Webinar - PowerPoints with Punch: From Crutch to Asset
This webinar will challenge you to discard the crutches holding up a presentation to embrace the planning and end-product as an asset in a toolkit of effective communications. The presenters share best practices on handouts, images and delivery. A post-webinar session offers participants feedback on their slides.
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PowerPoints with Punch: From Crutch to Asset
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Communication Officers Monthly Series of Wednesday Webinars For Human Capital Programs & Grantees
"PowerPoints with Punch: From Crutch to Asset"
When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Teleprompter? Handout? Cue Cards? Speech on slides?
What is the meaning of this ubiquitous tool? No formal presentation seems complete without PowerPoint. It is one of the most deployed applications in the Microsoft Office Suite. While the task of creating PowerPoint content seems second nature to most scholars, students and public speakers, it’s often misused as a presentation data dump. This webinar will help you transform your PowerPoint shows from text-laden slides that lull your audience to sleep into a visually engaging tool leaving the viewer wanting for more.
This webinar will challenge you to discard the crutches holding up a presentation to embrace the planning and end-product as an asset in a toolkit of effective communications.
Presenters will share dos and don’ts for developing slides, creating visual appeal, simplifying content and conveying your message. We’ll share best practices on handouts, images and delivery. We will also feature a post-webinar session that offers participants feedback on their slides.
Topics will include:
- Planning message, not content
- Effective use of color and type
- Graphics good and great
- When less is more
- Don't be a "parrot'; using slides to glide
- Adhering to the RWJF Style guide (for NPOs)
Presenters:
Linda Wright Moore, RWJF
Human Capital Senior Communications Officer
Gwen McKinney, McKinney & Associates
President and Founder
Fran Macalino, Macalino Marketing
President
Ryan Duncan, McKinney & Associates
New Media Coordinator
Richard Montgomery, McKinney & Associates
Designer and Art Director