PowerPoint Points

1. PowerPoint Points

2. Point #1 • Summarize information • Use bullet points • Elaborate on key points when you present

3. Counterpoint There is nothing more boring and obnoxious than having a presenter type all of the information on their slides, and then stand up in front of their audience and read off of their slides Besides, your audience will be too busy reading to hear what you have to say

4. Point #2 • Don’t cram information onto slides • Fonts should be large enough to read, and discernable from the background • Make sure to proofread your slides

5. Counterpoint • When you try to put too much information on a slide, it looks cramped, there’s too much to read, and you lose your audiences’ attention • It also usually means that you’ve had to make your font smaller • You don’t want it to be hard to read! • U wil allso fynd tht miss spellings luk unnprofeshunal and R disstrakting

6. Point #3 • Backgrounds should either correlate with your topic or be neutral • Pictures should be relevant

7. Counterpoint • If my PowerPoint is about the desert, then an ocean background makes no sense • A picture of a cactus would probably work well • Pictures of fish, water, and Santa Claus wouldn’t