This document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint slides by avoiding common pitfalls. It discusses best practices for slide structure, fonts, color, backgrounds, graphs, spelling and grammar. Key recommendations include using an outline for structure, writing in point form with 4-5 points per slide, using large contrasting fonts, limiting color usage, keeping backgrounds simple and light, properly formatting and labeling graphs, and proofreading for errors. The document concludes by advising attendees to end presentations strongly and invite questions.
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Bob Boule
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2. Tips to be Covered
l Outlines
l Slide Structure
l Fonts
l Colour
l Background
l Graphs
l Spelling and Grammar
l Conclusions
l Questions
3. Outline
l Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your
presentation
Ex: previous slide
l Follow the order of your outline for the rest of
the presentation
l Only place main points on the outline slide
Ex: Use the titles of each slide as main points
4. Slide Structure Good
l Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation
l Write in point form, not complete sentences
l Include 4-5 points per slide
l Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases
only
5. Slide Structure - Bad
l This page contains too many words for a
presentation slide. It is not written in point
form, making it difficult both for your 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. Slide Structure Good
l 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 presentation focused
7. Slide Structure - Bad
l Do not use distracting animation
l Do not go overboard with the animation
l Be consistent with the animation that you use
8. Fonts - Good
l Use at least an 18-point font
l 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
l Use a standard font like Times New Roman or
Arial
9. Fonts - Bad
l If you use a small font, your audience won t be able to read what you have written
l CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT
IS DIFFICULT TO READ
l Don t use a complicated font
10. Colour - Good
l Use a colour of font that contrasts sharply with
the background
Ex: blue font on white background
l Use colour to reinforce the logic of your
structure
Ex: light blue title and dark blue text
l Use colour to emphasize a point
But only use this occasionally
11. Colour - Bad
l Using a font colour that does not contrast with
the background colour is hard to read
l Using colour for decoration is distracting and
annoying.
l Using a different colour for each point is
unnecessary
Using a different colour for secondary points is also
unnecessary
l Trying to be creative can also be bad
12. Background - Good
l Use backgrounds such as this one that are
attractive but simple
l Use backgrounds which are light
l Use the same background consistently
throughout your presentation
13. Background Bad
l Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or
difficult to read from
l Always be consistent with the background that
you use
14. Graphs - Good
l Use graphs rather than just charts and words
Data in graphs is easier to comprehend & retain
than is raw data
Trends are easier to visualize in graph form
l Always title your graphs
15. Graphs - Bad
January February March April
Blue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4
Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6
16. Graphs - Good
Items Sold in First Quarter of 2002
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90
80
70
60
Blue Balls
50
Red Balls
40
30
20
10
0
January February March April
17. Graphs - Bad
100
90
90
80
70
60
Blue Balls
50
Red Balls
38.6
40
34.6
30.6 31.6
30 27.4
20.4 20.4
20
10
0
January February March April
18. Graphs - Bad
l Minor gridlines are unnecessary
l Font is too small
l Colours are illogical
l Title is missing
l Shading is distracting
19. Spelling and Grammar
l Proof your slides for:
speling mistakes
the use of of repeated words
grammatical errors you might have make
l If English is not your first language, please
have someone else check your presentation!
20. Conclusion
l Use an effective and strong closing
Your audience is likely to remember your last words
l Use a conclusion slide to:
Summarize the main points of your presentation
Suggest future avenues of research
21. Questions??
l End your presentation with a simple question
slide to:
Invite your audience to ask questions
Provide a visual aid during question period
Avoid ending a presentation abruptly