PowerPoint Points

Point #1 Summarize information Use bullet points Elaborate on key points when you present

Counterpoint There is nothing more boring and obnoxious than having a presenter type all of the information on their slides, and then stand up in front of their audience and read off of their slides Besides, your audience will be too busy reading to hear what you have to say

Point #2 Don’t cram information onto slides Fonts should be large enough to read, and discernable from the background Make sure to proofread your slides

Counterpoint When you try to put too much information on a slide, it looks cramped, there’s too much to read, and you lose your audiences’ attention It also usually means that you’ve had to make your font smaller You don’t want it to be hard to read! U wil allso fynd tht miss spellings luk unnprofeshunal and R disstrakting

Point #3 Backgrounds should either correlate with your topic or be neutral Pictures should be relevant

Counterpoint If my PowerPoint is about the desert, then an ocean background makes no sense A picture of a cactus would probably work well Pictures of fish, water, and Santa Claus wouldn’t