This document provides tips for improving PowerPoint presentations by avoiding common mistakes. It discusses formatting mistakes like using small text, including too much text on slides, and using bad color choices. Content mistakes discussed are poor preparation and lack of balance between text, graphics, and other elements. The document offers tips to address these issues, such as keeping backgrounds consistent, using dark text on light backgrounds, limiting fancy transitions and animations, and maintaining a good balance of text and graphics. Presenters are advised to keep information concise and meaningful, and to start with an outline slide and end with a summary.

1. Making Good PowerPoint Presentations By Julie and Karen

2. Outline Common mistakes in formatting a PowerPoint presentation Examples of Mistakes Tips regarding the content of a presentation

3. Mistakes People Make Too small text Too much text Bad color choice Moving or flying text and graphics Fancy Transitions Overly complicated diagrams

4. Text Size The ozone layer is located between 9km to 50 km (36 pt) The ozone layer is located between 9km to 50 km (32 pt) The ozone layer is located between 9km to 50 km (24 pt) The ozone layer is located between 9km to 50 km (18 pt)

5. Too much text Ozone: Greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide: May affect ozone layer recovery Ozone is also a greenhouse gas in the upper atmosphere and, therefore, plays a role in Earth's climate. The increases in primary greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide , may affect how the ozone layer recovers in coming years.

6. Poor Color Choice This is hard to read This hard too This is Impossible Light color against dark backgrounds are very hard on the eyes

7. Moving and Flying Text Ozone has a complicated chemistry It is formed by NOx and VOCs Troposphere Ozone is harmful

8. Fancy Transitions

9. Hot Air Balloons

10. Diagrams

11. Diagrams

12. Tips to Making Good PowerPoints Keep backgrounds the same Use dark text and light background Skip fancy transitions Skip fancy animations and flying text Have a good balance of text and graphics

13. More Tips DO NOT use sentences or paragraphs Make graphs and figures large 3- 6 bullets per slide Spend between 30sec- 2min per slide Face the audience, NOT the screen

14. Content problems Poor Preparation- little thought given to the structure of the presentation Lack of Balance of Slide Elements- all text no graphics, or vice versa Using PowerPoint as a crutch instead of a tool

15. Tips on Content Keep all information concise and to the point Make sure all diagrams and graphics are meaningful Start with an Outline slide End with a Summary or Conclusion slide

16. Summary Keep the presentation simple Avoid unnecessary sounds and animations Keep information well organized DO NOT read from your slides verbatim Remind your audience of key points at the end of the presentation