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Chapter 7: Composing Presentations |
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Choosing the Right Colors for Your Next Presentation. This article from Epson Presenters Online offers helpful, illustrated advice about rhetorically effective use of color in PowerPoint presentations. http://www.presentersonline.com/basics/visuals/rightcolors.shtml
PowerPoint Guides, Tips, and Help. Developed by Dartmouth's Biomedical Library, this Web page offers helpful advice and strategies for maximizing the persuasive potential of PowerPoint. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/workshops/powerpt_faq.shtml
Teaching Today. This rich resource website for teachers, hosted by Glencoe Online, offers great strategies for working oral communication practice into the curriculum; while it is geared at 6-12 grade teachers, the suggestions can be modified easily for a college-level audience. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/weeklytips.phtml/191
Text, Fonts, and Readability. This site offers helpful information on how to select the font style and size that will maximize the readability of your presentations. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/usability/textfontcss.html
Tips for PowerPoint. This handy Webpage provides a useful table of contents that directs the reader to important sections, such as "readability," "use charts to illustrate differences," and "text to highlight points". http://it.mala.bc.ca/students/Education/Powerpoint/powerpointTips.htm
Using Color in Designing PowerPoint presentations. This extremely helpful page includes a pdf of an assignment on working with color on PowerPoint as well as links on creating and delivering presentations. Authored by Danielle DeVoss, Professor, Michigan State University. http://www.msu.edu/~devossda/vr/modules/module3.html
Using Colors to Connect with Your Audience. This career center page offers an overview of the audience response to the different colors.http://www.sessions.edu/career_center/colors.html
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