The Top 10 Tips to Avoid “Death by PowerPoint” PowerPoint: The most widely used presentation software.

The Top 10 Tips toAvoid

“Death by PowerPoint”

The Top 10 Tips toAvoid


PowerPoint: The most widely used presentation software

PowerPoint: The most widely used presentation software

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Benefits…Benefits…

• PowerPoint is easy to use and update

• Visuals increase retention

• You can make a greater

impact!

• PowerPoint is easy to use and update

• Visuals increase retention

• You can make a greater

impact!

Done wrong….Done wrong….

The Top Ten Tips for Avoiding


The Top Ten Tips for Avoiding


• About 15 to 20 words• Outline key ideas• About 15 to 20 words• Outline key ideas

Limit the number of wordsLimit the number of words

The top 10 tips for avoiding death by PowerPoint

10.


10.

• A PowerPoint presentation is not a reading report! Here is a rather boring and long block of text that is sure to make even the most curious of people extremely sleep. In fact, I will be quite impressed if you read through the entire thing. This example is really awful (or is it really good at depicting something really awful?). Whew, this is harder than I thought to write this much gibberish.

• A PowerPoint program should never compete with the speaker

• Even if you break it up with bullet points it still distracts.

• A PowerPoint presentation is not a reading report! Here is a rather boring and long block of text that is sure to make even the most curious of people extremely sleep. In fact, I will be quite impressed if you read through the entire thing. This example is really awful (or is it really good at depicting something really awful?). Whew, this is harder than I thought to write this much gibberish.

• A PowerPoint program should never compete with the speaker

• Even if you break it up with bullet points it still distracts.

• Arial Bold or Veranda are recommended• Arial Bold or Veranda are

recommended

Use a bold, simple fontUse a bold, simple font


9.


9.

•Examples of hard to read text

•Examples of hard to read text• Examples of hard to read text• Examples of hard to read text

•Examples of hard to read text

•Examples of hard to read text• Examples of hard to read text• Examples of hard to read text

• The goal is maximum legibility• The goal is maximum legibility

Traffic signs are designedfor maximum legibility

(an Arial font or close to it)

Traffic signs are designedfor maximum legibility

(an Arial font or close to it)

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72 Point Arial Bold72 Point Arial Bold

24 Point Arial Bold24 Point Arial Bold

48 Point Arial Bold48 Point Arial BoldPreferred SizePreferred Size

• Dissolves are the least jarring• Dissolves are the least jarring

Use transitions wiselyUse transitions wisely


8.


8.

• Dissolves are the least jarring• Dissolves are the least jarring

Use transitions wiselyUse transitions wisely


8.


8.

How not to do it:How not to do it:

Avoid stock templatesAvoid stock templates


7.


7.

Go to Google and search on “free powerpoint templates”

Go to Google and search on “free powerpoint templates”

Avoid stock templatesAvoid stock templates


7.


7.

Choose a design where words contrast from the background.



6.


6.



6.

Let the audience know where you are going.Let the audience know where you are going.


5.


5.

• What we will cover• Major transitions• What we will cover• Major transitions

Let the audience know where you are going.• What we will cover• Major transitions

Let the audience know where you are going.• What we will cover• Major transitions


5.


5.

• Point 1, Point 2…• What we covered• Point 1, Point 2…• What we covered

A picture is worth a thousand words

A picture is worth a thousand words

Use pictures and graphsUse pictures and graphs


4.


4.

• Don’t be tethered to your computer.• Don’t be tethered to your

computer.

Use a wireless remoteUse a wireless remote


3.


3.

Recommendations:Recommendations:

L3Sys.com $149.00

L3Sys.com $149.00

www.rpnav.com$99.00

www.rpnav.com$99.00

Always have a backupAlways have a backup


2.


2.

• Burn a CD copy • Carry it separately from

your computer• Load to your Web site

• Burn a CD copy • Carry it separately from

your computer• Load to your Web site

Always remember….Always remember….


1.


1. YOU are the show not the screen.YOU are the show not the screen.

6. Words must _______________ from the background.

6. Words must _______________ from the background.

7. Avoid stock ________________. 7. Avoid stock ________________.

8. Use _________________wisely. 8. Use _________________wisely.

9. Use a bold, simple _________. 9. Use a bold, simple _________.

10. Limit the number of _________.10. Limit the number of _________.wordswords

fontfont

transitionstransitions

templatestemplates

contrastcontrast

1. You are the_________, not the ___________!

1. You are the_________, not the ___________!

2. Always have a ____________. 2. Always have a ____________.

3. Use a ________ _________. 3. Use a ________ _________.

4. Use ________ & ___________. 4. Use ________ & ___________.

5. Let the audience know where you are _____________.

5. Let the audience know where you are _____________.goinggoing

picturespictures graphsgraphs

wirelesswireless remoteremote

backupbackup

showshowscreenscreen

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