1. HOW TO CREATE A GOOD
POWER POINT
PRESENTATION
BY JOSEPH WOLF

2. INTRODUCTION
MAKE YOUR FIRST 2 SLIDES AN OUTLINE OF YOUR
PRESENTATION.
FOLLOW THE ORDER OF YOUR OUTLINE FOR THE REST OF
YOUR PRESENTATION.
ONLY PLACE MAIN POINTS ON THE OUTLINE SLIDE.

3. SLIDE STRUCTURE
USE 1-2 SLIDES PER MINUTE.
WRITE IN POINT FORM (LIKE SO).
INCLUDE 4-5 POINTS PER SLIDE.
AVOID WORDINESS.

4. FONTS
KEEP TO EVEN NUMBER FONT SIZES AND EASY TO
READ FONTS.
USE STANDARD FONTS LIKE TIMES NEW ROMAN OR
ARIAL.
USE DIFFERENT SIZE FONTS FOR MAIN POINTS AND SECONDARY
POINTS.

5. COLORS
KEEP IT TO SIMPLE, NATURAL COLORS.
MAKE SURE TO NOT HAVE FONT OR BACKGROUND
COLORS TOO DISTRACTING (AS SHOWN).

6. BACKGROUNDS
KEEP THE BACKGROUNDS SIMPLE.
USE THE SAME BACKGROUND CONSISTENTLY
THROUGHOUT YOUR PRESENTATION.

7. GRAPHS
ALWAYS USE GRAPHS, NEVER CHARTS.
MAKE SURE YOUR GRAPHS ARE CONSISTENT AND EASY
TO UNDERSTAND.

8. SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
PROOFREAD! PROOFREAD! PROOFREAD!
IF ENGLISH ISN’T YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE, MAKE SURE
TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO DOES PROOFREAD YOUR WORK.