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10 Steps To Better-and Less
Annoying-PowerPoint Presentations
By David Woodford
What is your biggest hate when it comes to presentations?
Slide after slide of boring PowerPoints right? Don't fall
in to the same trap yourself - adopt the following 10 steps
and you'll be welcomed!
Steps:
1. Keep it simple! Don't use a template that
becomes the focus of attention itself - a pastel color background
with contrasting text is fine.
2. Avoid gradients in the background. It may
look fine on your computer screen - but what happens when
it's used on another computer, or a less powerful projector?
Grainy, muddy images, that's what.
3. Be consistent on every slide - text in the
same size and in the same position and the same color.
4. Use plain fonts - and not more than two.
"Impressing" everyone with a load of fancy fonts actually
has the opposite effect!
5. The fewer words the better! YOU are the word-user
not the slide. Plenty of graphics (simple ones please) and
as few words as possible.
6. The slide is NOT your notes! DON'T read from
your slides (see Step 5 above).Are you saying that the audience
can't read for themselves? That's the message you put over.
7. Make the font sizes as large as you can without
being silly. You never know what size auditorium you might
be in next.
8. Don't over use capital letters - it slows
down reading.
9. Don't have too many slides. People have come
to hear you not look at your slides - otherwise you could
just mail them and save them hours of time!
10. Ask yourself "would I like to sit through
this PowerPoint presentation?" If you wouldn't - don't make
your audience!
For more good FREE advice on making your presentations better,
visit http://www.presentersforum.com/.
David Woodford is the owner of info4u-services producing
articles of value to business people. If you would like to
get some more help with spicing up your PowerPoint presentations,
visit http://www.PresentationPowerpoint.com
– it’s well worth a visit!
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