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1. GreenTalk #4 PPT: Smart Cities
Hello writer, please help me out with a presentation that is due this afternoon. Thank you so
much. Below is the instructions.Using the information found in GreenTalk #4 by Jerry Gao,
create a Power Point presentation with no more than seven informational slides plus one
title slide and one References slide (nine slides total). The trick is you may only have a
maximum of 25 words per slide, and you must incorporate at least three images (from
sources other than presented in the GreenTalk) that visually support these facts. As you
organize your information, think of sequence that best serves your audience and
purposeRhetorical SituationCity of San Jose has hired you for an internship position. You
are committed to work hard to build your resume and offer innovative solutions to make
our city a “Smart(er) City.” As a resident of Bay Area, living in Santa Clara County, you have
been asked to put together a power point presentation and then present to the Mayor
Mahan’s office. In your presentation, explain what type of surveillance system can the city
implement to help the environment, reduce the pollution, and make it greener and
smarter.Some areas you can focus on are the following:1. Building Security2. Event
security3. Home security4. School campus security5. Airport security6. Parking garage
security7. Construction site security8. Coastal security9. Coastal pollution surveillance10.
Monitoring of illegal dumpingWhatever context and form of surveillance you choose, make
sure you provide steps to achieve the end goal.Powerpoint Presentation LessonProfessional
speakers understand that logos should be the primary focus of a technical presentation. So
each slide should focus on data, facts, statistics, and/or concepts and language that are key
to your audience understanding the topic.That said, research shows that too much
information on one slide DECREASES audience comprehension. Keep your images and text
simple. If you use a large data-rich image—make it take up the whole slide or the majority
of the slide. Or, you use a theme-slide, an image that visually supports topic without data. If
you are adept at PPT already, then try using transparency tools with a large image as
background, and layer bold text in front of the image. Generally, though, focus on decreasing
clutter, to increase the power of your message.Formatting GuidelinesYour first slide must
clarify the topic and the source (the GreenTalk speaker). Your last slide must include an
APA reference and your contact information. Here is an APA style guide that I use for
creating References:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html
Regarding Images…If you select an image from the internet that is fact-based (logos), such
as data tables or bar graphs, then the source for this information must be visible on the slide

2. where it appears. Remember, your audience must evaluate the source (both the logos and
ethos) in order to determine if that information is valid—most professional audiences won’t
just take your word for it, they need to evaluate the source themselves.If it’s a pretty picture
or a shape—we don’t want to know who made it and indeed the practice of adding source
information to “pretty” visuals may distract the audience, which is why we only place
attribution for this type of image on the References slide at the end, or you can use a tiny
font or lighter font to add the source information in a discrete way to the image on the
slide.Make sure you select simple images that are large enough to see clearly and that
directly support (but do not distract) from the facts on the slide.Writer’s Tip: keep each
slide style consistent. Same font, consistent colors, same bullet point style. Get all of the
facts out, and then work through revision to reduce the number of words per slide, then
pick the image. In selecting the image, think to yourself: how can I visually represent this
concept/word/fact without distracting the viewer?Once finished, proofread and edit your
slides because every mistake on a PPT counts for reduction of points, so please take the
time to edit. In a real presentation, mistakes have an immediate negative impact on ethos
and logos appeal.