EFFECTIVE POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS
ALEXANDRA GUIMARAES
As students, every semester we are
presented with the challenge of giving presentations in front of our faculty
and peers, and during these presentations, visual aids help us to bring our
point across in an effective way. It’s important to get a grip on how to create
a powerful Power Point now, because soon enough, we will be presenting in front
of colleagues and management leaders.
First
Don’t: Use brightly colored fonts and backgrounds. This makes it really hard for the audience to read and it’s tiring on the eyes.
Don’t: Use brightly colored fonts and backgrounds. This makes it really hard for the audience to read and it’s tiring on the eyes.
Do:
Use a background and font color that is high-contrast and easy on the eyes.
Neutral colors are easy to read, and wont exhaust the audience’s eyes through a
long presentation.
Second
Don’t: Use a “fun” font. These types of fonts make it harder for your audience to read, which means they will be putting all their attention into trying to read what is on the slide and not into what you are saying.
Don’t: Use a “fun” font. These types of fonts make it harder for your audience to read, which means they will be putting all their attention into trying to read what is on the slide and not into what you are saying.
Do: Use a legible and professional font. These types of fonts will ensure that your audience is mostly focusing their attention on what you are saying, and the key points on your slide.
Do: Clearly state the key facts in
your Power Point, then elaborate through your vocal presentation. This reminds
the audience of what you’re talking about, without taking the attention away from
what you are saying. A great way to do this would be to use bullet points.
Fourth
Don’t: Use images of graphs. These do not represent accurate and quantitative information pertaining to the subject you are discussing, so avoid using them at all cost.
Don’t: Use images of graphs. These do not represent accurate and quantitative information pertaining to the subject you are discussing, so avoid using them at all cost.
Do: Use real graphs. Graphs are a
great way to represent and demonstrate numeric information. For example,
financial information is best presented this way. It gives your audience a
visual representation of what you are saying.
Fifth
Don’t: Plagiarize. It is unacceptable to use somebody else’s work without giving them credit for it.
Do: Provide in text citations, or include all works cited in the notes section of your Power Point slides. Treat the content in your slides the same way you would the content in a paper.
Don’t: Plagiarize. It is unacceptable to use somebody else’s work without giving them credit for it.
Do: Provide in text citations, or include all works cited in the notes section of your Power Point slides. Treat the content in your slides the same way you would the content in a paper.