Presentations By Luke Cimarusti What you say is more important than how you say it 35 words maximum per slide Should the audience be listening to you or reading the slide Are you patronizing the audience by reading verbatim ID: 249636
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Good PowerPoint PresentationsBy: Luke Cimarusti
What you say is more important than how you say it.Slide2
35 words maximum per slideShould the audience be listening to you, or reading the slide?Are you patronizing the audience by reading verbatim?Brief essentials without sacrificing clarityMistake 1: Too Much TextSlide3
Can the audience absorb too many points?One main concept per slideFive bullets (and/or 8 lines) per slideDo sub-bullets give detail that should be in a supporting handout?Mistake 2: Too many BulletsSlide4
What is the main point?Break a single slide into two or three if necessaryLimit the number of statistics and keep them simple (e.g. 68% not 67.63%)Round statistics as you speak (e.g. “over two thirds” not “sixty eight percent”)
Mistake 3: Too Much InformationSlide5
Is the slide just a prompt for the presenter?Single words may say nothing…Mistake 4: Slides That Say NothingSlide6
Can the audience read the title at a glance?Does the slide’s title summarize the content?Does the title prompt thought, engage attention or call to action?Mistake 5: Long or Meaningless TitlesSlide7
Does the whole audience understand the phrases you commonly use?Be selective and purposeful in the use of jargon and buzzwordsMistake 6: Cryptic Phrases, Abbreviations, and JargonSlide8
Be consistentDoes punctuation aid understanding?(Much punctuation can be dropped)Should any word be CAPITALIZED?Use other emphasis (e.g. bold or colour) sparinglyWhich single point is the key message?
Mistake 7: Conspicuous Punctuation and CapitalizationSlide9
Spelling errors make the audience doubt your competenceHave someone else proofread an important presentationMistake 8: Spelling ErrorsSlide10
Effects can emphasize specific pointsOveruse of effects ruins the effect!Pick just two or three points to which you want to draw special attentionAnimations can be used to emphasize process, precedent or structureMistake 9: Misuse of EffectsSlide11
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Such wow!
Such wonder!
Who would’ve thought that Old Woman Josie was an angel herself? John Peters, you know, the farmer, sure didn’t believe it, but that’s alright because he was corporeally absorbed by her magnificence.