Microsoft PowerPoint
Guiding Questions
1. Who is my audience?
2. What do I want to communicate?
3. What are the key ideas?
4. Is this a self-contained presentation?
5. Or, is it complementary to my verbal presentation?
6. Where will it be seen (classroom, large room, gym)?
Tips
for better presentations:
- Keep a simple, consistent design throughout (background, fonts, etc.)
- Minimize the number of words on a slide -- essential information only.
- Follow the Rule of 6 (6 lines of information per slide, maximum).
- Use plenty of white space.
- Keep text readable -- large size, contrasting color to background.
- Use
sans-serif fonts (Arial, Helvetica) for titles, and serif (Times, Times
New Roman) for longer text, like paragraphs.
- Limit use of special effects -- animations, sounds, etc.
- Don't just read your slides. This content is to help your audience
note key ideas, not for your notes.
- Face the audience, not the screen.
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Last update: Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 3:56:44 PM
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