Presentations

"Put it before them so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all accurately, so they

will be guided by it's light."

Some perspectives on PPT

You have all seen some very bad PPT presentations by

now, so you should have some idea of what not to do

when making a PPT plus you should understand the

sentiments expressed in the following comics. You

should also know that while it is not always best to have

a PPT to accompany your presentation, you will be

called on to do them so you might as well do good job –

one that will get you noticed like my former student. As a

start, check out this slide presentation that includes

some good and not so good examples. Do not, however,

forget that good PPT is not a substitute for a bad story,

so work on that story.

Former student

I just had a competitive marketing project presentation where I competed against 5 others about a marketing case. Well, after 3 "normal" power point presentations, I brought mine up, and before I even started there were "ohhh“s and "ahhh"s. It is amazing how easy it is to make your own custom slides with faded out images, most have not a clue on how to do it. The students, and even the professor had never seen such slides and such a well presented presentation. They were eating out of my hand, it was fantastic.

“Friends don’t let friends do Powerpoint.”

To save your audience from a painful “death, take note

of these helpful tips on the organization of the

presentation, the slides, and the delivery of the

presentation.

Garr Reynolds’ organization tips

1. Start with end in mind

2. Know your audience

3. Great content is a necessary condition, but not a

sufficient one for a good presentation

4. KISS – 3 things do you want them to remember

5. Outline your content – get story/outline on paper first

6. Have a sound, clear structure

7. So what? Ask it a lot

8. Elevator test

9. Art of story telling – it needs to be a story

10.Confidence

Garr Reynolds’ slide tips

1. KISS

2. Limit text & bullet points

3. Limit transitions & animation

4. Use high quality graphics (avoid clip art)

5. Have a visual theme, but avoid PPT templates

6. Use appropriate charts

7. Use color well

8. Use fonts well – sans serif / don’t mix

9. Use video or audio

10.Use slide sorter view

11.Parallel construction

12.Spelling / grammar

Garr Reynolds’ delivery tips

1. Show your passion

2. Start strong

3. Keep it short

4. Move away from podium

5. Use remote device

6. Remember B key – screen goes blank

7. Make eye contact

8. Keep lights on

9. Remain courteous, gracious, & professional

Data presentation in PPT

1. Data is interesting

2. Data is correct

3. Appropriate for audience

4. Not too much data

5. Integrated into story

Powerpoint

There are many pieces

to a good PPT

presentation, and here

we will look at some

examples of the

importance of many

features of the PPT

from the background to

the presentation of the

data.

Background

See how the background can matter

China’s future: The constraints

• Corruption

• Environment

• Inequality

China’s future: The constraints

• Corruption

• Environment

• Inequality

China’s future: The constraints

• Corruption

• Environment

• Inequality

Unemployment lines

Unemployment lines

Cultural Conservatism…

• Prohibition

• Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan

• Red Scare

– Sacco-Vandetti Case

• Anti-Immigration Movement

Driving Forces in the 1920s

• Conservative/Progressive Tensions

• Technological Innovations

• Economic Prosperity

The Economy:

Robust, Roaring, and Ready to Fall

• Laissez-Faire, Republican Presidents Control Government

• Automobile Industry Booms

• Increasing Rich/Poor Gap

• Stock Market Crash of October, 1929

Layout & Images

Here are some samples of layout options

that combine images with limited text.

