Powerpoint: Presentation Tips

PowerPoint slideshows should enhance your presentation, not detract from it. Here are a few simple tips to start you on the right track.
See also: PowerPoint: Basic Slideshows & Image Capturehttps
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A. Presentation structure:

1. INTRO SLIDE:

·         Title of presentation, date, presenter name

2. OUTLINE SLIDE:

1.     Main points of what you will talk about

2.     Then follow the structure you’ve laid out

3.     Start broad, finish specific

4.     Rank Information (What NEEDS to go on the slide)

5.     Simplify

3. CONTENT SLIDES:

1.     Cover detailed information based on your outline

2.     As many slides as you need, as many as 1-2 per minute

3.     Remember Powerpoint is more visual than verbal: “a picture is worth a thousand words”

4. FINAL SLIDE:

1.     Audience will likely take away the last thing you say

2.     So make a point to have the last slide be meaningful

o    provide contact information for followup?

o    pose a question for discussion?

o    finish with a joke/or light hearted conclusion?

3.     At the very least put a blank slide at the end

o    provides a non-distracting placeholder for discussion

o    prevents clicking through back to Powerpoint application

5. Slide types:
TEXT:

1.     Highlight your presentation, don’t create a substitute for it

2.     Bullet points, not complete sentences

3.     4-6 points per page

4.     No large blocks of text, audience stops listening, and reads

5.     Consider showing one point at a time, using animation

o    helps the audience focus on what you are saying

6. IMAGES:

1.     Avoid clip art… everyone has seen it before, lacks emphasis

2.     Images should be good: not pixilated, out of focus, too dark

3.     Cropped to remove distractions

7. GRAPHS/DIAGRAMS:

1.     Make them as simple as possible

2.     To be grasped in just a few moments, not studied at length