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Tips for Creating Effective and Interesting PowerPoint Presentations |
Tips for Research, Content and Delivery in power point presentations
Research
- Plan your research carefully using print as well as online databases and resources
Content
- Focus on the CONTENT for your power point presentation
- Provide a map of the areas to be covered, present relevant information and summarize the content at the end
Delivery
- Practice your presentation at least once
- Speak clearly and project the presentation to your audience
- Show enthusiasm and interest in your topic
- Time your presentation appropriately - PowerPoint's Rehearsal feature lets you time your presentation)
Tips for the use of Slides in power point presentations
- The first slide should include your presentation title, your name and date
- Use design templates or create your own slides
- Use colours that work well together - Be particularly cautious when using dark colours such as red or blue letters on a solid black background: though they may look readable on the computer screen they may be unreadable when projected
- Be consistent with effects, transitions and animations used in slides
- Limit the number of slides – for e.g., there must be no more than 12 slides for a 10-minute presentation
- Do not apologize for shortcomings in any slide. If the content is hard to read, redo it
Tips for Text used in the content of power point presentation:-
- Provide only key points on your slides –
- Do not attempt to put your entire talk content on the slides.
- 7 words per line with7 lines per slide is a good general rule
- Use nouns and verbs rather than sentences
- Use upper and lower case - DO NOT USE ALL UPPERCASE AS IT IS HARD TO READ
- Use clear, large, legible fonts for text
- Be consistent with the look and style of text for titles, bulleted points and sub-points
- Spell check your work
Tips to enhance your power point presentations
- Use clip art, AutoShapes, pictures, charts, tables and diagrams to enhance presentation content
- Use a chart or graph to present statistics
- Vary the slide layout by using for e.g., Bulleted List, Two Column Text, Text & Chart, etc.
- Use sound and video if it is appropriate to content
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