PowerPoint by design
Add
zip to your training and meeting presentations.
Look professional. Get your audience to remember what you say, and … oh yes,
have fun giving presentations. A tall order? Not now. This workshop will teach
you how to create presentations that move, sing, speak, ask questions of the
audience, produce handouts people can actually read, and be converted for delivery
over the Web. Along the way, you will learn tips and tricks that ensure you
impress as well as inform your audience. At the end of your presentations,
you will be asked "Did you do that in Flash?"
This advanced PowerPoint workshop will teach you to:
- Use graphics effectively.
- Animate key concepts.
- Reduce reliance on bullet lists.
- Incorporate external content.
- Add interactivity.
- Design a flexible layout.
- Choose a workable color scheme.
Note: All the techniques taught will be demonstrated in PowerPoint 2003. If
you are using PowerPoint 2000, you will be able to apply about 90% of what
you see demonstrated.
Length: 1, 2, or 3 days. The 1-day version includes the core
topics. The 2-day version includes core topics and your choice of optional
topics. The 3-day version includes all topics .
Developed by William and Katherine Horton. Taught
by William
Horton or Katherine
Horton.
On-site base price: For 25 students, inside North America: US$5000 for 1 day, $9000 for 2 days,
and $13,000 for 3 days. Plus instructor's travel costs. Outside North America,
add $2000 plus travel costs for a second instructor. Also add $100 for each
student above 25.
Virtual workshop base price: US$3000/day. Learners may download
their handouts and project files.
To schedule this course: Call Katherine Horton
at +1.303.545.6964 or e-mail kit@horton.com.
Who should attend?
This workshop is for:
- Presenters who want to inform and wow their audiences.
- Managers, consultants,
and others who make crucial presentations.
- Instructors and teachers who must
educate efficiently.
- Sales representatives who must convince skeptical
customers.
Core topics
These core topics are covered in the 1-day version of this course. They are
also included in the 2- and 3-day versions of this course.
- Planning your presentation. What content is appropriate
for this medium? How do I choose? Can I visually design my slides so that
they help my viewers understand how concepts are related to one another?
- Illustrating ideas. Is there life beyond bullet lists?
How can I create graphics quickly and easily? Can PowerPoint create charts
and graphs for me?
- Animating concepts. How do I focus and direct attention?
How can I exploit PowerPoint's transition and animation effects. What transition
effects are appropriate for my content?
- Interacting with the audience. Are there techniques I
can use to elicit audience participation? Can I create multiple-choice,
fill-in-the-blank, and matching activities?
- Designing a flexible template. How do I make my presentation
visually harmonious? What if I need to combine slides from different presentations?
How can I ensure consistency when multiple people are contributing to one
presentation?
- Creating handouts. My audience loves handouts. How can
I easily create
legible, professional-looking handouts that can be download from the Web and
printed reliably?
Optional topics
For a 2-day version of this course, you may select 4 to 5 of these
topics to be presented on the second day. The 3-day version of this course
includes all of these topics.
- Adding audio. How do I incorporate narration and sound
effects?
- Creating custom shows (many presentations from one set
of slides). How can I let the audience pick from a menu of mini-presentations?
- Adding other media. How do I incorporate video, animation,
and other media onto my slides?
- Making presentations interactive. How can I let viewers
navigate my presentation on their own. How can PowerPoint's trigger effect
be use to create interactivity?
- Linking to external data. How can PowerPoint display
information from databases and other Microsoft Office documents?
- Streamlining development. How can patterns and templates
painlessly ensure consistently and speed development?
- Using clip art. Is clip art always bad? How can I find
appropriate art? How can I adapt and customize clip art? How do I create
my own?
- Converting for the Web. Can PowerPoint slides to play
over the Web? Can I use them in e-learning? What conversion programs should
I use? What changes do I need to make to my presentation?
- Adding assessments. How can I measure learning and accomplishment?
Are there third-part tools I can use?
- Using macros and other time-saving features. Are macros
hard to use? Why would I bother? If I don't mind a little programming, what
neat things can I add to my presentations?
- Presenting in the virtual classroom. Do Web-conferencing
tools faithfully preserve animation effects and other feature I add? What
are some work-arounds if they do not?
How will I learn?
This is a fast-paced, yet structured, workshop, heavy on examples and light
on academic theory. It is brains-on rather than merely hands-on. Rather than
operating a particular brand of software, you will engage concepts and procedures
directly. You will examine and critique dozens of live real-world examples,
view animated presentations of crucial concepts, discuss design approaches
with fellow students, and practice applying your skills in realistic design
activities.
Variants and customizations
We can adapt the basic workshop to better fit your specific needs:
- Base major activities on your materials (+ $1000 USD).
- Use your materials as examples throughout (Call for price).
- Critique your current work (adds 1 day, $2000 USD).
- Base workshop on a critique of your work (+ $4000 USD).
- Redesign your current work (adds 1 day, $2000 USD).
- Video-recording for replay by other members of your department (+ $4000
USD).
- Follow-up Webinars (+ $1000 USD per 90-minute Webinar).
- Hands-on computer exercises using laptop computers or a computer lab. (Call
for pricing and requirements).
What else will I receive?
Besides the knowledge and skills you acquire, you will receive:
- Over 200 pages of handouts, notes, design forms, and job-aids.
- Access to numerous online examples of design techniques.
- Access to William or Katherine Horton by e-mail or discussion group for follow up questions
after the workshop.
- CD containing the Presensational Learning Pack.
Audiovisual requirements
To successfully present this workshop at your location, we will need the following:
- Computer projector with 1024 x 768 NATIVE resolution .
(Some projectors can display 1024 x 768, but only by stretching the output.
These projectors will not work.)
- Speaker and amplifier for computer sounds. Must be able
to take output from the computer's stereo-mini socket.
It would be nice to also have high-speed Internet access for showing live examples. We will need to get through your routers and around your firewall.
And if you want to include hands-on activities:
- Compute lab with computers running Windows 2000 or later and Office
XP or later.
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