Do you remember that presenter/lecturer whose presentation you slept through?
These guidelines will help to ensure that doesn't happen when you do a presentation.
2. 1. Keep it Simple
Your slides should have
plenty of white space, or
negative space.
3. 2. Limit Bullet Points
and Text
“The best slides may
have no text at all.”
4. Goals and Objectives
• State the desired goal
• State the desired objective
• Use multiple points if necessary
• Any relevant historical information
• Original assumptions that are no longer valid
• Summarize the results if things go as planned
• What to do next
• Identify action items
• State the vision and long-term direction
5. Microsoft PowerPoint
•In PowerPoint, as in most other presentation software, text,
graphics, movies, and other objects are positioned on
individual pages or "slides". The "slide" analogy is a
reference to the slide projector, a device which has become
somewhat obsolete due to the use of PowerPoint and other
presentation software. Slides can be printed, or (more often)
displayed on-screen and navigated through at the command
of the presenter. Slides can also form the basis of webcasts.
•PowerPoint provides two types of movements. Entrance,
emphasis, and exit of elements on a slide itself are controlled
by what PowerPoint calls Custom Animations. Transitions, on
the other hand are movements between slides. These can be
animated in a variety of ways. The overall design of a
presentation can be controlled with a master slide; and the
overall structure, extending to the text on each slide, can be
edited using a primitive outliner. Presentations can be saved
and run in any of the file formats: the default .ppt
(presentation), .pps (PowerPoint Show) or .pot (template).
6. 3. Limit Transitions and
Animations
Use object builds
(animations) and slide
transitions judiciously.
7. Presentation Software
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Apple KeyNote
• OpenOffice.org Impress
• Corel Presentations
8. 4. Use High Quality
Graphics
Never simply stretch a
small, low-resolution
photo to make it fit your
layout.
9. Developing Brand You
Ask yourself these questions?
• Who am I?
• What do I believe in?
• What are my values?
• What’s my passion?
• What am I great at?
• Where do I want to
go?
• What’s my essence?
10. Developing Brand You
Ask yourself these questions?
• Who am I?
• What do I believe in?
• What are my values?
• What’s my passion?
11. 5. Have a Visual Theme
Use a consistent theme
throughout your
presentation.