How to Make Great PowerPoint Slides

Alesandra Blakeston

Teach the audience something (on any topic)

Make the audience see something a certain way

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Company profile Business plan

Slide decks

Online show

Notes pages Hand outs

Create an outline or storyboard of the major topics

until you have one key message per slide

your slides effectively

Resist the urge to cram everything

you know onto your slides

Use humour ONLY if you are comfortable

with it

Slide A Slide B

Which slide is more memorable?

NEITHER!!!!

• They lead to infinite bullet point syndrome (IBPS)

• They discourage graphics

• Every slide ends up looking the same

• The designs are usually awful

• The presentation looks like every other presentation out there

• Your audience will lose interest before you even begin

• It implies a lack of style, a lack of knowledge and a lack of professionalism!

Colour

Layout

AND STICK TO IT!!!!

Less is more!

Accent colour!

Calm, serene

Bright, bold

Aggressive, Fiery

www.colourlovers.com

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colorschemedesigner.com

www.colorexplorer.com

again LESS is MORE!

One for the body text

You’ll need at least four!

The layout tells your audience where the slide fits into the big

picture!

Remember these????

OR

(it makes the image “pop”)

morguefile.com

www.sxc.hu

www.rgbstock.com

www.photl.com

(An easy way to sex up your slides)

By manipulating the colour, , size,

weight, and you can enhance

the impact and visual interest of your

slides, creating hierarchy!

position

colour and placement of the text,

White space is your friend!

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