12 tips on using Powerpoint more effectively

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2. We all use
Powerpoint!

3. it can even do
a good job!
(if you use it right!)

4. but instead, what
we often see is....

5. So much text that you might as well
read a book!
You see slides with so much text on them that it
seems as though the presenter needs all their content
on the slide so in case they forget what it is that
they’re saying, they can turn around and read the
slide to the audience, just in case the audience can’t
read it themselves. But by this stage the audience has
already finished reading and wonders why you’re
reading the information as well, because they can
read, didn’t you realise that? (oh, and the slide is
numbered, possibly dated with a title at the bottom
and some meaningless code, just to make sure there
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is no extra space left at all) (better fill this bit!)
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6. And there’ll be bullet points too!
(lot’s of them)
๏People say, use only six bullets
๏With only six words per bullet
๏Print out the slides as well
๏Add animated text just for fun
๏Use fonts that are too small
๏And read them out as well!

7. Sometimes even the words will be hard to
read...who knows why?

8. So, I’ve decided to help
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9. 1 Plan your workshop

10. 2 Story before
slides

11. 3
Limit the text on slides

12. 4
Avoid bullet points

13. 5
Think like a
designer

14. 6
Don’t use
cartoonish clipart

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Don’t overuse
SmartArt Graphics 7

16. Like this
8 Use simple backgrounds
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17. Vary
the
layout
of
your
slides
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18. Warning!
Words on the move!
10 Strictly limit the
use of animated text

19. Use a Remote 11

21. So this should mean
you’ll see less of
this.......

22. .....and more
of this!