making powerpoint slides avoiding the pitfalls of bad slides name and affiliation?
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Making PowerPoint Slides
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad Slides
Name and affiliation?
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Tips to be Covered
Outlines Slide Structure Fonts Colour (or Color?) Background Graphs Spelling and Grammar Conclusions Questions
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Tips to be Covered
Outlines Slide Structure Fonts Colour (or Color?) Background Graphs Spelling and Grammar Conclusions Questions
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Outline
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
Too much text! Too many lines at once!
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Slide Structure – Good
Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation(on average, right?)
Write in point form, not complete sentences (not like these examples)
Include 4-5 points per slide(unless you want to make a specific point?)
Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only
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Slide Structure - Bad
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.
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Slide Structure – Good
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
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Slide Structure - Bad
Do not use distracting animation
Do not go overboard with the animation
Be consistent with the animation that you use
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Fonts - Good
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
(Not Times New Roman)
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Fonts - Bad
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
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Colour - Good
Use a colour of font that contrasts 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
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Colour - Bad
Using a font colour that does not contrast with the background colour is hard to read
Using colour for decoration is distracting and annoying.
Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary– Using a different colour for secondary points is also
unnecessary Trying to be creative can also be bad
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Background - Good
Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive but simple
Use backgrounds which are light
Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation
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Background – Bad
Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from
Always be consistent with the background that you use
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Graphs - Good
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
Always title your graphs
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Graphs - Bad
January February March AprilBlue Balls 20.4 27.4 90 20.4Red Balls 30.6 38.6 34.6 31.6
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Graphs - Good
Items Sold in First Quarter of 2002
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Blue Balls
Red Balls
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Graphs - Bad
20.4
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January February March April
Blue Balls
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Graphs - Bad
Minor gridlines are unnecessary Font is too small Colours are illogical Title is missing Shading is distracting
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Background - Good
Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive but simple
Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation
Use backgrounds which are light(What about dark w/ light letters?)
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Background - GoodBackground - Good
• Attractive but simpleAttractive but simple
• ConsistentConsistent
• Contrasting lettersContrasting letters
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Spelling and Grammar
Proof your slides for:– speling misteaks– the use of of repeated words– grammatical errors you might have make
If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation!
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Conclusion
Use an effective and strong closing– Your audience is likely to remember your last words
Use a conclusion slide to:– Summarize the main points of your presentation– Suggest future avenues of research
(or, turn off the slides and talk to your audience!)
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Questions??
End your presentation with a simple question slide to:– Invite your audience to ask questions
(Probable not your job!)– Provide a visual aid during question period
(How about you as the “aid”?)– Avoid ending a presentation abruptly