12. Choose a color palette & layout style
And stick with it
DO
13. Fill up the screen with lots and lots information
written in sentence form. Or even bullet after bullet
after bullet. The visuals in your presentation should
help guide your speaking, not replace it. People
can read faster than they can speak, and they
don‟t want to hear you just read from the slides.
Plus, the more you put on a slide, the smaller the
text will get and the smaller the text gets, the
harder it is to read. Then, you will annoy your
audience as they try to follow along, but falter in
their attempts. An annoyed audience is not a
happy audience and an unhappy audience won‟t
really give you the attention your hard and
carefully researched presentation deserves. In
other words, did you really read all of this? Would
you expect your audience to?
14. Choose only key points to highlight
Follow a 7 words / 6 lines guideline
Make every slide matter
DO
24. Practice ahead of time
Make notes for reference
Look at the audience
DO
25. Forget to review
your main points
Choose easy to
read fonts &
backgrounds
Follow the same
color scheme &
layout
throughout
Use animation,
sound, & images
with care
Proofread and
spellcheck each
slide
Review your
slideshow from a
distance &
practice
Credit your
sources
26. Web Resources
Credit your sources*
1. Colourlovers.com –
great for finding
color palettes
2. Flickr.com –
find free images
open to public use
3. Slideshare.net –
see how others
approach the same
idea
DO
*Images can be sited throughout the presentation or
on the very last slide
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accessed Oct. 25, 2010.
http://www.slideshare.net/elainehub
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Desjardins, Jesse. “Steal this
presentation.” accessed Oct. 22,
2010.
http://www.slideshare.net/GlobalGos
sip/ steal-this-presentation-5038209.
Marcello, Tom. “Dizzy Gillespie – contact
sheet.” accessed Oct. 26, 2010.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommarcello/43
5710613/in/faves-78239079@N00/.
Works Used & Consulted