1. Effective PowerPoint Presentations Cassandra Viola

2. Keep it Simple Avoid using paragraphs Paragraphs bore your audience Don’t use an overload of bullets

3. Main Point Only include main point on screen Use PowerPoint as reference, not source of all your information.

4. No Fluffing Too many slides will lose your audience Don’t fluff up the information just to make it seem like you have more Only include the important and main points

7. Font Selection Is this easy to read? Pick a basic font and make sure the font is big enough to read easily Wrong way Right way

8. Rules of Clipart and Images Should balance the slide Enhance and complement the text, not overwhelm No more than two graphics per slide Make sure picture is relevant, unlike this one…

9. Summary Be simple and go straight to important points Keep font big and basic Be aware of color contrast Use transitions and animations wisely Keep pictures relevant

10. Sources http://www.slideshare.net/satyajeet_02/how-to-make-effective-presentation http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/skills/presentations.aspx http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/management/qt/powerptpres.htm