1. #1 Plan It Out #4 Think of Flow#7 Download A Template#2 Choose Your Colors #5 Minimum 2 Fonts#8 Get Animated#3 Think Visually#6 Add Music #9 Say No To Clutter#10 Share Your PPT

2. Plan It Out First, Step #1:Build Later Step #2:Set up Headings or Make a draft of eachHighlights to follow along topic and only brush onwith your presentation a few sentences Step #3:Step #4: Do not even think of your Take all complicated text anddesign until all keynotes areplace it into Notes view at marked on each slide the bottom of the slide 3. Red, Oranges, Yellowgive a sense ofexcitement or energy Blue, Green, Violetgive a sense of calmor relaxed mood 4. Great Design Is Not Just About ArtOften design is just using basic principals, this entire slidewas created in Power Point. Even a simple circle can betransformed with a few basic steps using drawing toolsStep #1:Step #2:Step #3: Step #4:Use Shape UseUse Shape Use ShapeFill underGradientEffects underEffects to drawingunder Shape drawing toolscustomizetools afterFill andand set a effects to making amake abevel make it look circlegradient fill 3D! 5. When someone reads text, eyes flow from left to right, [ just as you are reading this.]The eye is then drawn to the body or the center of the designYour layout should follow the same principle.Finally the eye will read the bottom of the design or slide.This format is a lot like the letter Z in that the design is mimicking the flow of the eye. 6. Bad Fonts Will Ruin The Look of The Presentation!Take the time to think about using two different fonts for the entire design.When it comes to fonts, opposites attract. Often you can use a serif font with a non serif font like this example: Best In Class is in Arial whilefor reliability in America is in Times New Roman.The two very different fonts compliment each other without overwhelming the eye. Remember to always use fonts that are easy to read. 7. Adding sound to your PowerPoint is easy, just click onInsert/ Audio : then your browser will pick up yoursound bite or recording. The Icon will look like this:And you can click on it to activate the sound.OR you could add it to automatically play as your slideadvances to your current slide, click on Transitionsunder File, and look to the upper right, you will see aSound menu, using the pull down select othersound and it will create a browser to add your sound.Here the sound will activate when you advance theslide, you could also adjust the settings where thesound plays continuously until the slide advances. NOTE: You Can Also Customize The Sound Icon Right Click on the icon and choose change picture and you can choose an image from your desktop. 8. Feeling Uninspired About Designing Your PPT? Here are a few alternatives to consider: Slideshare.net Slideshare is a free site with literally thousands of templates that a user can download to their computer and my favorite choice to search for templates. A bonus feature of slideshare is the ability for those to share their PowerPoint with other users- ifyou elect to not share then you can setup the PPT to be private. Office.com Click on TEMPLATES and then click Power Point to browse their library of free downloads.There are plenty of different themes to choose from but are usually suited for the individual whohas a home computer that wants to make a calendar to share with friends or to setup photo albums presentermedia.comPresenterMedia has a library of template downloads that are more geared towards those who wantto have a business presentation, the only drawback is that you will have to pay for a subscriptionto their site in order to download these templates. 9. Bee#1: Straight LineBee#2: Flying In CirclesBee#3: Custom PathBee#5: Bounce RightBee#4: Straight Line #2 Animation can either be set to activate on click or be activated when one slide advances to the other slide. To customize to your needs, select the Animations tab/ select Animation Pane at the far right: 3 options will be available: On click for setting to click, With Previous to run with slide or after the previous animation, and After Previous to run after another animation in sequence. 10. EXAMPLE A: Cluttered SpaceEXAMPLE B: White SpaceNOTHING IS MORE UNAPPEALINGNothing is more unappealingTHAN PLACING LOADS OFthan placing loads of graphics GRAPHICS OR TEXT INTO A or text into a presentation PRESENTATION [THE VERY LOOK [the very look of it immediately OF IT IMMEDIATELY MAKES THEmakes the eyes strain]EYES STRAIN] NO ONE WANTS TO LOOK AT A BUNCH OF TEXT, OR No one wants to look at a bunch ofCROWDED GRAPHICS, KEEP INtext, or crowded graphics. MIND THAT LESS IS MORE WHEN DESIGNING. ALLOWKeep in mind that less is more WHITE SPACE OR BREATHING when designing. Allow white spaceSPACE TO FLOW IN THE TEXT AND or breathing space to flow in the textGRAPHICS OF EACH SLIDE.and graphics of each slide. BOTH EXAMPLES HAVE THE SAME MESSAGE! It is easier to read B than A because there is space between the sentences. Avoid using capital letters because it really does notemphasis the message. Try making your main point in a different color instead for emphasis. 11. DONT Give Print offs of your Power Point!Printing off your PPT is difficult to read and the potential of thisgetting thrown away later is guaranteed!DO Allow your audience to download instead!Encourage your audience to download to their laptop for agreener and more interactive way to engage your audience.