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Builds and Pictures Make Fund Raising Come Alive

See some before and after slide examples. These slide examples give you ideas on how to reduce the text, create more interesting images and show information graphically rather than always in bullet points. Most importantly, the "after" slides enable the presenter to deliver a more effective presentation.

Example 1.

Before:
Always organize the information into chunks, especially if you want your audience to follow your suggestions. The before slide is mixed in between many slides discussing Access, the network, education, etc. There is no clear path for the audience to follow.
After:
We organized the information about the database into three sections, then used these to create a simple time line. Time lines can be very useful to present the whole picture of the topics to be discussed in detail. In PowerPoint this time line is an AutoShape, filled with a picture. The words are in a text box.
Example 2.
Before:
The point of this slide is not Section 4. That should not be the central focus.
After:
When dividing a talk by sections and then handing out the booklet after, think about what is important and needs to be in big letters. Added Value becomes the central focus on the slide and Section Four goes at the bottom of the slide.
Example 3.
Before:
This slide doesn't have lots of words, but the information could be presented in a manner that will be easier for the audience to see and compare.
After:
With this table, the information is easy to understand. Use tables when comparing the past to the present, different products, vendor bids, etc. This table is a series of rectangles made in PowerPoint with the words in text boxes.
Example 4.
Before:
There is too much text. There are sentences on this slide. The first sentence is one the presenter can say. The font is Times New Roman and difficult to read.
After:
See how much more interesting this screen is when the words are put in a geometric shape. You could build this by having each of the points come up one at a time. Shapes add variety to a presentation. Just don't use too many in any one presentation. This background is from Crystal Graphics.
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