How not to create PowerPoints

1. How not to create PowerPoints Anthony Pym

2. Do not use too much design • For example, fonts • Sizes sizes • Flashy stuff • Different animations

3. Do not write too much • Do not write too much because people will have read it all before you can read it. This is because people read faster than they talk, usually. You will find that your audience is looking at the screen and not at you, or that they are falling asleep because everything is repeated.

4. Do not use slow animations • Do not write too much because people will have read it all before you can read it. This is because people read faster than they talk, usually. You will find that your audience is looking at the screen and not at you, or that they are falling asleep because everything is repeated

5. Do not give too many points • Points should be precise • They should be of use to people • They should not repeat themselves • You should say something different in each one • If not, you will have to speak for too long. • You will not be flexible.

6. Use PowerPoints: • To give iconic information • To reinforce the main points • To make the listening experience varied.