How to make a proper power point
- 1. How to make a Proper PowerPoint
- 2. Bullets BAD • Don’t place your bullets on this side • Don’t • Put • Lots • Of • Small bulleted • Points • In one • Big • List • And • be • consistent.Don’t overload one bullet point with a lot of information, you want spacing to be consistent and not look like like nonsense
- 3. Bullets GOOD • Neatly organize your bullets • Justify them on the left side • Make sure size is consistent and large • Use concise wording • Bullets are key words elaborated upon by speaker
- 4. Background BAD • A chaotic background takes away from your message
- 5. Background GOOD • Backgrounds should be simple • Backgrounds should not be distracting
- 6. Contrast BAD • Writing with two like colors is bad • It makes your slides hard to read
- 7. Contrast GOOD • Colors should be opposites • Background dark=light writing • Dark writing = light background
- 8. Graphics BAD Too many graphics makes your presentation less effective
- 9. Graphics GOOD • Graphics should be well chosen • They should support your points • Graphics should be on the right when possible • Koalas are very cute but they are very lazy
- 10. Rule of Four BAD • Do • No • List • A • Ton • Of • Things • People • Can • Only • Remember • About • 4 • Things • At • A • time
- 11. Rule of Four GOOD • People can only remember so much • Grouping in 4’s is a good way to avoid overload • The rule of four sets good guideline • Elaboration should be done by speaker, not on the slide
- 12. Proximity BAD Reme mber: Viewer s group eleme nts into units, which they can attend to and reme mber Words that move together are understood to belong together Labels that are closer to object are seen as belonging together Baby Koalas hang out in the pouch until they can hold on! Baby and Momma Koala share kisses!
- 13. Proximity GOOD • Remember: Viewers group elements into units, which they can attend to and remember • Labels that are closer to object are seen as belonging together Words that move together areunderstood to belong together Word Pile
- 14. FoNTsBAD • Only Use a FewFonts • Gimmicky fonts are no good •Don’tuse too many different Sizes • WHEN YOU USE ALL CAPS IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE YELLING!!!!
- 15. Fonts Good • Employ only a few - stick to familiar fonts • Stay away from gimmicky fonts unless for a theme • Keep type sizes consistent • Stay away from all capital letters
- 17. • Rainbows are beautiful • Rainbows appear after rain showers • Rain drops split light into the 7 colors of white light spectrum • We see this splitting of colors as a