washout
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Photo with semi-transparent placeholders
• Which road should we take?
• Left or right?
• We can’t decide without information
• So, let’s stop here and plan
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Gradients should be understated
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Colorized photos are common
Sunrise is the start …
… of a new day
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• Is the start of a new day
• A chance for new beginnings
A sunrise
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Preparation is the key to success• Always have a plan
• Learn from experience
• Adjust the plan as necessary
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Do you have enough time?
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1st Quarter Financial Results
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How can we see forever?
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1st quarter financial results
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Content
Your message, its organization, your choice of
words
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Agenda• Review results of project to date
• Explain problems
• Explain successes
• Brainstorm solutions to problems
• Decide on appropriate solutions
• Assign action steps
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Ideas for developing creativityWatch children
playing
Brainstorm many possibilities
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We are global
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New York
Los Angeles
Miami
Mexico City
São Paulo
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Mumbai
Shanghai
Jakarta
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Washout
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Photo with semi-transparent placeholders
• Which road should we take?
• Left or right?
• We can’t decide without information
• So, let’s stop here and plan
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Gradients should be understated
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Colorized photos are common
Sunrise is the start …
… of a new day
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Preparation is the key to success• Always have a plan
• Learn from experience
• Adjust the plan as necessary
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Agenda• Review results of project to date
• Explain problems
• Explain successes
• Brainstorm solutions to problems
• Decide on appropriate solutions
• Assign action steps
You CAN design your own backgrounds!
For more ideas and monthly tips, visit www.ellenfinkelstein.com
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For more information on PowerPoint• How to Do Everything with
PowerPoint 2003, 2007• 101 Tips Every
PowerPoint User Should Know
• PowerPoint for Teachers: Dynamic Presentations and Interactive Classroom Projects
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Newsletter
• Read my PowerPoint Tips Blog
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Special offer• Download the presentation and the
handout with step-by-step instructions. (10 pages)
• Get 15% off my new ebook, 101 Tips Every PowerPoint User Should Know.
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Contest!• Submit a presentation using the 5
background techniques plus a no-background slide (7 slides)
• My choice of the 5 best entries will get a free copy of 7 Steps to Great Images, my latest e-book
• The deadline is in 2 weeks: May 28, 2008
• Send to [email protected]; put Contest in the subject
Wishing you great backgrounds!
