1. PowerPoint
What to do.
What not to do.

2. Background or Slide Design
The easy choice is: select a slide design
Dark background: Makes it easy on people’s eyes in a dark presentation room – Use a light background if the room is not dark.
Font: Choose a complementary color
The slide design defaults usually work well

3. Background or Slide Design
The easy choice is: select a slide design
Dark background: Makes it easy on people’s eyes in a dark presentation room – Use a light background if the room is not dark.
Font: Choose a complementary color
The slide design defaults usually work well

4. Background or Slide Design
Not all slide designs work well
Avoid picture background or cute things on the border – they distract the audience
Plane backgrounds, complementary colored font.
Color Wheel

5. Background or Slide Design
Not all slide designs work well
Avoid picture background or cute things on the border – they distract the audience
Plane backgrounds, complementary colored font.
Color Wheel

6. Font Size Can the people in the back of the room read your slides
Don’t change font size, use the defaults.
Don’t try to fit too much on a slide.
Put the information onto multiple slides
Link to a URL containing the information
Link to another resource to present the information
Word
Excel …

7. Transitions Avoid all transition noises
they are cute once, after that, they are distracting.
They are the sign of an amateur.
Some transitions are used well if they fit with your presentation style

8. What’s on the slides?
Use the slides as an outline of your presentation
For your audience – so they can follow your presentation
For you – to keep you on track
Don’t just read the slides, add to what’s on them.

9. What’s on the slides? More than an outline
Some slides may contain detailed information
If the details are too much, use a hyperlink to Google or other network links
Or use a hyperlink to files a Word doc or other local file

10. Slide One Title – Don’t be too clever Introduce yourself
Don’t assume everyone knows who you are

11. Slide Layouts Use different layouts when appropriate
Experiment with graphics
Pictures
Cartoons
Graphs
Other artwork

12. How Many Slides A good start is about one per minute.
Learn to time your presentation, people tend to vary between 1 slide every 30 seconds to 1 slide every two minutes.

13. Observations These are guidelines, not commandments
Use what works for you
But be certain it works for your audience
Practice your presentation
Know your timing
Build in some flex, especially into the end of your presentation

14. Where’s your presentation
USB stick
Know where the USB port is located
On-line
Put it on your website if you have the space
Attach it to an
Send to Royal Mail
Bring up royal mail
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