PowerPoint Tips

How the audience views slides:

If the choice is between watching you or reading your PowerPoint, the audience will choose to read.
Don’t distract your audience with too much going on.
If you add to PowerPoint with your own words your intelligence goes up, if you read your PowerPoint, your intelligence goes down in the eyes of your audience.
If a slide is there for you-throw it out. If it’s there for your audience, keep it.
Each of your slides should have no more than 3 to 5 points. Your goal is to have your key points easy to recall. Recall equals action.
Set the resolution while in the “Slide Sorter” to “View to 65%.” Why Does It Matter? If you cannot read the slide without a magnifying glass, neither can your audience.

Action Step: Consider using a larger font, fewer words, and/or higher contrast. Ask yourself, does this slide need to be in my presentation?