Camas High School
Powerpoint presentation tipsRSVPLesson #13: Tips for a
Successful Senior Project PowerPoint
Hi, my name is Suzie Downs, Senior Project Coordinator and
co-teacher for the RSVP program at CHS. This PowerPoint is to help
running start seniors prepare for their senior board presentation
that takes place in June. This lesson will assist you in formatting
a PowerPoint that will be a great visual for your audience and a
tool to keep you within the 7-11 minute presentation. We will use
the Slide Show features that allow you to rehearse your
presentation and see how much time you are spending on each slide.
You will also Record your presentation so that you can hear what
your presentation sounds like to allow you to make necessary
adjustments. But before we focus on the tools of PowerPoint we need
to work on writing your speech. 1Know Your AudienceYour audience
is: Educators, business professionals and community members
Whenever you write a speech, you need to know your audience.
Your audience will be teachers, administrators, business
professionals and community members. They are coming to see what
Camas High School seniors are doing to prepare themselves for the
next phase of their lives. They want to see what you have gained
through this process and to show their support to you and their
community.2Presentation First, PowerPoint Second
In order to build a successful PowerPoint to assist you, you
first must work on your speech. Developing an outline to include a
introduction, key points and definitive conclusion. This will help
you to decide what exactly you will need for your PowerPoint.
Remember your audience came to hear about your experience, not
read your PowerPoint slides.3Building OutlineTake a piece of paper
and list the key pieces needed to build an outline for your
presentation. Using the Reflection & Self-Assessment in the
Senior Project Handbook on page 33 develop an outline for your
speech Also see page 38 for sample outlinesDesign an outline from
these questions and reflectionsType your outline into a word
document and save it in your documentsOn the next slide you will
learn how to insert an outline into your PowerPoint
4Inserting Your OutlineOpen Microsoft PowerPoint and save a
blank PowerPoint naming it : Senior Project Presentation- Last Name
Re-open it and follow the directions:On the Home tab click the New
Slide In the drop down from New Slide select Slides from OutlineIn
your documents select the outline you created for this assignment
and click insertYou should see each of the outline topics on their
own slide
Look how easy this is!!
Save this PowerPoint- RSVP Lesson 13 in your documents so that
you can easily access it and go back and follow assignment
instructions.
Your new PowerPoint is ready for you to start building for your
Senior Board Presentation
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Fact: The purely visual portion of your PowerPoint presentation
will be responsible for 55% of the impact you have on audience,
compared to the 38% in regards to things you say, and 7% of text
you quote on each slide [source: Price].
Use PowerPoint as a Visual Aid
Read this note.8Job Shadowing Various Healthcare
PositionsEveryone should have health insurance? I say everyone
should have health care. I'm not selling insurance. Dennis
Kucinich
On your introduction slide copy and paste your speech
introduction you wrote in lesson 12 into the NOTES section.Now
select a image that you want to be on your first slide. Think about
making a first impression.
Remember you want to grab their attention from the start. Then
on the other slides you will use images and type your speech in the
notes sections to share with them what you learned through your
experience and the challenges and obstacles you over came. Along
with all the other pieces of your outline. 9
This is where you will add your notes of your introduction
speech you wrote.You can use bullets to address specific facts on
informationYou can print your PowerPoint slides with the notes
below slide photos to use for practice too
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11Rehearsed Timings
Allows you to rehearse your speech with the slide without
recording it. It will record home much time you spend on each of
the slides so that you can see how long your presentation is
If you look under slide 1, I spent 50 seconds on that slide and
on slide 3 54 seconds.
This helps you to see how long your presentation is when
recording.
It is wise to practice this several times to see if you are
spending the same time on each of the slides each time you
practice.
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Under the Slide Show tab in the drop down select Start Recording
from the Current Slide.
Make sure that you have copied the introduction slide with your
speech in the notes section so that you have it to help you through
the recording. 13PowerPoint TipsKeep it simpleSelect a theme or
colors that are easy to the eyeKeep all slides consistentUse images
on slides and type your speech in the notes of each slideIf you
type bullet points you want to cover follow the rule below:Use the
4 x 5 rule: Four bullets with no more than five wordsNo more than
10 slides in presentation (you only have 7-11 minutes)Use
animations sparinglyKeep it legible and make sure your fonts and
colors are easily seen by audienceProofread, proofread,
proofread
14Practice, Practice, PracticeDont let your PowerPoint hinder
your presentationMake sure that you have practiced with PowerPoint
as if you were presentingIf you have any questions or concerns
about recording your PowerPoint for this assignment please contact
me via email @ [email protected] not through
Schoology!Do not start this lesson at the last minute or you will
be sorry. I have spent a lot of time building this PowerPoint
lesson and have rehearsed it several times.
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