Over the yearsFrom all walks of lifeSeen thousands – seen mistakes the format from 1997 – hasn’t changed the overhead converted into a slide the technical paper just put up on a powerpoint the flashy graphics, movies and animations that overwhelm the presentation – Matt dancing.com
These are the four main uses and means of presenting powerpoints
Speaker pres Most common and will be main focusThe powerpoint presentation is meant to enhance and reinforce the speakers content.Audience is here to see and listen to the speaker
The powerpoint presentation is meant to enhance and reinforce the speakers content.Audience is here to see and listen to the speaker
Here are the rules - No paragraphs of content – it is not a book - people will just read the paragraphNo more than 7 words per line - meant to focus ideas and reinforce the main point of what the speaker is sayingNo more than 7 lines of text per page – this one has 5People read ahead. - points should come up one at a time – if there are a lot of them as in the agenda and they are separate, have them dimPoint form text should reinforce speaker comments – cannot stress this enough – support each other speakers words
Sparingly – too many pictures and too much flash, point is lost or the attention is lostEmphansis - reinforceFashion and style – colours – every year, house styles after 10 years – powerpoint graphics – 3 years
This rule gets broken most often
Tradeshow, showroomsIndependent of speakerEnhance and reinforce a messageFurther explanation on points and topicsRelatively new means of communication
Can vary to reflect topics
Volume of Information communicated is probably greatest in this formatDirectedMore detailed
Click on dark brown background to open up webpageSpeaker notes show
Opportunity to get audience to act, move forwardPurpose of your presentationIf you have the imagination