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Dear All,

As designing a power presentation is becoming a necessity for our classes, I thought of opening up an instruction page! I hope it comes handy! Cheers!

Step 1 Draft an outline of our presentation highlighting the basic concepts and major points you intend to cover in a MS Word Document. Make a list of these main topics.

Step 2 Make a basic drawing of each slide in MS Word and place them in the order you'd like to present them.

Step 3 Choose the wording for the title slides carefully so there will be little room for misinterpretation by the audience. Clear categories help people to follow along with the presentation topics. Also, make sure any art work (picture/image) you'd like to include is relevant and supports the content you're presenting. Step 4 Think big. Large graphics can look a bit tacky, admittedly, but they are also easily seen by all members of the audience and can be quite memorable. If you look at a slide and think, "Gee, that's a bit big," you haven't gone large enough. If you look at a slide and think, "Holy cow! That sucker's huge!" that's about the right size. If necessary, use one slide for the graphic and one for the accompanying text.

Step 5 Ensure each slide supports one concept only and provides only the basic elements or visuals needed to drive the concept home. Each slide can be further explained verbally as part of your presentation.

Step 6 Be certain all information presented on each slide is clearly visible and easy to read, otherwise the audience will be spending all their time trying to decipher the visual and not listening to what you are saying.

Step 7 Choose a font which is plain, use straightforward language and apply a bright color to emphasize keywords or concepts. Be careful here, though, as you don't want to create something garish.

Step 8 Decide upon a basic color scheme and a slide style, and maintain that style throughout the presentation. Also, keep the text size, font and position relatively constant throughout as this generates a sense of fluidity.

Step 9 Start your preparations early, being sure to leave yourself enough time to make any essential modifications. Creating effective visual presentations takes time as does checking the slides for punctuation, grammar and spelling errors.

Step 10 Practice your PowerPoint presentation using your finished slides. Have someone tape or film you if possible and then consider the presentation as a whole. Change what feels, looks or sounds wrong and try it again until you are satisfied with the results.


 * NO I did'nt write all the above!** I just copied it from- http://www.ehow.com/how_5032561_prepare-effective-powerpoint-presentation.html

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Thanks Sahil, Great leadership! Meherun