Do’s and Don’t of a Good PowerPoint Presentation

1. Do’s and Don’t of a Good PowerPoint Presentation By Mr. Risney

2. Do’s • Limit your presentation to 7-10 Min whenever possible • Limit your presentation to 7-10 slides whenever possible • Use light text – dark background or dark text – light background • Use colors that contrast a lot-----avoid reds on blue or black backgrounds, same with yellows on white

3. Do’s (continued) • Use a rough storyboard to plan out your presentation first (what will be on each slide) • Finish your bullets first----then graphics----then finally, special effects • Use as large a text as possible for your bullets (easy reading) • Use no more than 3 to 4 bullets per slide

4. Do’s (continued again) • Use at least one graphic on each slide • Use special effects on your bullets and slide transitions to add emphasis to your point • Make your special effects and sounds appropriate for the material you are presenting and sequence them logically

5. Don’ts • Ever be BORING!!! • Present with the same monotone voice • Ever use just one source for your facts----especially don’t rely on the Internet as your only source • Use hard-to-read fonts

6. Don’ts (continued) • Write a bullet in complete sentences----instead use short, quick and hard hitting phrase/fact • Use too many special effects----will distract the viewer from your presentation and they will remember more about the special effects than they will about what you were trying to get across • Vary your special effects to the point that every slide has a different special effect-----too distracting

7. Questions: • The End