How To Make An Effective

Presentation Sumita Sikka

Assistant Professor in Fashion Design

ContentFontColourSpace Graphics

Basic Elements

Avoid long sentences.Avoid abbreviations and acronyms.Limit punctuation marks.Words per line - not more than 6 to 8.Lines per slide - not more than 6.Do not read - Slides are for the audience.

Content

Minimum font size 24 and maximum 48.Same font for all your headlines.Different font for font for body and heading.Avoid italicized fonts.Don’t use more than four fonts .Select sans-serif fonts and avoid serif fonts.

Font

Serif and San Serif

Serifs Courier

Times New Roman

Georgia Platino

San Serifs Lucida Impact Tahoma Arial

Verdana

Top 10 Fonts

Limit the number of colors on a single screen.Bright colours make small objects stand out. Do not use Vibrant colours as they are difficult

to read.Use maximum four colours on one slide.Contrast colours make better impact. In case of neutrals use accent colour.

Colour

Contrast colours

Keep the design clean and uncluttered. Leave blank space around the text and

graphical imagesUse one or two large images instead of

small images.Prioritize images –avoid barrage of imagesMake images all the same size.Use the same border.Arrange images vertically or horizontally.

Space

A graphical image -enhance the topic of the slide.

Try to use the same style graphical image (e.g., cartoon, photographs)

Limit the number of graphical images on each slide.

Repetition of an image reinforces the message.

Make a single image stand out with dramatic contrast.

Graphics