This document provides guidance on creating effective presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. It discusses key features of PowerPoint including adding smart art, shapes, images, transitions and animations. It then outlines best practices for presentations such as minimizing slide counts to maintain focus, using large clear fonts, concise bullet points, visuals like graphs and charts, consistent formatting, and high color contrast for readability. Finally, it describes how to insert hyperlinks in PowerPoint to navigate between slides or link to other documents and web pages.

1. Empowerment
Technologies
Lesson 5: Advanced
Presentation Skills

2. Microsoft
PowerPoint
Presentation

3. Microsoft
PowerPoint
Presentation
• Powerpoint is highly
innovative and versatile
program that can ensure a
successful communication
whether you're presenting
in front of potential
investors, a lecture theatre
or simply in front of your
colleagues.

5. Five Features of Microsoft
PowerPoint Presentation
• Adding Smart Art
• Inserting Shapes
• Inserting Image
• Transitions
• Adding Animations

6. Creating an Effective
Presentation

7. 1. Minimize
Keep slides counts to
a minimum to maintain
a clear message and
to keep the audience
attentive.
Remember that the
presentation is a visual
aid.
Most
information should
still come from
the reporter.

8. 2. Clarity
Avoid
Avoid being too
fancy by using
font style that is
easy to read.
Make
Make sure that it
is also big
enough to be
read by
audience.
Consider
Consider how big
the screen is
during your
report.

9. 3. Simplicity
Use bullets or short sentences.
Summarize the information on the
screen to have your audience focus
on what the speaker is saying than
on reading the slide.

10. 4. Visual
Use graphics to
help in your
presentation but not
too many to distract
the audience.
In addition, instead
of using table of
data, use charts
and graphs.

11. 5. Consistency
Make your
design uniform.
Avoid having
different font
styles and
backgrounds.

12. 6. Contrast
Use a light font
on dark
background or
vice versa.
This is done so
that it is easier
to read.

13. Using Hyperlinks
in Microsoft
PowerPoint
Using hyperlinks in your presentation is
an easy way to navigate slides during
your presentation.

14. Ways to insert Hyperlinks:
1. Select an object or
highlight a text.
2. Go to insert>
Hyperlinks (under links
category) or use the
shortcut key Ctrl + K.
The insert hyperlink
would appear.

15. Links Options:
A. Existing files or Web page – creates a hyperlink to website or a
local file saved in your hard drive. Just browse your file in the dialog
box or type the web address.
B. Place in this document – creates a hyperlink that allows you to
jump to a specific slide in your presentation.
C. Create a New Document – creates a hyperlink that once clicked,
creates new document on your specified location.
D. Email Address – creates a hyperlink that opens microsoft
outlook that automatically adds your specified recipient or a new
mail.