This document provides tips for creating and giving PowerPoint presentations. It recommends including a title, subtitle, name, job title and organization on the title slide. Presentations should have an overview slide describing what will be covered. Slides should have 10-20 word sentences, limited text, and graphics matching the content. Presenters should practice their timing, speak naturally without reading slides, keep eye contact with the audience, and leave time for questions. Handouts can reinforce the presentation content.

1. Lesson 8
Samantha TerBeest
Adult Services Librarian
Willmar Public Library

2.  Tips for Creating a PowerPoint Presentations
 Tips for Giving a Presentation

4.  Your Title Slide Should Always Include the
Following:
 A Title & Subtitle (if you have one)
 Example: Microsoft Office Power Point 2007
Lesson 8
 Always include your name, your job title (if
applicable), your organization and/or where you
are presenting
 Example:
Samantha TerBeest
Adult Services Librarian
Willmar Public Library
Lake Superior Library Symposium

5.  Presentations should always have an
overview slide
 Gives your audience a general sense of what
you will be talking about
 Add/Create your Overview Slide after you
have finished your creating your presentation

6.  Keep sentences between 10-20 Words.
 This is the way people generally talk.
 Use keywords
 Do not clutter your slide with text.
 An audience gets distracted easily
 Use your Notes Box for yourself, do not use a
slide

7.  Titles should be size 44pt.
 Subtitles should be size 28-34pt.
 Contrast: light on dark, dark on light
 Graphics should match your story

9.  Practice!
 Get your timing right.
 How long should you spend on each slide
 Don’t memorize your text.
 Memorize keywords
 Ideas will flow naturally
 Words will be different each time you practice

10.  Gives you time to check equipment
 Setup the room the way you want
 Get Handouts ready

11.  Prepare handouts
 Easier for people to look back on your
presentation.
 Make 10% more than the amount of people
attending.
 Distribute handouts before presentation.
 Handout alternative: www.slideshare.net
 Upload presentation to site
 Get link to give audience

12.  Talk like you normally do
 Naturally @ a moderate rate
 Project & speak clearly
 Repeat important points
 Take pauses – let audience digest info
 Don’t Read Slide Aloud – Audience can read
faster

13.  Keep eyes on your audience – never turn your
back
 Don’t hide behind lantern
 Use natural body language
 Avoid looking at your notes

14.  Leave time at end of presentation for
questions
 Questions during presentations = 25% longer than
practice time
 Can jump back to slides if necessary
 Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know, or I
have not done the research.”

15.  Need a Certificate of Completion? See me
after class.
 Next Fall – Microsoft Office Excel 2007
 Watch for emails, signs, newspaper, & radio
 Techie Tuesdays starts in May
 Questions about a computer program, Internet
tool, eReader, tablet
 Stop by library, Tweet us, or ask us on Facebook
 References:
http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/splane_m/present
ationtips.htm