How to Make PowerPoint Speak for You
Discover how to create dynamic, animated PowerPoint presentations.
What you’ll learn
How to Make PowerPoint Speak for You
- Improve your knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint’s capabilities as a presentation tool.
- Using Microsoft PowerPoint, debunk myths regarding dos and don’ts and gain insight into dos and don’ts.
- Take a look at some of Microsoft PowerPoint’s features.
- Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create relevant animated video snippets to replace long paragraphs.
Requirements
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The course is intended for people who have a basic understanding of how to create presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Description
We’ve all been there before! We show up for an office or class presentation, and the next thing we know, we’ve been jolted awake by someone coughing loudly enough to wake us up.
This is commonly referred to as “Death by PowerPoint.” This reminds me of a proverb that says, “A bad worker blames his equipment.” This is especially true in the case of Microsoft PowerPoint. When used incorrectly, PowerPoint can be a powerful sedative.
This course is intended to demonstrate, among other things, the power of animation in making video clips that properly and engagingly illustrate arguments presented in PowerPoint; a feature of the software that is not frequently understood or exploited.
The course begins with examples of commonly held beliefs before moving on to sample movies built with the tools provided in Microsoft PowerPoint.
With that foundation established, we go on to learn how to create appealing films that can be incorporated into our presentation, eliminating the need for overly verbose “Death by PowerPoint” presentations. After that, we go over a case study that looks at the process of creating a demo clip to show how the process works from start to finish.
The course concludes with tips for how to improve the abilities you learned during the course.
Who this course is for:
- This is a skill-building course for those who want to make their presentations more valuable by using meaningfully animated (video) snippets to demonstrate topics.