What works – and what doesn’t

“The Civilizations of Asia were well ahead of

Europe in wealth and knowledge”

The Birth of the

Congestion Charge

Charging Zone

1. Reduced congestion

2. Generated rapid

payback of initial

setup costs

3. Generated broader

net economic benefits

For beyond the class

“Believing and

seeing are

often wrong”McNamara

Content: density, size, parallel

construction & grammar

Here are some examples of slides created

by someone who ignored the rule to NEVER

have too much text – and some suggestions

on how they might be improved

Bush Whacked now we can see itEconomy

President George Bush

V.P Dan Quayle

Population 254,994,517

Life expectancy 75.8 years

Dow-Jones

High 3,413

Low 3,137

Federal spending: 1380.86 billion

Federal debt 4002.1 billion

Inflation 3%

Consumer Price Index 140.3

Unemployment 6.80%

PricesCost of a new home $144,100.00

Median Household Income $30,636.00

Cost of a first-class stamp $0.29

Cost of a gallon of regular gas $1.13

Cost of a dozen eggs $0.93

Cost of a gallon of Milk $2.78

Historic Events

• Woodstock represents

pinnacle of hippie movement

• Fidel Castro comes to power

and declares he’s communist,

all U.S. ties to Cuba cut

• Cuban missile crisis

• JFK assassination in 1963,

LBJ becomes President & is

re-elected in 1964

• Vietnam War starts, causing

massive protests by youth

• Civil Rights movement: M. L.

King Jr., Malcolm X began

peacefully

• Black panthers preach

separatism and violence

• Civil Rights act of 1964

amended to include gender

• Supreme Court rules prayer in

school unconstitutional in 1962

• Drug use soars with the aid of

hippie movement

BEFORE

Historic Events

Cold War / Vietnam

• Berlin Wall erected 1961

• Bay of Pigs 1961

• Cuban missile crisis 1962

• Gulf of Tonkin incident 1964

• US bombs N. Vietnam 1965

• 500,000 US troops in Vietnam 1968

• Mai Lai massacre 1968

• Tet offensive 1968

• USSR invades Czechoslovakia 1968

• US bombs Cambodia 1969

Civil Rights

• Civil Rights Acts of 1960 & 1964

• Black Like Me 1961

• Freedom Riders 1961

• MLK “I have a dream speech” 1963

• JFK assassinated 1963

• War on Poverty 1964

• Urban Riots – Harlem 1963

– LA 1965

– Detroit 1967

• Black panthers formed 1966

• Malcolm X assassinated 1965

• MLK & RFK assassinated 1968After

• Household technology gave women more time to work

• Business thinking allowed for part time work

• Working women became acceptable mostly to husbands

• High school enrolment had enormous growth

• From 1928 to 1938 high school graduation rates grew from 11% to 32%

Before

Factors behind

growth

1.Household technology

2.Part time work

3.Social stigma

4.High school enrolment

– 1928 11%

– 1938 32% After

Impact of the Congestion

Charge• Composition of London’s traffic

• Impact on average travel speeds

• Levels of congestion

• Central London

• Inner ring road

• Travel times

Before

Impact of the Congestion Charge

• Composition of traffic

• Levels of congestion

• Travel speeds

• Travel times

After

How The Congestion Charge

Works• Determining the right price for the

congestion charge

• Where and when the charge would be implemented

• Who is charged for driving in the congestion zone

• How to monitor and bill the vehicles driven in the congestion zone

• How to pay the congestion charge

Before

How The Congestion Charge Works

Authorities must determine?

• What price to charge for congestion?

• Where and when charge is implemented?

• Who is charged in the congestion zone?

• How will monitoring be done?

• How will bills be determined?

• How will drivers pay the charge?

After

Key Questions

1. What is the right charge?

2. Where and when to charge?

3. Who will be charged?

4. How do we monitor drivers?

5. How are vehicles bills?

6. How are charges paid

Flappers

• The 1920’s introduced a “new breed” of

women. They coined the name “flappers”.

• These young women expressed

themselves by wearing short skirts and

bobbing their hair.

• Women of this decade broke away from

tradition often seen smoking or drinking in

public places.

