PowerPoint PowerPoint PointsPoints

PowerPoint PowerPoint PointsPoints

Point #1• Summarize information

• Use bullet points

• Elaborate on key points when you present

CounterpointThere is nothing more boring

and obnoxious than having a presenter type all of the information on their slides, and then stand up in front of their audience and read off of their slides

Besides, your audience will be too busy reading to hear what you have to say

Point #2• Don’t cram information onto slides

• Fonts should be large enough to read, and discernable from the background

• Make sure to proofread your slides

Counterpoint• When you try to put too much information on a slide, it looks cramped, there’s too

much to read, and you lose your audiences’ attention • It also usually means that you’ve had to make your font smaller

• You don’t want it to be hard to read!

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Point #3

• Backgrounds should either correlate with your topic or be neutral

• Pictures should be relevant

CounterpointCounterpoint

• If my PowerPoint is about If my PowerPoint is about the desert, then an ocean the desert, then an ocean background makes no sensebackground makes no sense

• A picture of a cactus would A picture of a cactus would probably work wellprobably work well

• Pictures of fish, water, and Pictures of fish, water, and Santa Claus wouldn’tSanta Claus wouldn’t