Effective PowerPoint Get Your Message Across

Effective PowerPoint Be Seen Make sure your text is big enough This is 28 point Arial Anything below 24 points is too small

Be Seen

Make sure your text is big enough

This is 28 point Arial

Anything below 24 points is too small

Effective PowerPoint Use contrasting color schemes (design templates) ‏ These colors contrast These colors don’t contrast These colors contrast (harder to read?) ‏ These colors don’t contrast These colors contrast (harder to read?) ‏

Effective PowerPoint Be Clear Use a sans-serif font (Arial, Verdana ) ‏ Serif fonts are harder to read on-screen Italics are harder to read on-screen Use bold or color for emphasis

Be Clear

Use a sans-serif font (Arial, Verdana ) ‏

Serif fonts are harder to read on-screen

Italics are harder to read on-screen

Use bold or color for emphasis

Effective PowerPoint Simple is best Basic light colored background and dark text Avoid distracting images Limit transitions, animations, and sound effects Don’t get hung up on looks

Simple is best

Basic light colored background and dark text

Avoid distracting images

Limit transitions, animations, and sound effects

Don’t get hung up on looks

Effective PowerPoint Plan Plan Ahead (remember your purpose) ‏ Plan Carefully (get it under control) ‏ Plan for Disaster (next mouse click?) ‏

Plan

Plan Ahead (remember your purpose) ‏

Plan Carefully (get it under control) ‏

Plan for Disaster (next mouse click?) ‏

Effective PowerPoint Don’t read your screen Remember, PowerPoint presentations shouldn’t be used as cue cards. Bullet points should prompt you. Besides, your audience will read faster than you will talk. Plus your back will be them. Which leads to the next point…

Don’t read your screen

Remember, PowerPoint presentations shouldn’t be used as cue cards. Bullet points should prompt you. Besides, your audience will read faster than you will talk. Plus your back will be them. Which leads to the next point…

Effective PowerPoint Avoid long sentences 6 words per line 6 lines per slide Understanding vs. Overload

Avoid long sentences

6 words per line

6 lines per slide

Understanding vs. Overload

Effective PowerPoint Use images to communicate…

Effective PowerPoint … Not to decorate

Effective PowerPoint Always save to the hard disk Floppies/Zip disks stink Periodically save to network USB “Flash” drives are great!

Always save to the hard disk

Floppies/Zip disks stink

Periodically save to network

USB “Flash” drives are great!

Effective PowerPoint Use PowerPoint Shows Bypass the PowerPoint Interface File > Save As… PowerPoint Show File name ends in .pps

Use PowerPoint Shows

Bypass the PowerPoint Interface

File > Save As… PowerPoint Show

File name ends in .pps

Don’t be afraid!

Who needs bullets?

Don’t use PowerPoint as a crutch

Simple. Remember?

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