Before

A “new breed” of women: Flappers

1. wore short skirts

2. bobbed their hair

3. smoked and

drank in public

After

Nixon’s: Experiment with

MoneyPut in place a set of shocking policies:

• Wage and price controls

• Abandonment of the international gold

standard( End of Bretton Woods system)

• Depreciation of the dollar

• Implemented deficit spending

Before

Nixon’s: New Economic Policy

1. Imposed wage and price controls

2. Abandoned international gold standard (End of Bretton Woods system)

3. Depreciated the dollar

4. Implemented deficit spending

After

The New Deal

• Federal Emergency Relief

Administration- Aided depleting relief

agencies with millions

• Civil Works Administration- Gave jobs

to 4 million, working on roads and airports

• Social Security Act- Provided pensions

to elderly

• Fair Labor Standards Act- Set minimum

wage and banned child laborBefore

The New Deal

Federal Emergency Relief Administration– Aided depleting relief agencies with millions

Civil Works Administration– Created jobs to 4 million, working on roads and airports

Social Security Act– Provided pensions to elderly

Fair Labor Standards Act– Established minimum wage and banned child labor

After

The New Deal

Federal Emergency Relief Administration– Aided depleting relief agencies

with millions

Civil Works Administration– Created jobs to 4 million, working

on roads and airports

Social Security Act– Provided pensions to elderly

Fair Labor Standards Act– Established minimum wage and

banned child labor

After

Data Presentation

Maps can be very effective

Clash of Civilizations Clash of Ideologies

The difference an economic system can make

Data Presentation

Tables Size matters – and here

bigger is not necessarily better

State's General

Revenue

State's Higher Education

Appropriation

RIU's Unrestricted

Revenue

RIU's State

Appropriation

1981 $675,386 $72,721 $61,819 $39,509

1982 $756,452 $76,074 $67,014 $42,058

1983 $821,247 $82,829 $72,645 $44,317

1984 $867,977 $89,149 $77,932 $47,662

1985 $901,640 $94,279 $82,047 $49,612

1986 $972,577 $101,822 $88,427 $53,842

1987 $1,052,435 $107,341 $94,686 $57,379

1988 $1,129,084 $113,270 $102,356 $60,869

1989 $1,239,341 $122,691 $111,704 $64,537

1990 $1,392,276 $130,963 $119,678 $68,671

1991 $1,489,371 $132,582 $124,875 $69,331

1992 $1,446,412 $120,382 $124,978 $62,561

1993 $1,711,078 $110,855 $131,248 $56,629

1994 $1,615,738 $112,656 $137,851 $57,123

1995 $1,530,926 $117,294 $141,277 $59,452

1996 $1,640,985 $127,094 $148,603 $62,915

1997 $1,706,683 $128,727 $150,159 $63,789

TOO MUCH

TOO MUCH

World GDP: Years 1-2000

1 1000 1500 … 1980 2000

China 26,820 26,550 61,800 1,040,313 4,183,666

India 33,750 33,750 60,500 637,202 1,899,526

Western

Europe 14,433 10,925 44,183 4,849,192 7,539,382

US 272 520 800 4,230,558 8,019,378

World 105,402 120,264 248,345 20,041,571 36,568,190

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Share of world GDP

1 1000 1500 … 1980 2000

China 25% 22% 25% 5% 11%

India 32% 28% 24% 3% 5%

Western

Europe 14% 9% 18% 24% 20%

US .3% .4% .3% 21% 21%

World 105,402 120,264 248,345 20,041,571 36,568,190

Data Presentation

Graphs: The Good, better, and best

and not ready for prime time

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State Share of

Revenues• Connecticut recieves

25% of revenues from the two casinos slot machines.

• Foxwoods 6,641 slots brought in $65.2 million in February. The same month, Mohegan Sun’s 6,198 slot machines brought in $55.1 million. The total is $120 million giving CT $30 million.

