Effective Presentations

COM140 Week 7 CheckPoint: Effective Presentations

Effectively presenting information to an audience, whether for your direct supervisor or a roomful of clients, is crucial to business success. An essential element of an effective presentation is the visual components—everything from the font you choose to the graphics

and presentation template.

• Resources: Effective Presentations, Microsoft® PowerPoint® tutorial, Preparing Presentation Slides Tutorial, Presenting Effective Charts and Graphs Tutorial, and 8 Secrets to a Knockout Business Presentation

• Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

• Review the Week Seven reading Effective Presentations as well as the tutorials for creating presentations at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/office_tools/pp_root.htm ,

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm/content/cat_030/preparingpresentationslides/index.html,

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm8e/tutorials/chartsgraphs/index.html , and

http://sbinformation.about.com/od/sales/a/presentationtip.htm

• Determine what type of document design, layout, presentation template, font, colors, and graphics you plan to include in your final project. Explain why you made those choices.

• Post the 200- to 300-word CheckPoint as an attachment.

This assignment is about Your final project!

Summation:

1.    Use your final project. Each of you has one, whether you chose it or the instructor assigned it.

2.    Read “Effective Presentations” and the tutorials for creating presentations.

3.    From the readings, write a 200 to 300 word essay describing the following items specifically:

a.   the specific document design – opulent design.

b.   the specific layout – a variety of layouts

c.    the specific presentation template  -- basic template

d.   the specific font  -  office classic font, which is Arial, and Times New Roman.

e.   specific colors  -- Purple colors. 

f.     specific graphics  - clip art.

4.    Use WritePoint and spell-check on your essay. Read it out loud

5.    Use the Rubric as a checklist to make certain the assignment is complete.

6.    Attach to a post.

     After reviewing the design choices in my Microsoft PowerPoint tool, I have chosen the Opulent Design.  It has the colors scheme that most appeals to me.  I would like to use a variety of layouts, as each slide of my presentation will have different needs I think I should be adaptable to the information for each slide.  The basic template will be fine for my presentation.  I plan on using clip art, font styles and color schemes to dress up my presentation.  The font I would like to use is called Office Classic, which is a combination of Arial and Times New Roman.  I believe these fonts are easy to read and acceptable to most viewers.  Lastly, I chose purple for my color scheme.  Amethyst happens to be my favorite color, but I also chose because of a Psychology article I read about how the color purple makes people feel.  About.com posted the article by Kendra Van Wagner.  It is an article that uses reader responses on what purple makes you feel.  The color is the one item I researched and wanted to be very specific on.  Many studies have been done on how color affects people.  I wanted a color that would inspire the emotions I would like my audience to have, and obviously that color is purple.  You can read the article at http://psychology.about.com/od/colorpsychology/a/purple_res.htm.