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Why Use PowerPoint
• PowerPoint allows you to interact with your audience.
Effective Power Point Presentations
• If your presentation is meaningful it will determine
if your subjects will go to sleep or be involved in
what you are saying.
• We will look around the room to see how involved
your participants in the presentation
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Color Scheme
• Light text on a dark background is most effective.
• As long as you stick to this just make sure that your
colors are pleasing.
• Only change the scheme on certain slides that you want
to emphasize. Such as a green background when you
are referencing money.
• In a business setting you would probably want to use
the colors that the business has adopted, such as Coca-
Cola Red.
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Too Much Information!
• Your PowerPoint presentation is an aid not the
presentation in itself.
• If you have a slide with more than five bullets include
them in a new slide.
• Make just major points with bullets.
• Never read from your presentation.
Clip Art
• Use clip art to help make your points without having to
explain them!
• Be careful with animated gifs that might take away
from what you are saying!
• Try not to use the same clips several times in your
presentation.
• This does not apply to your logos--put these on the
master slides to help reinforce your company’s image.
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Backgrounds
• Try to customize your presentations by changing the
color schemes, and making custom backgrounds.
• If your audience sees a generic brand presentation they
are less likely to pay attention to what you are saying.
• You can purchase from an Office Supply store both new
backgrounds and clip art.
Technology
• When you use transitions, sounds, and custom animation
use it sparingly.
• Remember sound from your laptop may not have enough
volume for everyone to hear it.
• Remember some animation makes text harder to read.
• There is nothing better than a presentation that is done
professionally with only limited effects
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Empty Space
Use it!
Empty Space adds impact!
Why are you doing this presentation?
• Start with the end in mind.
• Why are you speaking to the group, what are we
trying to accomplish!
• Your reward is a good grade, and in the world of
work to keep your job.
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Hints For A Successful Presentation
• Plan carefully
• Do your research
• Know your audience
• Time your presentation
• Practice your presentation
• Speak comfortably and clearly
Effective PowerPoint Slides
• Standardize position, colors and styles
• Include only necessary information.
• Use colors that contrast
• Too many slides can lose your audience
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Text Guidelines
• Generally no more than 6 words a line
• Avoid long sentences
• Larger fonts indicate more important information
• Be sure text contrast with background
• Fancy fonts can be hard to read
• WORDS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTER ARE HARD TO
READ
Clip Art and Graphics
• Should balance the slide
• Should enhance and complement the text not
overwhelm or take away from it.
• No more than two graphics per slide.
