Pointers for Power Point...

Though the articles on PowerPoint were helpful, I found them quite demanding. For example, one said that there should be "no more than 6 words no a slide EVER!" I find this quite a spectacular demand but it makes a good point, PowerPoint's shouldn't reflect mass amounts of information but should be short, sweet, illustrative, and to the point; leave the details to an essay or report if necessary. Much like the authors of these articles, I find that PowerPoint's that are long paragraphs of text are boring and put me to sleep. Furthermore, the one thing I can't stand about presentations is if a presenter just reads of their slide, don't include pictures in their presentation, or put annoying "generic" Microsoft sounds on their presentation. Five Power Point pointers I could give to all you readers out there as well as my classmates is:

1) Don't read from your slides! If there is a picture being displayed and you want to point something out then that's fine but NEVER read from your slides.

2) Make your presentation original. Generic templates are boring, mix up the design of your presentation a bit but keep it professional.

3) Visuals are important, text is not. Stimulate the mind of your audience with high resolution pictures and relevant video not boring paragraphs.

4) If you must have text stick to the point. You must be direct with your text in the light that it should be short and sweet.

5)Don't have to many slides. To many times I've seen people change slides every fifteen seconds in order to keep pace with their dialogue; this is not only a distraction to the audience it doesn't allow them to truly take in a visual if it is on display. Furthermore, changing slides that often is not what you need to be doing during the presentation (orating takes precedence).


Simplicity is golden!