How to Improve Powerpoint
- 1. Powerpoint
- 3. 2009 – A DIFFICULT YEARChallengesEconomic slowdownToo much inventory led to discounting and low marginsExpenses reduced 20%LayoffsBenefitsBudget cuts across the boardSalesDifficulty extended to competitors as well
- 4. 2010 OUTLOOKDemand will come back.You’re reading ahead! (Everyone does if there’s too much text)
- 5. Powerpoint
- 8. Even more
- 9. Against all odds, more bullet points
- 10. Count ‘em
- 11. There’s so many
- 12. Hard to believe
- 13. Bullet here
- 14. Bullet there
- 15. So many bullets!
- 16. Easy to ignore
- 17. Generally unhelpfulSmall Bullet Points
- 21. 2009
- 24. Powerpoint
- 25. 2009
- 29. ExpensesIncome
- 30. 2009200920092009
- 33. Thank you.
- 34. Powerpoint
- 35. bear
- 36. Images are better than textImageTEXTThere are so many important things to sayDon’t want to leave anything outDon’t forget this tidbitAnd there’s more hereWill they remember this?Yet another pointBearDid you catch that?You missed the most important part
- 37. Big is better than littleCan youfind thewordBEAR? Find the BEAR. Here it is. But it’s hard to find if there’s lots of text on the page, even if it’s first. Why would you add so much extra text to the slide?It’s easy to copy and paste lots of text from a word document. But no one cares. No one will remember all this. Look how long it is.There’s no reason not to keep the font size large and the text limited.littlebig
- 38. Simple is better than colorfulSimple, High contrastLots of colors
- 39. Ok. Color for important stuff.There are so many important things to sayDon’t want to leave anything outDon’t forget this tidbitAnd there’s more hereWill they remember this?Yet another pointBearI just said it.Did you catch that?You missed the most important partUn-highlightedhighlightedThere are so many important things to sayDon’t want to leave anything outDon’t forget this tidbitAnd there’s more hereWill they remember this?Yet another pointBearI just said it.Did you catch that?You missed the most important part
- 40. Bars are better than piesbarpie
- 41. Outlined tables are harder to readLineless tableLined table
- 42. The LinksThis presentationThe default Theme file2009logo