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Avoiding the pitfalls of
Bad Slides
 Outlines
 Slides structure
 Fonts
 Colour
 Background
 Graphs
 Spelling and Grammer
 Conclusions
 Questions
 Make your 1st or 2nd Slide an outline of your
presentation
_Ex:previous slide
 Follow the order of your outline for the rest of
the presentation
Only place main points on the outline slide
 _Ex:Use the titles of each slide as main points
 Use 1-2 slides per minutes of your
presentation
 Write in point form,not complete sentences
 Include 4-5 points per slide
 Aviod wordiness :use keys word and phrases
only
 This page contains too many words for a
presentation slide.It is not written in point
form,making it difficult both for you audience
to read and for you to present each point .
Although there are exactly the same number
of points on this slide as the previous slide ,it
looks much more complicated.In short ,your
audience will spend too much time trying to
read this paragraph instead of listening to
you.
 Show one point at a time:
_will help audience concentrate on what you
are saying
_will prevent audience from reading ahead
_will help you keep your presen tation
focused
 Do not use distracting animation
 Do not go overboard with the animation
 Be consistent with the animation that you use
 Use at least an 18-point font
 Use different size fonts for main points and
secondary points
-this font is 24 – point ,the main point font is
28-point,and the title font is 36-point
 Use a standard font like times new Roman or
Arial
 If you use a small font,your audience won’t be able to read what you have
written
 CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY .IT IS
DIFFICULT TO READ
 Don’t use a complicated font
 Use a colour offont that contrast sharply with
the background
-Ex:blue font on white background
 Use colour to reinforce the logic of your
structure
- Ex:light blue title and dark blue text
 Use colour to emphasize a point
- but only use this occasionally
 Using a font colour that does not contrast
with the back ground colour is hard to read
 Using colour for decoration is distracting and
annoying.
 Using a different colour for each points is
unnecessary
- Using a different colour for secondary
points is also unnecessary
 Trying to be creative can also be bad
 Use backgrounds such as this one that are
attractive but simple
 Use backgrounds which are light
 Use the same background consistently
throughout your presention
 Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or
difficult to read from
 Always be consistent with background that
you use
January February March April
Blue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4
Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6
 Items sold in first quarter of 2002
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Category
1
Category
2
Category
3
Category
4
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
 Minor Gridlines are unnecessary
 Font is too small
 Colours are illogical
 Title is missing
 Shading is distracting
 Use graphs rather than just charts and words
–Data in graphs is easier to comprehend
&retain then is raw data
_Trends are easier to visualize in graph form
 Always title your graphs

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Mg

  • 1. Avoiding the pitfalls of Bad Slides
  • 2.  Outlines  Slides structure  Fonts  Colour  Background  Graphs  Spelling and Grammer  Conclusions  Questions
  • 3.  Make your 1st or 2nd Slide an outline of your presentation _Ex:previous slide  Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the presentation Only place main points on the outline slide  _Ex:Use the titles of each slide as main points
  • 4.  Use 1-2 slides per minutes of your presentation  Write in point form,not complete sentences  Include 4-5 points per slide  Aviod wordiness :use keys word and phrases only
  • 5.  This page contains too many words for a presentation slide.It is not written in point form,making it difficult both for you audience to read and for you to present each point . Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide ,it looks much more complicated.In short ,your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.
  • 6.  Show one point at a time: _will help audience concentrate on what you are saying _will prevent audience from reading ahead _will help you keep your presen tation focused
  • 7.  Do not use distracting animation  Do not go overboard with the animation  Be consistent with the animation that you use
  • 8.  Use at least an 18-point font  Use different size fonts for main points and secondary points -this font is 24 – point ,the main point font is 28-point,and the title font is 36-point  Use a standard font like times new Roman or Arial
  • 9.  If you use a small font,your audience won’t be able to read what you have written  CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY .IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ  Don’t use a complicated font
  • 10.  Use a colour offont that contrast sharply with the background -Ex:blue font on white background  Use colour to reinforce the logic of your structure - Ex:light blue title and dark blue text  Use colour to emphasize a point - but only use this occasionally
  • 11.  Using a font colour that does not contrast with the back ground colour is hard to read  Using colour for decoration is distracting and annoying.  Using a different colour for each points is unnecessary - Using a different colour for secondary points is also unnecessary  Trying to be creative can also be bad
  • 12.  Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive but simple  Use backgrounds which are light  Use the same background consistently throughout your presention
  • 13.  Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from  Always be consistent with background that you use
  • 14. January February March April Blue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4 Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6
  • 15.  Items sold in first quarter of 2002 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
  • 16. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
  • 17.  Minor Gridlines are unnecessary  Font is too small  Colours are illogical  Title is missing  Shading is distracting
  • 18.  Use graphs rather than just charts and words –Data in graphs is easier to comprehend &retain then is raw data _Trends are easier to visualize in graph form  Always title your graphs