Business Operations Management (Assignment Guide)

Goal

• focused and relevant message that is clearly organized and supported by evidence
• confidence comes from knowledge and preparation

Plan/Organize Slides

• use your research notes to develop bullet points for your slides

• keep your audience in mind as you plan
• start laying out your presentation on a new PowerPoint - start with text first to make sure its laid out in logical order; add visuals later
  • identify your most important point and why it's important
  • introduction (1-2 slides)
    • what will your audience need to know to understand your presentation?
      • provide background information for context - introduce keywords, definitions, key ideas or concepts
  • body (4+ slides)
    • supports your main argument
    • include specific examples with visuals to clarify your message
  • summary slide 
    • summarize your main points using keywords from the introduction
    • use a strong simple statement to conclude

Powerpoint Do's

• keep it simple 
• choose a simple clean design with an easy to read font that conveys your message
• be sure to save as you go
• use keywords
• use a clean readable font - Arial, Helvetica, Calibri, etc
• use a heading for each slide - font size 30-48 pts
  • use a high contrast color between font and background 
• use bullet points or short sentences instead of paragraphs - font size 20-28 pts
  • 2-3 short sentences
  • no more than 6 bullet points
  • good spacing
• use visual elements to illustrate your ideas: find copyright-free images:
  • Pixabay
  • Unsplash
  • PowerPoint built-in stock images
    • 
• proofread 

Powerpoint Don'ts

• use ALL CAPS
• use text-only on slides
• don't crowd elements on one slide
• read from your slides
• overuse transitions, animations, sounds
• light colors (yellow) for fonts