2. Tips for Creating a PowerPoint Presentations
Tips for Giving a Presentation
3.
4. Your Title Slide Should Always Include the
Following:
A Title & Subtitle (if you have one)
Example: Microsoft Office Power Point 2007
Lesson 8
Always include your name, your job title (if
applicable), your organization and/or where you
are presenting
Example:
Samantha TerBeest
Adult Services Librarian
Willmar Public Library
Lake Superior Library Symposium
5. Presentations should always have an
overview slide
Gives your audience a general sense of what
you will be talking about
Add/Create your Overview Slide after you
have finished your creating your presentation
6. Keep sentences between 10-20 Words.
This is the way people generally talk.
Use keywords
Do not clutter your slide with text.
An audience gets distracted easily
Use your Notes Box for yourself, do not use a
slide
7. Titles should be size 44pt.
Subtitles should be size 28-34pt.
Contrast: light on dark, dark on light
Graphics should match your story
8.
9. Practice!
Get your timing right.
How long should you spend on each slide
Don’t memorize your text.
Memorize keywords
Ideas will flow naturally
Words will be different each time you practice
10. Gives you time to check equipment
Setup the room the way you want
Get Handouts ready
11. Prepare handouts
Easier for people to look back on your
presentation.
Make 10% more than the amount of people
attending.
Distribute handouts before presentation.
Handout alternative: www.slideshare.net
Upload presentation to site
Get link to give audience
12. Talk like you normally do
Naturally @ a moderate rate
Project & speak clearly
Repeat important points
Take pauses – let audience digest info
Don’t Read Slide Aloud – Audience can read
faster
13. Keep eyes on your audience – never turn your
back
Don’t hide behind lantern
Use natural body language
Avoid looking at your notes
14. Leave time at end of presentation for
questions
Questions during presentations = 25% longer than
practice time
Can jump back to slides if necessary
Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know, or I
have not done the research.”
15. Need a Certificate of Completion? See me
after class.
Next Fall – Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Watch for emails, signs, newspaper, & radio
Techie Tuesdays starts in May
Questions about a computer program, Internet
tool, eReader, tablet
Stop by library, Tweet us, or ask us on Facebook
References:
http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/splane_m/present
ationtips.htm