Putting Together More PowerfulPowerPointPresentations!

THIS IS A POWERPOINT, MAKE IT:

ClearConciseTo the point

TIPS TO CONSIDER

Slide StructureColorFontsBackgroundContentSpelling and Grammar

SLIDE STRUCTURE

Slide Structure – Good

Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation

Write in point form, not complete sentences

Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only

Slide Structure - Bad

This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point

form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present

each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the

previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.

Colors

Think of your colour scheme and font colour

Avoid busy schemes

Though boring, apparently white backgrounds and black text are supposed to work best

The Color Wheel

Adjacent colors harmonize with one another (Green and Yellow)

Colors separated by another color are contrasting colors (complementary)

Colors directly opposite one another are said to CLASH

Clashing colors provide readability Orange on Blue

FONTS

Make sure the font being used is clear.Try to avoid anything too eloquent. And be sure that it

is large enough to be seen.

FONTSFont Style Should be

ReadableRecommended fonts: Arial,

Tahoma, VerandaStandardize the Font

Throughout

BACKGROUNDS

Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from

Always be consistent with the background that you use

Background – Bad

CONTENT

TOO MANY SLIDES

I know you feel passionate about your subjectbut remember slides are there to support your message not deliver it !

Text AloneIs

Not

Sufficient

All the time!

Use Words

AndPictures

Break Text into Multiple Pages

Spelling and Grammar

Proof your slides for:spelling mistakesthe use of repeated wordsgrammatical errors you might have

make

If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation

Your Slides are Not your Presentation

Your slides are a focus for your presentationYour topic is proofYou present your proof with slides to focus interest on what you think is important

Thank you….

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