Guidelines on Developing Effective PowerPoint

Presentation

07 January 2014

Aim

• To help you to create effective presentation

• Help in avoiding common pitfalls in PowerPoint presentation

• To reveal some of the hidden but useful features in PowerPoint

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Assumptions

• You are familiar with PowerPoint interface

• You have already tried and generated PowerPoint slides

• You use presentation software on a regular basis

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Do we really need a PowerPoint ?

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Star of the show is . . . ?

Most Common PowerPoint Mistakes

• Don’t put every word on PowerPoint• Use Spell Check before Presenting• Avoid Excessive Use of Bullets• Bad Color Schemes• Useable Data Vs. Total Number of Slides• Use of Animation• Font Analysis

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Limit Bullet Points & Text

• Slides support the speaker• Less text or NO text

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Keep it Simple

• Star of the show

• Have plenty of white space

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Too Much Text

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This is Better

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Even Better

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Limit Transitions and Animations

• Do Not Over Use Slide Animations

• A simple Wipe or Move Left to Right is OK

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Use High Quality Graphics

• Flicker

• Google

• Stock.xchng

• Fotolia

• Shutter stock13

Try to Avoid Clip Art Like This

This is more effective and professional

Use of Clip Art

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Use Appropriate Charts

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Use Colors Well

• Cool (Blue and Green)

• Warm (Orange, Red, Yellow)

• Lighting Arrangements

Determine The Feel You Want16

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Create Moods With Colors

Professional

Restrained

Mature

Dynamic

Luxurious

Fresh

Color Persuades

• YELLOW: Enhances Learning Up to 78%

• BLUE: Increases Participation & Motivation Up To 80%

• RED: Outsells Black and White

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Font Analysis

• Courier New: Organized and Structured

• Mistral: Artistic

• Times New Roman: Lazy, Apathetic, Unimaginative [Always uses the default]

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Use of Animations

• Do NOT use sound effects with animations

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Slide Master

• Use Slide Master

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Slides Background

• Use Your Own Background

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Star of the show is . . . ?

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Thanks . . .