1. Common PowerPoint Mistakes

2. Slide Structure – Good Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation
Write in point form, not complete sentences
Include 4-5 points per slide
Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only

3. PowerPoint Common Mistakes
1) People tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorize your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You will loose your audience’s attention before you even reach the bottom of your…

4. PowerPoint Common Mistakes
1. continued….. First slide.

5. Slide Structure – Good Show one point at a time:
Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying
Will prevent audience from reading ahead
Will help you keep your presentation focused

6. PowerPoint Common Mistakes
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7. PowerPoint Common Mistakes
2) Many peeple do not run spel Cheek before there prsentation – BIG MISTAAK! Nothing makes you look stupideerer than speling errers!
The Red Line underneath a word means its spelled wong!
If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation!

8. Colour - Good
Use a colour of font that contrasts sharply with the background
Ex: blue font on white background
Use colour to reinforce the logic of your structure
Ex: light blue title and dark blue text
Use colour to emphasize a point
But only use this occasionally

9. Colour - Bad
Using a font colour that does not contrast with the background colour is hard to read
Using colour for decoration is distracting and annoying.
Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary
Using a different colour for secondary points is also unnecessary
Trying to be creative can also be bad

10. Background - Good
Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive but simple
Use backgrounds which are light
Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation

11. Background – Bad
Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from
Always be consistent with the background that you use

12. Loss of Bladder Control
Bad Color Schemes
Clashing background and Font colors can lead to….
Distraction
Confusion
Head Ache
Nausea
Vomiting
Loss of Bladder Control

13. Effectiveness vs Data
Number of slides
Effectiveness

14. Effectiveness vs Data
Number of slides
Effectiveness

15. Effectiveness vs Data
Number of slides
Effectiveness

16. Effectiveness vs Data
Number of slides
Effectiveness

17. Slide Structure - Bad Do not use distracting animation
Do not go overboard with the animation
Be consistent with the animation that you use

18. Animation vs Effective
The simple region
Pointless
Motion
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Triangle
Effective Boring
Parental
Region
ADD Only
Graphical Enhancement Region
Boring but Static

19. Font Analysis Courier New Ravie Times New Roman
Organized & Structured
Ravie
Artistic or you’ve had too much caffeine
Times New Roman
Nice, basic font that everyone can read

20. Font Analysis Often a camouflage for inadequate information
Artsy Fartsy
Too creative & difficult to read
Fancy Script
Often a camouflage for inadequate information
Rockwell Extra Bold
Extra bold does not equal extra emphasis 20

21. Fonts - Good Use at least an 18-point font
Use different size fonts for main points and secondary points
this font is 24-point, the main point font is 28-point, and the title font is 36-point
Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial
CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ

22. 72 point Font Analysis 44 point Size does matter: 32 point 20 point 22

23. Questions? Concerns? Craig Cuddihy Mark Nelson 702-799-1010