Have Powerful Points in PowerPointJason M. J. AthaydeSt. Ignatius ToastmastersJanuary 2, 2013

Theme Selection

• Background brightness should match presentation room

WORDS WORDS

Theme Selection

DON’T EVER DO THIS.

OR THIS.

Font and Text

• Use legible, standard print fonts• Calibri• Arial• Cambria• Times New Roman

• Can anyone even read this line?• Comic sans = not so professional

Font and Text

• Use larger fonts• Recommend: size 40-50 for titles, 20-28 for

main text

Size mattersSize mattersSize mattersSize mattersSize mattersSize mattersSize mattersIf you can actually read this, you have amazing eyesight.

Font and Text

• Main point #1• Main point #2• Sub point about point #2

• Main point #3

Font and Text

If the audience can read the slide, then you become unnecessary. The audience can gain everything necessary from the slide itself, and because the audience is busy gaining everything necessary from the slide itself, you become a mere side attraction. Nobody is looking at you – they’re all reading the slide, seeing what you’ll say before you say it! Keep it to bullet points. Don’t make yourself unnecessary.

*note to self: delete this slide before presenting!

Font and Text

Extensiveness

• Keep the number of slides down• Keep things succinct – it shouldn’t stand alone

• Make it useful• 5 slides = maybe too few

Animations

• Flashy = distracting• Simple = professional• Look at this point!• Can be eliminated entirely

Handouts

• Multiple slides per page – 3 or 6• 3 for notes being taken, otherwise 6

Handouts

• Multiple slides per page – 3 or 6• 3 for notes being taken, otherwise 6

• Hand out after presentation• Keep the focus on you