POWER POINT PRESENTATION
Purpose: To develop and demonstrate creative and technical talents by creating a PowerPoint presentation.
Categories:
Category A. Scrapbook of your church’s youth ministry for the past year.
Category B. Scrapbook your church’s preparation and participation in LTC for the past year.
Category C. Devotional Meditation based on this year’s LTC theme.
Category D. Bible Story Telling based on this year’s LTC theme.
Category E. Songs and Sermon Notes centered on this year’s LTC theme.
Process:
1. For Categories A and B, collect pictures of LTC and other youth group activities from the last twelve months.
2. For Category C, the entry must be suitable for use in the corporate worship or during personal devotions.
3. For Category D, the entry must be suitable for presentation in a Bible class.
4. For Category E, the entry must be suitable for presentation at a Sunday morning worship assembly.
5. The PowerPoint Presentation should be self-explanatory, but if you wish to provide additional descriptions of the pictures and additional short narratives about the activities for the judges, you are free to do so in a one-page attachment.
6. Submit your entry to the event coordinator on or before the pre-convention deadline.
Rules:
1. Presentations should be not less than 10 slides or more than 40. The first slide must include participants’ name(s) with their grade(s), church name, category, and copyright information.
2. The slides themselves and all features within the slide should advance automatically. The maximum time for the presentation is 7 minutes.
3. Due to the variety of fonts and features within PowerPoint itself, presenters should check their presentation on different computers to ensure compatibility. Presentations will be judged on computers running PowerPoint 2000 or better on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
4. Name your files with your church name and team number in this form: CentralCoC_01.ppt
5. A maximum of three (3) students may work on a presentation. Each participant may participate on only one (1) team.
6. The presentation will be judged at the level of the oldest participant.
7. There are two grade levels in this event:
a. Grades 3-6
b. Grades 7-12
8. Adult assistance shall be limited to that of technical advice and supervision only.
9. By sending your presentation to LTC you are granting permission to LTC to upload your work to the LTC website as a resource for future participants. As such, please include on your first slide personal copyright information.
Awards:
1. Awards will be given to all team members, based on each team’s rating. Ratings and awards of gold, silver, bronze, and no award will be given according to the judging criteria listed.
Judging Criteria:
1. Depicts Theme – Viewer understanding of the theme and its impact on people’s lives is enhanced. This includes activities outside of LTC preparation that show real life application of the theme.
2. Displays Creativity – Fonts, colors, graphics, sounds, and animation are used in creative, tasteful, and aesthetically pleasing ways.
3. Neatness/Legibility – Slides are not “cluttered,” but display a well-organized, informative presentation of the material.
4. Description of Events – Descriptions which accompany pictures should be succinct, yet informative.
5. Follows Required Standards – Follows procedures and rules outlined above.
6. Overall Impact – Does the presentation glorify God?