How to do an Impressive Powerpoint Presentation? Tips you may use to make your presentation better.

Use bigger fonts What is wrong if you see this? I like to think of Microsoft PowerPoint as a test of basic marketing skills. To create a passing presentation, I need to demonstrate design skills, technical literacy, and a sense of personal style. If the presentation has a problem (like an unintended font, a broken link, or unreadable text), then I’ve probably failed the test. Even if my spoken presentation is well rehearsed, a bad visual experience can ruin it for the audience. Expertise means nothing without a good presentation to back it up. No matter your topic, successful PowerPoints depend on three main factors: your command of PowerPoint's design tools, your attention to presentation processes, and your devotion to consistent style. […]successful PowerPoints Information from

Use bigger fonts Why? 1.Nobody will be able to see the words in a font less than 20 (including yourself)! 2.Remind you to include only necessary information. 3.Your audience can get important information you want to say during the presentation.

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Charts, Graphs, Photos, please lists, charts, graphs, images, photosUse lists, charts, graphs, images, photos, or even audios and videos to get your audience’s attention rather than words.

Don’t simply read the words! Here is the definition from Wikipedia: Wikipedia A global network is any communication network which spans the entire Earth. The term, as used in this article refers in a more restricted way to bidirectional communication networks, and to technology-based networks. Early networks such as international mail and unidirectional communication networks, such as radio and television, are described elsewhere.international mailradiotelevision

Don’t simply read the words!  If you do not understand the content, your audience will not understand, too.  Any pause or mispronunciation will minus your points.  If any of the listeners ask questions, how can you answer them?  You will lose your audience’s attention in five seconds.

Cite your information source What if someone used your creation/work, but did not inform you first? How would you feel? What would you do? Please respect others and properly cite the websites (sources) you found the information and images.

Cite your information source It is easy to find information from the internet, and it is as easy to cite the sources. Just copy website addresses and put them in your slides like this: By this way, no one would accuse you of plagiarism for using some other’s materials.

Practice & Get Prepared Stage Fright This is normal, for we all get nervous in front of a group of people.

What can we do? Practice, practice, and practice (There is no other way. Rome is not built in a day)

Volume & Eye contacts Make sure everyone can hear you. Look at your audience (not your notes!). Use gestures (Move your hands and body.)

Don’t write down everything and memorize it!  This is an oral presentation, not an essay!  This is not a test of your memory!  You are not a robot or a computer, move and show your energy.  Add your (group’s) unique style into the PPT design.

Not something like this! Fail to use the tools in PowerPoint => A plain PPT slide design is not OK. Slides are not visible => Words are too small that people at the last row cannot see. Without a unified style => Our English instructor asked us to do a presentation, so we just put everyone’s slides together right before the class.

Not something like this! The audience cannot understand you => I finish my part as fast as I can. The audience cannot see you => I lower my head to read prepared materials. The audience cannot hear you => I am shy, so I whisper.

Not something like this! I did not practice => If I cannot say something, I stop and ask other group members in Chinese. I did not move on stage => I just stand there all the time. I did not mention my references => My slides do not point out that I used someone else’s stuffs