Designing an Effective,

Winning Presentation
IT Learning Series
Sponsored by ISN

Presenter: Adrian Mikeliunas

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 Topics

 A Winning Presentation Formula:

 Repetition
 Interest
 Content Display

 Why The Importance ?

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 Availability of Food
• Country Availability – for many countries still a
major issue and impediment to development

• Regional Availability – will be a lower priority issue

for a growing number of countries in parts of Asia
and Africa in the oncoming years

• Global Availability – not a major issue as the price is

food falling
 Availability of Food
Country Availability – for many countries
still a major issue and impediment to
development

Regional Availability – will be a lower

priority issue for a growing number of
countries in parts of Asia and Africa in the
oncoming years

Global Availability – not a major issue as

the price is food falling
 Availability of Food
• Country Availability
- Still a major issue and impediment to
development
• Regional Availability
- Lower priority issue for a growing number
of countries in parts of Asia and Africa
• Global Availability
- Not a major issue as the price is food falling
 Topics

 A Winning Presentation Formula:

 Repetition
 Interest
 Content Display

 Why The Importance ?

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 Repetition – The 4 W’s

 Who is the presenter?

 What is it about?

 When was it given?

 Where was it given?

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 Sample Footer

DATE

SLIDE NUMBER
#
PRESENTER &
ORGANIZATION

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 Repetition – Templates

Templates can help you create

a unifying visual theme
 Selecting an Existing Template
 Select Format
 Apply Design Template
 Choose a template and Apply

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 Repetition - Templates

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 Repetition – Slide Master

 Customize all slides by:

 Select View menu,
 Select Master

 Select Slide Master

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 Insert a
picture

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 Topics

 A Winning Presentation Formula:

 Repetition
 Interest
 Content Display

 Why The Importance ?

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 Interest – Slide Transitions

 Transitions can increase visual

appeal, however:
 Don’t overuse transitions
 Don’t mix too many styles
 Use sound sparingly (if at all)
 “Blank” slides can help

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 Interest – Slide Transitions

To add transitions:
 Select Slide Show
 Select Slide Transition
 Select Effect
 Click on Apply

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 Interest – Slide Transitions

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 Interest – Slide Transitions

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 Interest - Animated Bullets

A
B

C

1
2

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 Interest - Animated Charts

90
80
70
60
50 East
40 West
30 North
20
10
0
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

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 Interest - Multimedia

 Pictures
 Animated GIFs
 Logos
 Clip Art

 Sounds

 Movies

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 Interest – Multimedia
Resources
 Microsoft Design Gallery:
 http://dgl.microsoft.com/
 search for clips / images by category

 Microsoft PowerPoint Templates:

 http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/
 Search for “Powerpoint templates” with search
feature
 Template include sample text (can be deleted)
 Use “view-master-slide master” to create
variations
 Save the slide master using “File-Save As-Design
Template”
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 Interest – Multimedia
Resources
World Bank Image Resources

 World Bank Group Logos

http://gsd/banklogo.htm

 Africa Region Photo Collection

http://afr.worldbank.org/images/

 World Bank Image Photo CD Library

http://ispacetoo.worldbank.org/photocd/

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 Interest - Multimedia

GSD Map Policy

Any map appearing in an

official Bank document
MUST be approved by
them!
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 Topics

 A Winning Presentation Formula:

 Repetition
 Interest
 Content Display

 Why The Importance ?

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 Content Display
 White Space
 Slide needs to look nice!
 Good Form & Proportion
 Emphasize picture or text
 Leading
 Amount of space between
one section and the next.
 Editing
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 Content Display – White
Space
Our objective is to
achieve viable rural
livelihoods where:
 Rural areas enjoy a
standard of living that
makes them
attractive
communities in
which to live and
work;
 Residents have a
voice in the
institutions and
decision making
processes that affect
rural areas.
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 Content Display – White
Space
Our objective is to achieve
viable rural livelihoods where:
 Rural areas enjoy a standard
of living that makes them
attractive communities in
which to live and work;
 Residents have a voice in
the institutions and decision
making processes that affect
rural areas.
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 Content Display – Leading:
1
Our objective is to achieve viable
rural livelihoods where:
 Rural areas enjoy a standard of

living that makes them attractive

communities in which to live and
work;
 Residents have a voice in the

institutions and decision

makingprocesses that affect rural
areas.
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 Content Display - Leading:
2
Our objective is to achieve viable
rural livelihoods where:

 Rural areas enjoy a standard of

living that makes them attractive
communities in which to live and
work;

 Residents have a voice in the

institutions and decision
makingprocesses that affect rural
areas.
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 Content Display - Editing
Our objective is to achieve viable
rural livelihoods where:

 Rural areas enjoy a standard of

living that makes them attractive
communities in which to live and
work;

 Residents have a voice in the

institutions and decision
makingprocesses that affect rural
areas.
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 K.I.S.S.
The point of the presentation is to give
information to the audience not to show
how well you can use the features of
PowerPoint so use features like animation,
slide transitions, etc… sparingly.

So: Keep It Simple Simon.

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 Topics

 A Winning Presentation Formula:

 Repetition
 Interest
 Content Display

 Why The Importance ?

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 Aliteracy
What is Aliteracy ?

Basically, literate people choosing

not to
read as is evident by the contraction
of
the newspaper and magazine
publishing
industry.
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 Questions?

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