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| PowerPoint | May 13, 1998 -- MSEE B12 |
| 9:00-10:15am | will be an introduction to the software for users with little to no previous experience. |
| 10:30-noon | is a more advanced session which will include instructions on how to take graphics from the web and insert them into your presentation, clip-art, principles of basic design, and other advanced topics. |
Make your presentations more powerful by attending the ECN Short Course on Microsoft PowerPoint. This software allows users to create effective and interesting visual aids. Regardless of your previous computer experience, this two-part course will have you building impressive and professional slide-show presentations.
Many lecturers utilize overheads and/or handouts to help illustrate specific points to their audience. With PowerPoint, individuals have the tools to incorporate outlines, lists, charts, graphs, and graphics into an eye-catching collection of slides. For example, let's say you and another professor have come up with a project or paper that you want to present at the next conference. You could make copies of all your facts and findings, pass these thick packets around, and probably lose half your audience to boredom. Or, you could create a slide presentation using PowerPoint. In minutes you would be able to display before an audience a visual report which placed your data alongside important facts and information all in a very professional and polished format.
This format also enables both professors to share in the presentation. Presentations with two speakers can be difficult to organize. With PowerPoint, professionals can work in tandem without appearing stilted or competitive. By placing one person at the controls and another in front of the audience, the slides do not have to be timed. The presenters can even switch places allowing them to collaborate with and build upon the other's information.
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