Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation Write in point form, not complete sentences Include 4-5 points per slide Avoid wordiness: use key words

Common PowerPoint Mistakes

Slide Structure – Good Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation Write in point form, not complete sentences Include 4-5 points per slide Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only

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PowerPoint Common Mistakes

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 loose your audience’s attention before you even reach the bottom of your…

1. continued….. First slide.


Slide Structure – Good Show one point at a time:

Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying Will prevent audience from reading ahead Will help you keep your presentation focused


PowerPoint Common Mistakes• AND• YOUR• KEY • MESSAGES • WILL• NOT • STAND • OUT• IN FACT • THE • TERM • BULLET POINT

• COMES • FROM • PEOPLE • FIRING • OBJECTS • AT • ANNOYING • PRESENTERS

• AVOID• EXCESSIVE• BULLET POINTING • ONLY • BULLET• KEY • POINTS • TOO• MANY • BULLET POINTS

2) Many peeple do not run spel Cheek before there prsentation – BIG MISTAAK! Nothing makes you look stupideerer than speling errers!

The Red Line underneath a word means its spelled wong!

If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation!


Colour - Good Use a colour of font that contrasts sharply with the

background Ex: blue font on white background

Use colour to reinforce the logic of your structure Ex: light blue title and dark blue text

Use colour to emphasize a point But only use this occasionally


Colour - Bad Using a font colour that does not contrast with the

background colour is hard to read Using colour for decoration is distracting and

annoying. Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary

Using a different colour for secondary points is also unnecessary Trying to be creative can also be bad


Background - Good Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive

but simple

Use backgrounds which are light

Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation


Background – Bad Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to

read from Always be consistent with the background that you

use


Bad Color SchemesClashing background and Font colors can

lead to…. Distraction Confusion Head Ache

Nausea Vomiting

Loss of Bladder Control

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Slide Structure - Bad Do not use distracting animation

Do not go overboard with the animation

Be consistent with the animation that you use


Animation vs Effective

The simple region

Effective Boring

ADD Only

Boring but Static

Graphical Enhancement

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Parental Region

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Pointless Motion

Font Analysis

Courier NewOrganized & Structured

RavieArtistic or you’ve had too much caffeine

Times New Roman

Nice, basic font that everyone can read

Font Analysis

Artsy FartsyToo creative & difficult to read

Fancy Script

Often a camouflage for inadequate information

Rockwell Extra Bold Extra bold does not equal extra emphasis

Fonts - Good Use at least an 18-point font Use different size fonts for main points and secondary

points this font is 24-point, the main point font is 28-point, and the title

font is 36-point

Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS

DIFFICULT TO READ


Font Analysis

Size does matter:

10 point

20 point

32 point

44 point

72 point

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Concerns?Concerns?

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Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation Write in point form, not complete sentences Include 4-5 points per slide Avoid wordiness: use key words