Module 1: Planning, Content, and Delivery
Topics:
- Using Storytelling Techniques in PowerPoint
- Techniques for Reporting Information Effectively
- Avoiding Boring PowerPoints
- Other Hard-To-Avoid Common Mistakes
- When to Read Slides Out Loud in a Monotone
- Handling Data-Heavy Presentations and Individual Slides
- Researching your Audience and Adapting your Presentation
- Using the Presenter View
- When to Use Humor and Animation
- Strategies To Reduce Information Overload
- Techniques to Increase Retention
- Making Content Decisions: Dropping, Moving, or Expanding
Module 2: Designing Clean and Impactful Slides
Topics:
- Using PowerPoint as a Written Document
- Font Choices: Size, Readability and Other Matters
- Creating “Clean” Designs
- 3 Graphic Design Rules You Must Know
- What To Do with Too Much Information
- Creating Slides our Brains Naturally Understand
- Design Tips and Tricks for Non-Designers
- Imagery Placement, Backgrounds, Borders and More
- Bullets Have Their Own Set of Rules
