A helpful recipe for making better PowerPoint Presentations. Includes information on fonts, graphics, templates, and more.

1. Start here.
The rest is just icing on the cake.
A helpful recipe for making
better PowerPoint Presentations.

2. One ideaper slide, people.

3. Not this

4. That dude in the back row
who can’t read bullet 43 on slide one...
yah...he’s not the problem. Cram too
much content into one slide and you’ll
lose your audience quickly.

5. Simple graphics
for a quick read.

6. Not this
Any idea what’s happening here?
(Didn’t think so.)

7. A big complex graphic
isn’t going to keep them from daydreaming
about what’ll be on the lunch buffet.
Hold their attention with graphics that
are uncomplicated, impactful, and clear.

8. Give it a breakor you’re gonna lose them.

9. Do this
Not this
blah
blah
blah...
blah
blah
ahhh...!

10. Ok, maybe not kittens,
but you get the point. Using header slides
to visually separate the content into sections
adds natural breaks to longer presentations.

11. Keep control
of your fonts.

12. They see thisYou see this
Financial Outlook
EARNINGS
are at a record HIGH.
The forcast is strong and we should
continue to move ahead in a position of
STRENGTH in the next quarter.
Financial Outlook
EARNING
S
are at a record HIGH.The forcast is strong and we should
continue to move ahead in a position of
STRENGTH in the next quarter.

13. Sure, that font is fun.
Until it defaults to Arial and your sentences fall
off the slide. Sticking with commonly used
fonts in your deck makes it easier to manage
and helps maintain it’s integrity.

14. Nix the
extra clickswith transitions.

15. Not thisDo this
Concept builds over 4 slides
using built-in slide transitions
Complicated animations are
difficult to manage.
(And make for lousy hand-outs.)

16. It can be painful to watch
a huge graphic animate on, click...by painful
click. Animations can distract from your
presentation. Use the built-in transitions
between slides before adding bling.

17. Templates
are your new best friend.

18. like this
TITLE SECTION GRAPHIC TEXT 1

19. Keeping it fresh
does not mean making every single slide
look completely different. Using just a few
different slide styles will keep the focus on
the content.

20. Print, web, interactive & motion design.
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