Power Point

1. Power Point • Bio 198A • Brett Holland

2. Power Point • Outline your lecture (e.g., this slide) • Using Power Point effectively • Flow of information • Background • Color • Font • Clutter • Research presentations in general • Introduction/background • M & M • Results • Discussion • Summary

3. Power Point • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Flow of information • Culminating content through “custom animation” • End show • Slide Show / Custom Animation • Add Effect / Entrance / Appear

4. Power Point • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Flow of information • Culminating content through “custom animation” • End show • Slide Show / Custom Animation • Add Effect / Entrance / Appear • Some prefer to “fly in” • I avoid time consuming movement that distracts my audience from the fantastic content

5. Power Point • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Background – pretty isn’t usually practical in this context

6. Power Point • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Background • Would you want to print this slide?

7. Power Point • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Outlining the lecture • Flow of information • Background • Color • Font • Clutter

8. Power Point • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Outlining the lecture • Flow of information • Background • Color • To highlight current position within an outline (e.g., red above) • To indicate where you’ve been within an outline (e.g., gray above) • For emphasis (e.g., key words, ideas, etc.)

9. Power Point • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Font: Students need to read your slides during lecture and after printing (3-6 slides/page usually) • 48 point • 36 point • 24 point • 20 point: I try to avoid anything smaller than this • 18 point • 14 point: This is more of an eye exam than a lecture note

10. Power Point Avoid the temptation to squeeze too much information into one slide • Central goal: communication • Practical considerations • Outlining the lecture • Flow of information • Background • Color • Font • Clutter A slide can easily become confusing if content is not spatially organized (e.g., in hierarchical outline format) And if you do have a busy slide it is important to use the slide show feature to add content sequentially in a manner the maintains an organized presentation

11. Power Point • Outline your lecture (e.g., this slide) • Using Power Point effectively • Flow of information • Background • Color • Font • Clutter • Research presentations in general • Introduction/background • M & M • Results • Discussion • Summary

12. Power Point • Introduction/background • Should culminate in a clear hypothesis that people can remember during the remainder of your talk. • Does 30 minutes of exercise reduce risk of diabetes? • Use visual aids to make your job easier and more effective

13. Power Point • M & M • Include what a general audience needs to understand your results • Avoid details that they won’t appreciate • Anticipate what concerns your audience may have and use this section, or others, to clarify

14. Power Point • Results • Figures need explanations • Walk them through the axes • Example: “This figure shows birth weight as a function of maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy” Birth weight (kg) 0 50 Cigarettes per day

15. Power Point • Discussion • What do the results mean? • Integrate this study into the bigger picture • Future research suggested by the above

16. Power Point • Summary • Your hypothesis (“this study attempted to….”) • Your results • Their importance • Acknowledgments • Whoever contributed (your supervisor, lab mates, assistants, etc.

17. Power Point • Acknowledgments • Full names of whoever contributed (your supervisor, lab mates, assistants, etc.