PowerPoint presentations don't need to be slide after slide of bulleted lists! PowerPoint guru Alan Hoffman, dubbed "The Prince of PowerPoint" by syndicated columnist Richard Louv, shows how to go beyond conventional thinking to create more effective and compelling presentations. In this fourth lesson, we see how splitting slides can make a presentation easier to follow and create opportunities for maintaining an audience's attention.

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BAN
the BULLET
An Irreverent Guide to Producing
Presentations that Get Results
Alan Hoffman ▪ The Mission Group ▪ San Diego, California ▪ alan@missionconsult.com
© 2013 by The Mission Group. All Rights Reserved.
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2. “The Prince of PowerPoint,
Alan Hoffman, wields his
laptop like a sword – or a
magic wand.”
— Nationally-recognized columnist
Richard Louv, San Diego Union-
Tribune, June 13, 2004.

3. In lesson #3, we learned how
to better ensure legibility.
In this lesson (#4), we’ll learn
how to split slides to make your
presentation easier to follow.

4. Split Your Slides
3 PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1 Expand
Your
Graphics
2
Ensure
Legibility
3
4
Split Your
Slides
5
Explain
Everything
4

5. Typical Presentation:
Presentations with Impact
 Try to reduce the use of bulleted lists to convey
your message, as lists of words can only go so
far.
 Expand your graphics so that they dominate the
slide. Keep your audiences stimulated.
 Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to
decipher or grasp.
 Split your slides so that each point gets its own
page.
 Explain everything. Don’t assume.
Most
people put
too much
information
on a single
slide, then
read the
text.
Try splitting
your slides
so that
each bullet
gets its own
slide.

6. Split Your Slides
4
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Presentations with Impact
Try to reduce the use of bulleted lists to convey
your message, as lists of words can only go so
far.
Expand your graphics so that they dominate the
slide. Keep your audiences stimulated.
Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to
decipher or grasp.
Split your slides so that each point gets its own
page.
Explain everything. Don’t assume.
Presentations
Even I Like It!
with Impact
Words +
Graphics =
Retention
Appropriate
Humor =
Engage-ment
Use
Animation
to Make
a Point,
Not Just
Because.

7. Split Your Slides
4
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Presentations with Impact
Try to reduce the use of bulleted lists to convey
your message, as lists of words can only go so
far.
Expand your graphics so that they dominate the
slide. Keep your audiences stimulated.
Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to
decipher or grasp.
Split your slides so that each point gets its own
page.
Explain everything. Don’t assume.
Presentations
Even I Like It!
with Impact
Words +
Graphics =
Retention
Appropriate
Humor =
Engage-ment
Use
Animation
to Make
a Point,
Not Just
Because.
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1
2
Expand Your
Graphics
Ensure
Legibility
AAvvooiidd BBuulllleetteedd LLiissttss..
3
Split Your
Slides
4
Explain
Everything
5
1

8. Split Your Slides
4
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Presentations
Even I Like It!
with Impact
Words +
Graphics =
Retention
Appropriate
Humor =
Engage-ment
Use
Animation
to Make
a Point,
Not Just
Because.
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1
2
Expand Your
Graphics
Ensure
Legibility
AAvvooiidd BBuulllleetteedd LLiissttss..
3
Split Your
Slides
4
Explain
Everything
5
1
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
The market for hybrid
electric transit vehicles is
expected to grow by double-digits
annually over the next 10 years.
Greater
Visual
Interest =
More Eye
Movement.
More Eye
Movement
=
More Brain
Activity
More Brain
Activity =
Greater
Receptivity.
2
EExxppaanndd YYoouurr GGrraapphhiiccss..
Presentations with Impact
 Try to reduce the use of bulleted lists to convey
your message, as lists of words can only go so
far.
 Expand your graphics so that they dominate the
slide. Keep your audiences stimulated.
 Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to
decipher or grasp.
 Split your slides so that each point gets its own
page.
Explain everything. Don ’t assume.

9. Which makes for a more compelling
presentation?

10. This one?
Presentations with Impact
 Try to reduce the use of bulleted lists to convey
your message, as lists of words can only go so
far.
 Expand your graphics so that they dominate the
slide. Keep your audiences stimulated.
 Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to
decipher or grasp.
 Split your slides so that each point gets its own
page.
 Explain everything. Don’t assume.

11. Or this?

12. Presentations
wwiitthh IImmppaacctt

13. PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1

14. PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1 Expand
Your
Graphics
2

15. Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1 Expand
Your
Graphics
2
Ensure
Legibility
3
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT

16. PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1 Expand
Your
Graphics
2
Ensure
Legibility
3
4
Split Your
Slides

17. PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
bullets
Expand your
graphics
legibility
Split your
slides
Explain
everything
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1 Expand
Your
Graphics
2
Ensure
Legibility
3
4
Split Your
Slides
5
Explain
Everything

18. PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Avoid
bullets
Expand your
graphics
legibility
Split your
slides
Explain
everything
Avoid
Bulleted
Lists
1 Expand
Your
Graphics
2
Ensure
Legibility
3
4
Split Your
Slides
5
Explain
Everything
Avoid Bulleted Lists.
1
Using text boxes instead of bulleted lists
better focuses attention on each point.

19. 2 PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Full sized images are
more interesting visually,
and they stimulate more receptivity
to your message.
Expand Your Graphics.

20. 2 PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Full sized images are
more interesting visually,
and they stimulate more receptivity
to your message.
Expand Your Graphics.

21. 3 PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Ensure Legibility.
Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to decipher or grasp.

22. 3
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Conditions that Currently Exist
1. Everyone wants the enterprise to succeed
2. Stock price is generally holding steady
3. Strong management team garners
employee respect
4. Employees buy into core mission: it’s not
just a job
5. Most employees:
a. Enjoy the catered lunches
b. Put in extra hours
c. Believe senior management is open
to new ideas
d. Enjoy writing in numbered lists
6. Market leadership in several industries
7. Women and minorities report no glass
ceiling limiting their advancement.
This
is not
legible!
Ensure Legibility.
Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to decipher or grasp.

23. 3
PRESENTATIONS WITH IMPACT
Conditions that Currently Exist
1. Everyone wants the enterprise to succeed
2. Stock price is generally holding steady
3. Strong management team garners
employee respect
4. Employees buy into core mission: it’s not
just a job
5. Most employees:
a. Enjoy the catered lunches
b. Put in extra hours
c. Believe senior management is open
to new ideas
d. Enjoy writing in numbered lists
6. Market leadership in several industries
7. Women and minorities report no glass
ceiling limiting their advancement.
CURRENT CONDITIONS
Disposition
Everyone wants the
enterprise to succeed.
Value
Stock price is generally
holding steady.
Attitude
Strong management team
garners employee respect.
Ensure Legibility.
Avoid small text and graphics that are difficult to decipher or grasp.

24. You get the point.

25. Be sure to check out Lesson 5:
Explain Everything.
Available at:
www.slideshare.net/TheMissionGroup/
improving-your-powerpoint-presentations-pt-5

26. Clarity, focus,
and visual interest
→ success.

27. Do you need to take
your presentations
to the next level?
We can help!
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28. Thank
You!
Alan Hoffman
“The Prince of PowerPoint”
alan@missionconsult.com (619) 232-1776