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Effective PowerPoint
14 Top Tips
for designing and presenting great
slide showsby Paul Hinckley
Not another boring PowerPoint presentation….
Oh no!!
1. Keep the points simple• Introduce yourself• Title page• Aims and objectives• Structure• Subheadings• Bullet points• Summary / conclusion• Questions
2. Make your title concise and relevant
• Show where you are going!
3. Take control of the show
4. Outline• Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your
presentation
• Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the presentation
5. Slide Structure – Good• Use 1-2 slides per minute of your
presentation• Write in point form, not complete
sentences• Include 4-5 points per slide• Avoid wordiness: use key words and
phrases only
Slide Structure - Bad• This page contains too many words for a
presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.
Slide Structure – Good• Show one point at a time:
– Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying
– Will prevent audience from reading ahead– Will help you keep your presentation focused
6. Keep the background simple
• Keeps a clear, clean design
6. Keep the background simple
Keeps a clear, clean design
Avoids distractions
6. Keep the background simple
• Keeps a clear, clean design
• Avoids distractions
• Allows good contrast
6. Keep the background simple
• Keeps a clear, clean design• Avoids distractions• Allows good contrast• Prevents confusion
6. Keep the background simple
• Keeps a clear, clean design• Avoids distractions• Allows good contrast• Prevents confusion• Avoid PowerPoint’s own templates
Background – Bad• Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or
difficult to read from• Always be consistent with the background
that you use
7. Keep the text clear
• 24 pt minimum • 36-44 pt for heading• Contrast colours
18 point
20 point
24 point
28 point
36 point
40 point
44 point
Good Bad
Bad Good
Good Bad
Bad Good
Bad Good
Good Bad
Bad Good
Good Bad
Contrast colours
7. Keep the text clear
• 24 point minimum • 40-44 for heading• Contrast colours• Don’t use black on white
7. Keep the text clear
• 24 point minimum • 40-44 for heading• Contrast colours• Don’t use black on white
7. Keep the text clear
• 24 point minimum • 40-44 for heading• Contrast colours• Don’t use black on white
7. Keep the text clear
• 24 point minimum • 40-44 for heading• Contrast colours• Don’t use black on white
7. Keep the text clear
• Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial
7. Keep the text clear• Using a font colour that does not contrast
with the background colour is hard to read
• Using colour for decoration is distracting and annoying.
• Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary– Using a different colour for secondary points
is also unnecessary• Trying to be creative can also be bad
Fonts - Bad• If you use a small font, your audience won’t be able to read what you have written
• CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ & IT LOOKS LIKE
YOU’RE SHOUTING!…
• Don’t use a complicated font
(including “serif” fonts) - like THIS
• Photographs are fantastic• Cartoons are fun (… sometimes!)• Diagrams are
useful• No picture? Then why have a slide?
8. Always have a good picture
9. Animate quickly and simply
• Avoid transitions
9. The next slide?
9. Animate quickly and simply
• Avoid transitions• For text use:
– Appear– Fly, from left/right/bottom (very fast)– Fade (very fast)
9. Animate quickly and simply
Appear Fly
• For graphics use:
Dissolve in
9. Animate quickly and simply
• Nothing fancyIt will only end upREALLY ANNOYINGyour poor audience.
• Keep it quickOr you try to read or recognise it before it has
fully developed!
10. Spelling and grammar
• Spellcheck!• Proof your slides for:
– speling mistakes– The the use of of repeated words– grammatical errors you might have make
• If English is not your first language, please get someone else to check your presentation!
11. Never just read out the slide word for word!!This is THE thing that annoys more people about PowerPoint presentations than anything else.
It is BORING!
Keep something back!
12. Be very careful with sound
• No whooshes• No chimes• No lasers • No typewriters
Great for learning languages…
…or adding a bit of realism!
12. Be very careful with sound
French
Hello
Goodbye
Thank you
Français
Bonjour
Au revoir
Merci
13. (Don’t) give out great handouts
• Save until last• Send to Word• People will listen!
14. Enjoy it!Teaching and imparting knowledge and experience is one of the fundamental expectations of us as nurses within our profession. (NMC, 2010)
Embrace it….
It ’s fun!….
Conclusion• Use an effective and strong closing
– Your audience is likely to remember your last words
• Use a conclusion slide to:– Summarize the main points of your
presentation– Suggest future avenues of research
Questions??• End your presentation with a simple
question slide to:– Invite your audience to ask questions– Provide a visual aid during question period– Avoid ending a presentation abruptly
Thank you for your attention
“My PowerPoint presentation went so well, I had it made into a tattoo!”