1. Powerpoint Best Practices Maureen Nelson, M.A. January 8, 2010 Global Career Development Facilitator Program E AST B AY W ORKS

2. OVERVIEW

5. Navigating with Views palette “ Normal view” (composite view) Outline view Slide sorter view Slide Show view Slide view

6. Navigating

7. But where is Notes Page?

8. Notes Page

9. Adding, Deleting, Rearranging in Slide Sorter View You can also add slides from another presentation!

10. Choosing a Design

11. Working with Backgrounds Change background color here But what’s a master???

12. How to Find the Masters Note footers

13. Adding Footers

14. Bonus Tip: Exporting Your Text

17. CONTENT

19. Organize Ideas

20. Sometimes… Less is More a la Gary Karp

21. disability Use Word Art to change kerning…

22. Ex-Felon Or opacity…

23. Ex-Felon Interview

25. Less is More

26. Say it with Graphics Vs. Don’t kill your audience with data Jan 2005 Jan 2006

30. 4-Step Career Development System Design #1: Understand the Needs and Issues #3: Design and Implement Program and Components #2: Create a Vision and Develop Plans #4: Measure and Evaluate

31. Draw a picture of where you were, where you are and where you want to be ACTIVITY: On the Path 10

33. To Make Handouts View > Master > Handout Master But you can do the same thing in the Print dialog box — choose “Microsoft Powerpoint” in the drop-down menu, then choose number of slides in “Print What” drop-down menu

36. FORMATTING

38. Line Spacing

39. Line Spacing Start with your years of experience, skills developed and knowledge gained Then tell about your accomplishments and transferrable skills Start with your years of experience, skills developed and knowledge gained Then tell about your accomplishments and transferrable skills

41. Transitions

42. Pollution & Waste

43. green careers

44. Too hard to read

45. Some color combinations vibrate

46. Hard to read on a busy background

47. Animations Use judiciously if at all!

48. Typical Resume (courtesy of College of San Mateo)

50. B RUNO B USINESS San Mateo, CA 94402  bruno@work.com  (650) 375-5555 OBJECTIVE: Position as a Junior Accountant, Accounting Assistant or related position. HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS • 1.5 years of experience and education in accounting related work. • Competent and experienced in using QuickBooks and Peachtree software. • Skilled at journalizing transactions, categorizing accurately. • Certificate, Accounting Assistant II program, expected completion — December 2008. • 5 years of customer service experience. • Strong aptitude for numbers. Achieved 98% accuracy rating in calculations. • Hard working, honest and very reliable. Hard working, honest and reliable accounting professional with 1.5 years of experience and education. Competent in Excel, QuickBooks, Peachtree, journalizing transactions and categorizing entries. Strong aptitude for numbers. 10-key by touch with 98% accuracy rate. Five years in customer service. Currently in Accounting Assistant II Certificate program. Expected completion: December 2008. HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS OBJECTIVE: Junior Accountant, Accounting Assistant JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT / ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT CAREER TARGET:

53. Use a Theme…

54. Tip: Uncheck Auto-Fit

56. WRAP-UP