Informative Speech
PowerPoint Presentation
General Guidelines:
1. You will need at least 8 slides – one title slide, two slides for each main point and one blank slide at the end.
The title slide should have the title of your speech, your name, the date, and the period.
2. Keep your words large enough to be read by your audience – at least 24 point font.
3. “Rule of Six” – no more than 6 words per bullet, no more than 6 bullets per slide.
4. You will need to animate your slides – the text should appear when you are speaking about that particular piece
of information and not beforehand.
5. Choose fonts and color combinations that are easy to read – no matter how cool it looks, if we can’t read it, it is
not an effective PowerPoint. KEEP IT CONSISTENT
6. Proofread and spellcheck! Proofread and spell check! Proofread and spell check!
7. Slides are designed to enhance your presentation, not to be your presentation. Keep it simple and don’t read
your presentation word for word from your slides.
8. Any video clips included may NOT be longer than 15 seconds
General Process:
1. The first step is to decide on your design.
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Open Microsoft PowerPoint
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Click on Design and then select a pre-made design OR select Customize and build your own
2. Complete your Title Slide
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Put the title (topic) of your speech in the main title box
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Add your name, class and period to the sub-title box
3. Now you will need to add a new slide.
 Click on Insert and then click on New Slide
 Click on the second slide layout option (Title and Content). This is the best format for animating your slide.
You can adjust the size of the content box to be smaller to leave room to add a picture, if you would like
4. To Insert Text:
 Click on Text Box to add text
 If no bullets are included, click on the Home tab and select the Bullet icon
5. To Insert A Picture:
 The use of pictures is optional – the text should be the main function of the PowerPoint. However, images
can be used to enhance the presentation
 If you have an image saved to your server, click on the Insert tab and search for your file
 You may also find an image on Google and copy/paste the picture into your PowerPoint
6. To Insert Animation:
 Click on your text or picture that you want animated
 Click on the Animation tab
 In the Animation box, browse through and select any of the entry options
 Be sure that in the Animation tab, it should automatically select the option to start “On click.” It is
imperative that the text does not appear until you are speaking about it
 Do NOT insert Sounds
7. To Change the Slides Around:
 Click on View and then click on Slide Sorter
 You can change the order of your slides by clicking and dragging to a new position
 To return to the regular view, click on View and then click on Normal
Informative Speech PowerPoint
Name _____________________________________
Title
TITLE
SLIDE
Name
Date
Class Period
Topic
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IMAGE:
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Topic
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MAIN PT 1:
Bullet 2
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IMAGE:
Bullet 4
Bullet 5
Bullet 6
Topic
Bullet 1
MAIN PT 2:
Bullet 2
IMAGE:
Bullet 3
Bullet 4
Bullet 5
Bullet 6
Topic
Bullet 1
MAIN PT 2:
Bullet 2
Bullet 3
IMAGE:
Bullet 4
Bullet 5
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Topic
Bullet 1
MAIN PT 3:
Bullet 2
IMAGE:
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Bullet 4
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Topic
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MAIN PT 3:
Bullet 2
Bullet 3
IMAGE:
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Topic
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MAIN PT 4:
Bullet 2
IMAGE:
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If necessary
Topic
Bullet 1
MAIN PT 4:
Bullet 2
If necessary
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Bullet 3
IMAGE:
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Topic
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MAIN PT 5:
Bullet 2
IMAGE:
Bullet 3
Bullet 4
Bullet 5
Bullet 6
If necessary