Developing Good Power Point Presentations
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The document provides tips for developing good PowerPoint presentations, including organizing content into an overview, body, and summary; designing readable slides with a clear font, limited colors and styles, and bulleted lists; and proofreading for correctness, clarity, and concision. Graphics should be simple and explained, and the conclusion restates the main points about organization, design, and proofreading.
Developing Good Power Point Presentations
- 1. Developing Good PowerPoint Presentations By Laura Osborne November 12, 2011
- 2. Overview Organizing content Designing readable slides Proofreading for the 3 Cs – Correctness Clarity Concision
- 3. Organizing content Tell them what you are going to tell them Have an “overview” slide after your title slide Tell them Organize your material into key points Give each slide a title Tell them what you told them Have a summary slide near the end Tell them where to go for more information Provide a business card slide last, or links to further information
- 4. Designing readable slides Use a standard, clear, easy to read font Sans serif fonts are ideal. The font used in this presentation is Gill Sans MT. Use no more than 2 different fonts Use a template to help maintain consistency Format > Slide Design Avoid red Red text is hard to read; red backgrounds are “muddy” when projected
- 5. Designing readable slides, cont. Pick a font color that contrasts with the background color For example, dark green would be too hard to read against this background Use at least a 24 point font 28 point is even better But don’t exceed 32 point (except for slide titles)
- 6. Designing readable slides, cont. Format content in bulleted lists Avoid long paragraphs Avoid numbered lists unless you are providing instructions Don’t exceed 6 main bullet points per slide; if you need more, start a new slide Keep list items consistent Only capitalize the first word Use consistent end punctuation (either have periods at the end, or don’t)
- 7. Designing readable slides, cont. Careful with the bells and whistles For this assignment, you don’t need: Animated graphics Slide transitions Use graphics as (or if) needed Numerical data may be presented in a chart or graph Photos may be used to make a point Graphics should always be explained (as you are speaking) – the audience should understand
- 8. Graphics Example Use the Paragraph dialog box to adjust alignment, indentation and spacing. Notice the Spacing settings; here’s where you adjust spacing between paragraphs. (Instructor’s note: The purpose of the graphic is made clear, and the relevant portion is marked.)
- 9. Proofreading for the 3 Cs Correctness Are your facts correct? Is your grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and syntax correct? Clarity Are your ideas clearly presented in an order that makes sense? Concision Are any of your bullet points more than 2 lines long? If so, revise to omit needless words.
- 10. In conclusion Remember to start with a preview of your main points Remember to use slide titles to guide viewers through your main points Remember to conclude with a summary Use lists, not paragraphs Keep slide design simple and consistent Proofread, proofread, proofread
- 11. For further information (either provide your contact information on this slide, as it would be formatted in a business card, or provide links to more information, or provide names of others who could be contacted for more information)