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1. DEATH BY
POWERPOINT
AS TOLD BY
MR AARONS

2. Most Common PowerPoint Mistakes
1) People tend to put every word they are
going to say on their PowerPoint slides.
Although this eliminates the need to
memorise your talk, ultimate this makes
your slides crowded, wordy, and boring.
You will lose your audience’s attention
before you even reach the bottom of your…

3. Most Common PowerPoint Mistakes
…first slide.

4. Most Common PowerPoint Mistakes
2) Many people do not run spel cheek
before there presentation – BIG MISTAK!!!
Nothing makes you lok stupder then
speling erors.

5. Most Common PowerPoint Mistakes
• Avoid
• Excessive
• Bullet-
pointing
• Only
• Bullet
• Key
• Points.
• Too
• Many
• Bullet-Points
• And
• Your
• Key
• Messages
• Will
• NOT
• Stand
• Out
• In fact,
• The
• Term
• “Bullet-Point”
• Comes
• From
• People
• Firing
• Guns At
• Annoying
• Presenters

6. Bad Colour Schemes
Clashing background and font colours can lead to:
• Distraction
• Confusion
• Headaches
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Loss of Bladder Control

7. Animation Vs Effectiveness
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0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Effectiveness(Highest=1)
Number of Animations
Visual LearnersEasily Distracted
Simple/
Effective Active /
Confusing
Effective
But
Boring
Active /
Inactive
Dull
But
Static
Busy
But Useless
Stupid / Confusing
DULL
HYPER
TRIANGLE SLEEPY
SQUARE
CRAZY
PENTAGON
POINTLESS
MOTION

8. Font Analysis
Courier New
Organised and Structured
ERASER
Artistic
Calibri
Lazy, Unimaginitive
(Always uses the default)