This document provides tips for creating an effective PowerPoint presentation. It recommends including an introduction slide with your title and name, an outline slide with main points, and content slides covering the information. The final slide should leave the audience with a lasting remark. Font size should be at least 24 and clear, and images should be relevant, clear and match slide colors. Charts and graphs like pie, bar, and line charts can be used to illustrate data. Following these tips can improve an average presentation.

1. Ed Palladino

2. Structure
Introduction slide
 Title and name
Outline slide
 Main points about presentation
 Content slides
 Covers detailed information
 As many slides until all the information is covered
 Final slide
 Make the last remark meaningful and something the
audience will remember

3. Fonts and Size
• Fonts should be clear
and at least size 24
•
Shouldn’t use a font that isn’t
legible and size shouldn’t be small

Don’t use the font serif and make it impossible to read

4. Images
• Make images
clear
• Make them
relevant to the
slide
• Make them
match the
slides color

5. Color
• Use color to emphasize what
you are talking about
Don’t use
bright
colors

6. Charts and Graphs
Pie charts
 Shows percentages
Vertical bar charts
 Used to show changes is quantity over time
Horizontal bar charts
 Used to compare quantities
Line charts
 Used to demonstrate trends

7. Summary
These points in the above slides are some of the very
keys to make a successful PowerPoint
When following these tips such as changing the font
and having a chart can change an average
PowerPoint into a good one
 These instructions will lead anyone to make
an effective presentation

8. Sources
 Reynolds, G. (2013) Top Ten Slide Tips
http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/
 Bates Information and Library Services (2011) PowerPoint: Presentation
http://www.bates.edu/ils/2011/how-do-i/software/powerpoint-presentation-tips/
 National Conference of State Legislatures (2014) Tips for making Effective
PowerPoint Presentations
http://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislative-staff/legislative-staffcoordinating-committee/tips-for-making-effective-powerpointpresentations.aspx
 Microsoft Corporation (2014) Tips for creating and delivering an effective
presentationhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/tips-forcreating-and-delivering-an-effective-presentation-HA010207864.aspx