CT’s share

$30 million

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Too much

A sample of the information we

will be looking at

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Animation/Transition

Animations and transitions can make a

big difference as you can see here

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The New Deal

Federal Emergency Relief Administration– Aided depleting relief agencies

with millions

Civil Works Administration– Created jobs to 4 million, working

on roads and airports

Social Security Act– Provided pensions to elderly

Fair Labor Standards Act– Established minimum wage and

banned child labor

or

The New Deal

Federal Emergency Relief Administration– Aided depleting relief agencies

with millions

Civil Works Administration– Created jobs to 4 million, working

on roads and airports

Social Security Act– Provided pensions to elderly

Fair Labor Standards Act– Established minimum wage and

banned child labor

The New Deal

Federal Emergency Relief Administration– Aided depleting relief agencies

with millions

Civil Works Administration– Created jobs to 4 million, working

on roads and airports

Social Security Act– Provided pensions to elderly

Fair Labor Standards Act– Established minimum wage and

banned child labor

The New Deal

Federal Emergency Relief Administration– Aided depleting relief agencies

with millions

Civil Works Administration– Created jobs to 4 million, working

on roads and airports

Social Security Act– Provided pensions to elderly

Fair Labor Standards Act– Established minimum wage and

banned child labor

The New Deal

Federal Emergency Relief Administration– Aided depleting relief agencies

with millions

Civil Works Administration– Created jobs to 4 million, working

on roads and airports

Social Security Act– Provided pensions to elderly

Fair Labor Standards Act– Established minimum wage and

banned child labor

What would the world's

population be in 25 years if it

increases by 1.5 percent per

year from its current value of

6.4 billion?

(2b) FV = PV(l+g)T

FV = 6.4*(1+.015)25 =

6.4*1.45 = 9.286

or

What would the world's

population be in 25 years if it

increases by 1.5 percent per

year from its current value of

6.4 billion?

(2b) FV = PV(l+g)T

FV = 6.4*(1+.015)25 =

6.4*1.45 = 9.286

What would the world's

population be in 25 years if it

increases by 1.5 percent per

year from its current value of

6.4 billion?

(2b) FV = PV(l+g)T

FV = 6.4*(1+.015)25 =

6.4*1.45 = 9.286

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Animation

How to make create an old slide show

Opportunity CostGene has a business where revenues over her lifetime

equal $1,500,000 and lifetime costs are

$1,250,000. Mary offers Gene $500,000 to sell the

business. What what would you tell Gene is the profit

from keeping the business?

Keep Sell Net Keep

Revenues $1,500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000

Costs $1,250,000 $1,250,000

Profit $250,000 $500,000 -$250,000

or

Opportunity Cost c

Gene has a business where revenues over her lifetime

equal $1,500,000 and lifetime costs are

$1,250,000. Mary offers Gene $500,000 to sell the

business. What what would you tell Gene is the profit

from keeping the business?

Keep Sell Net Keep

Revenues $1,500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000

Costs $1,250,000 $1,250,000

Profit $250,000 $500,000 -$250,000

Opportunity CostGene has a business where revenues over her lifetime

equal $1,500,000 and lifetime costs are

$1,250,000. Mary offers Gene $500,000 to sell the

business. What what would you tell Gene is the profit

from keeping the business?

Keep Sell Net Keep

Revenues $1,500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000

Costs $1,250,000 $1,250,000

Profit $250,000 $500,000 -$250,000

Opportunity CostGene has a business where revenues over her lifetime

equal $1,500,000 and lifetime costs are

$1,250,000. Mary offers Gene $500,000 to sell the

business. What what would you tell Gene is the profit

from keeping the business?

Keep Sell Net Keep

Revenues $1,500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000

Costs $1,250,000 $1,250,000

Profit $250,000 $500,000 -$250,000

Opportunity CostGene has a business where revenues over her lifetime

equal $1,500,000 and lifetime costs are

$1,250,000. Mary offers Gene $500,000 to sell the

business. What what would you tell Gene is the profit

from keeping the business?

Keep Sell Net Keep

Revenues $1,500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000

Costs $1,250,000 $1,250,000

Profit $250,000 $500,000 -$250,000