Effective PowerPoint

PresentationsShirelle Thomas

What makes an effective PowerPoint Presentation?

• Not a lot of animationso All your slides do not need to

have an animation • Have fun with your slides

but not too much fun

• Limit Informationo You do not need to have every

single word you are going to say on your slide• Don’t bore your audience

• Color Schemeo Use colors that are easy to

read off of your chosen background• Don’t blind your audience

or make it hard to read

Time your presentation

Fancy Fonts can be hard to read

Summary

• Powerpoint is more visual than verbal: “a picture is worth a thousand words”

• The audience will take away the last thing you say

• Images should be good: not pixilated , out of focus, too dark

• Make graphs simple as possible

Source• Virginia Monticello. Creating an Effective

PowerPoint. Retrieved September 1, 2011, from http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html

• PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Retrieved September 1, 2011, from http://powerpointpresentationwriting.com/

• Bates University. Powerpoint: Presentation Tips. Retrieved September 1, 2011 from http://www.bates.edu/powerpoint-tips.xml

Picture Source• Picture on Slide 5.

http://powerpointpresentationwriting.com/

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