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PowerPoint Presentation Requirements

Text Formatting and Slide Number Requirements for PowerPoint Presentation: (Presentations must meet basic formatting requirements in order to be reviewed.)

  • 20 slide limit (This does NOT include your title slide or the required “Big Picture Overview” or the 2 required “Data/Interventions” template slides described below.)
  • Minimum font of 18 point or larger on all slides except where otherwise specified. Graphs and tables used to depict outcomes are exempt from the font requirements, but must be easy to read. (Applicants may use 12-point font for the “Big Picture Overview” and Data/Interventions” template slides.)
  • Slide animations excluding photos and logos are not permitted.
  • IF THE INFORMATION (CONTENT) YOU PROVIDE DOESN’T MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

Required Content:

1.Introduction/Background Slides

A. One title slide including the following applicant information (Not counted in slide limitations)

  • Coalition Name
  • Coalition Mailing Address
  • Youth Substance Use Issue that Your Coalition Successfully Addressed
  • Outcomes Achieved that You Are Highlighting
  • Respondent Name and Role with the Coalition
  • Respondent Contact Information: Phone Number and Email Address

B. A brief introduction to your coalition including:

  • The year your coalition was formed
  • Any additional supplemental information you wish to provide that will help the reviewers learn more about your coalition, in general.

C.A brief overview of the community your coalition servesincluding:

  • Relevant geographic information including whether your coalition serves an urban, suburban, rural, and/or frontier community.
  • Relevant demographic data for the population you are serving (your target community).

D. List thecommunity sectors that haveinvolved in the work your coalition has done to address the problem selected and share specific contributions they have made to the positive outcomes you are seeing today.

  • List at least TWO sectors (i.e. agencies, organizations, groups of individuals)
  • For EACH sector, provide at least 1-2 examples of a contribution that sector has made.

2.“Big Picture Overview” and “Data/Interventions” PPT Templates (These slides will not be included as part of your required slide limitations. Font size should be no smaller than 12 point for your templates. Download the starter templates at )

A.Instructions for completing the “Big Picture Overview” PowerPoint template:

All applicants must incorporate one “Big Picture Overview” template into their application package. The “Big Picture Overview” must include easy to understand statements that describe the results of your coalition’s community assessment of the problem. Statements should describe each of the following:

  • The identifiedproblem
  • The identifiedroot causesof the problem
  • The identified local conditionscontributing to each of the root causes

B. Instructions for Completing the “Data/Interventions” PowerPoint template: All applicants must complete one “Data/Interventions” template slide for at least one local condition for both root causeslisted in your “Big Picture Overview” slide (note: this means you will need to complete at least 2 “Data/Interventions” template slides). Your “Data/Interventions” template slides will include the quantitativeand qualitativebaselinedata to support your “Big Picture Overview” statements.Each “Data/Interventions” template must include the following:

  • Basic statements describing the identified problem, root causes, and local conditions contributing to each root cause (transferred directly from your “Big Picture Overview”)
  • Baseline assessment data to describe eachProblem, Root Cause, and Local Condition, which must include:
  • Community-level data your coalition has collected to describe the problem
  • A data source for each piece of baseline assessment data
  • The baseline year that you collected each piece of assessment data
  • Data must come from at least two different measures (for example, two questions from the same survey count as different measures)
  • Strategies/Interventions: List the Seven Strategies for Community Changeand the specific intervention associated with each strategythat your coalition implemented to address the local condition. Note: The goal is to use an intervention associated with each strategy, but it is not a requirement. Only list the interventions you’ve already implemented.

3.Outcomes (Please refer to font size requirements on page 1. These requirements don’t apply to graphs and charts but they should be easy to read and understand.)

A. Share the community-level outcomes your coalition has achieved

Select the appropriate format to share your successes using tables, graphs, or bullets.

Share trend data (the same collected over multiple time periods).

Below are some general guidelines depending on the outcomes you are highlighting.

  • To show outcomes, you will always need to provide at least two data points (baseline and follow-up).
  • If your coalition has achieved short-term AND intermediate outcomes, we suggest that your data points span at least three years. If your coalition has achieved short-term, intermediate, AND long-term outcomes, we suggest that your data points span at least four years.