Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Know your Audience

When doing a presentation it is very important to understand the needs of the audience. It is important to leave some time for you audience to ask questions after the presentation. It is god to try to predict the questions that the audience may ask so that you can be prepared to answer. There are 4 main questions that you must always ask yourself before giving a presentation. 1. Who will read or see this piece of writing? 2. What do I want them to know? 3. What background do they bring? 4. What do I want this piece of writing or presentation to accomplish? Using this tips and guidelines will help you to give an overall good presentation.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Healthy Teen Living Presentation

In lesson 4-Manage Presentations I learned about creating a good PowerPoint presentation. I learned how to make an outline and then put it into a powerpoint. I also learned some skills for a good presentation. I earned that I have to be aware of my audience and who I'm presenting to. I learned how to use different animations and effects in my presentations. I learned that I have o keep my transitions and animations consistent.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Copyright Presentation

In Lesson 3 I learned how to create a good presentation. I also learned how to organize a presentation and how to use good effects in a presentation. I learned how to put an outline into a PowerPoint presentation. In this lesson, I saw how using slide master is much more easier than editing every single slide. I learned that you can make transitions to slides, and add animations to words. I can also point out the different parts of a PowerPoint.

Monday, March 12, 2012

How Can Presentation Skills Help You Succeed

Presentation software can be used to present information in a classroom. Businesses use PowerPoint to deliver information to diverse audiences. PowerPoint can help me give a professional-looking presentation that is well-organized. A well designed power point PPT will help me to impress my co-workers. The purpose of presentation software allows you to display information visually so that other people will be able to understand it better. Companies can use presentation software to educate or train their employees. PowerPoint allows me to illustrate my presentations with charts and pictures. To make presentations an effective communication tool in the workplace, you should identify your audience, keep text brief and to the point, use attractive color schemes, use animation sparingly, rehearse your presentation, revise your presentation, speak clearly, and speak to your audience. Presentation skills might be useful in being a computer system analyst. They can be useful because an analyst will have to learn and teach others about that career, showing others information about computers, and to influence others down that career path. Teachers will have the greatest number of members in 2014.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Unit 4-Lesson 1 Introduction to Charts: Choosing the Right Graph

Graphs are used to show data visually. There are four different kinds of graphs you may use when presenting data. One is a bar graph, or a column graph. Bar graphs are used to show amounts, or a number of times a value occurs. Another graph you could use is a line graph. Line graphs plot data changes over a rate of time. The data points can show you the changes between the data. Scatter plot graphs show trends in data, and you can use this when you have a large number of data points. There a positive correlation in the data when the best fit line increases. When the best fit line decreases, there is a negative correlation. Line graphs and scatter plot graphs are almost the same, except that line graphs have connected dots and scatter plot graphs don't. You can use a pie chart to show a percent of a particular item. These are also called circle graphs. Pie charts, however, don't use a vertical or horizontal axis.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Charts, Diagrams, Graphs

Spreadsheets and graphs are used together to show data visually and in regular columns and rows. Different types of graphs are used to organize for different reasons. Some graphs are used to show a change over a time period, to show a comparison, or percentages. The purpose of a graph or chart is to show information in a visual way. It is sometimes better to show data as a graphic, because data can be understood easily in a chart so that you can see the changes or comparisons within the data. For example, if you wanted to show the crime rate rising in numbers, you could put those numbers in a chart. You could also use a pie chart to show to population percentages in different continents.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Excel Enhancement

There are many features you can add to an Excel workbook. SmartArt is used to see data in a graph. Tab Color can be used for color coding and organizing information. The purpose of a background is to show people what the information is about. Borders are used to show the title. Cell styles are used to format your table in a certain way. Text alignment is used to keep the data in an organized format. Merge and center is used to make the title stand out. Renaming the sheet tab is so that you can look at different sheet tabs by their name.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Using Math Formulas

Excel uses math formulas to help you with everyday life problems. It calculates the same way that people calculate when they’re in math class. Since there are certain rules in math, excel has to do the same. The order of precedence is multiplication, division, addition, and then subtraction.  You have to put the correct symbols for your calculations to be correct. Excel does the order of calculations as multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. The order of precedence is important because you have to follow certain rules to get the correct answer.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Introduction to Excel

Excel is a spreadsheet that is used to store data. It can be used for grades, addresses, or when doing calculations. Excel is perfect for when you need to input numbers. Excel can automatically add, subtract, multiply, can divide. Excel has formulas made just for that. It makes calculations accurate and very fast. Businesses can use Excel when doing worksheet formulas or making charts with numbers in it. Excel is different from word because it has rows and columns throughout it. Word is a blank sheet of paper. Excel is easier to use than word when inputting data. Word is more for typing reports, while Excel is for data. I think that people prefer to use Microsoft Excel's formula instead of calculators because it's faster and easier to use. A person could use Microsoft Excel to make a calendar.