PowerPointDesign

Simple Rules

By Robert Mahoney

Backgrounds

Do not use

PowerPoint’s

built-in backgrounds

BORING!

Background courtesy of www.maniactive.com

Use Text Sparingly

• Dow plummets over 5000 points

• Financial crisis looms

• Wild ride for many on Wall Street

Compare this slide…

5000Points

Wall Street in for a wild ride

…to this slide

Use Pictures

• Pollution threatens wildlife

• Exxon Valdez oil spill covered 3167 miles of coastline

• Cleanup costs of the Exxon Valdez spill were $2 billion dollars

• 10.8 million gallons spilled

• 500,000 birds lost

OR…

10,800,000 gallons spilled

500,000 birds killed

Avoid Sounds

• Avoid Sounds like lasers

• Typewriters

• Applause

Reduce Animations

ExcessiveAnimation

STOP

Be Unique

Align Graphics

The graphic should lead your eye into the text

Wrong

Align Graphics

The graphic should lead your eye into the text

Correct

Communication

Use Logic (Logos)

Be Credible (Ethos)

Use Emotion (Pathos)

You are the Presenter

Do not let your

PowerPoint take center

stage