1. Powerful
Presentations

2. Purpose
 Communicates
Information
Ideas
Strategies

3. Remember Your Goal
 Determine Audience
 Business audience – formal
 Convey Main Message
 Review Slides

4. Types of Presentation Programs
 Microsoft PowerPoint
 WordPerfect Presentations
 Lotus Freelance Graphics

5. Support Your Main Idea
 Topic Sentence
 Supporting Details
 Keep it Simple

6. Know Your Audience
 Fewer words on slide
 Don’t Oversimplify
 Rehearse
 Clarify

7. Preview and Review
 Preview Slide
First
Introduces the topic
 Review Slide
Last
Restates the main idea

8. Keep it Simple
 Highlight Key Facts
 Keep text lively but to the point

9. Design Elements
 Consistent
 Avoid Distracting Elements
 Avoid Confusion

10. Be Smart With Art
 Use clip art, tables, charts, icons, and animations
wisely.
 Illustrations should convey message
 6 x 7 rule –
 no more than 6 lines per slide
 no more than 7 words per line.

11. Proofread
 Spell Check
 Rehearse Timings

12. Review
 Clear
Be sure your audience gets your message.
 Concise
Keep it Simple
 Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse
 Don’t read your slides to the audience.
 They can read!