This document provides tips for creating and delivering effective PowerPoint presentations. It recommends rehearsing timings, using header/footer and hidden slides features, and annotating slides. For delivery, it emphasizes practicing, arriving early, maintaining eye contact, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and volume, and allowing time for questions. It also suggests creating hidden slides to answer difficult questions and providing handouts so the audience can follow along and take the material home.
2. Techniques to Consider
Feature Use
Rehearse Helps you determine the length of your
Timings presentation
Header/Footer Puts identifying information on the top
and bottom of slides, notes, and
handouts
Hidden Slides Hides slides until needed
Annotate a Write or draw on a slide
Slide
3. The Delivery is Up to
You
Practice makes perfect
Arrive early on the big day
Maintain eye contact
Speak slowly, clearly, and with sufficient volume
Allow time for questions
4. Keep Something in
Reserve
Create hidden slides to answer difficult questions
that might occur
Press Ctrl+S while in the Slide Show vie to display
hidden slides
5. Provide Handouts
Allows the audience to follow the presentation
Lets the audience take the presentation home
