This document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations by highlighting good practices and bad practices. Some good tips include using a simple background that does not distract from the content, easy to read fonts, graphics that are relevant to the topic, and bullet point lists that are properly formatted. Bad practices to avoid include backgrounds that are too busy, hard to read fonts, irrelevant graphics, and poorly formatted lists. The document stresses keeping word counts low per slide, as too many words can overwhelm and bore the audience.

1. Good vs. Bad of making a
PowerPoint
Selina Bernard
Ed Tech
Spring 2014

2. Good Background Contrast

3. Bad Background Contrast

4. Good Word Transitions

5. Bad Word Transition

6. Good Object Transitions
Important Information

7. Bad Object Transition
Useless information

8. Good Bullet Points
Fruit
• Apples
• Peaches
• Grapes
• Oranges

9. Bad Bullet Points
Vegetables
• Carrots
• Broccoli
• Lettuce
• Mushrooms
• Olives
• Potatoes
• Snow Peas
• Onions

10. Good Word Amount

11. Bad Word Amount
If you put to many words on a slide it becomes
distracting and hard for people to read. Also
people don’t know what information is
important and what is not if there is a lot of
words on the page. It makes it frustrating as well
because people are trying to read all the words
while you are speaking. It can also make it really
boring. Plus you don’t want to just read off of
the slide because people will fall asleep.

12. Good Background
Simple and doesn’t distract or take
away from what is written on the
slide.

13. Bad Background

14. Good Font
Easy to read

15. Bad Font
Very Very Hard
to Read
(Translation: Very Very Hard to Read)

16. Good Graphics
Today we will be learning about
Penguins

17. Bad Graphics

18. Good Lists
Things to do when finished:
1. Make sure area is clean
2. Work on unfinished work
3. Take out a book and read OR
paper to color

19. Bad Lists
Things to do when finished:

20. Good Font Effects
If you remember one thing from this
PowerPoint it is…
Moose ROCK!

21. Bad Font Effects
If you remember one thing
from this PowerPoint it is…
Moose ROCK!

22. The End