12. TELEPROMPTING
1. People tend to put every word they are going
to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although
this eliminates the need to memorize your
talk, ultimately this makes your slides
crowded, wordy, and boring. You will loss
your audience’s attention before you even
reach the bottom of your …
13. TELEPROMPTING
1. Continued) … first slide.
Don McMillan
Technically Funny
2008. Don McMillan. Life After Death By PowerPoint. All rights reserved
14. SPELLING
M I S T A K E S
2. Many people do not run spel cheek
before there presentation – BIG
MISTAK!!! Nothing makes you lok
stupder than speling erors
15. BULLET
POINTING
• Avoid • And • “Bullet-Point”
• Excesive • Your • Comes
• Buller-Pointing • Key • From
• Only • Messages • People
• Bullet • Will • Firing
• Key • NOT • Guns
• Points • Stand • At
• Too • Out • Annoying
• Many • In fact • Presenters
• Bullet-Points • The Term
16. TOO MANY
I N D E N TAT I O N S
What it is worst
— Too many bullet point levels are shown
– Type size gets smaller and smaller
– Until it is utterly unreadable
– Even for audiences in the 4th row
— So you better have just one bulletpoint level
– Better yet, forget about bullets (bullets, not guns, kill people. Don’t you know?)
– Use them sparingly
– There are many other ways of detiling your ideas!
17. COLOR SCHEMES
GONEWRONG
schemes
Classhing
color can
lead to…
•Distraction
•Confusion
•Headache
•Nausea
•Vomiting
•Loss of bladder control
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