Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint
- Too few slides
2 Too many words
3 No ‘road signs’ (where are you going?)
4 Reliance on gimmicks (skip sound effects)
5 Ignoring design
6 Not rehearsing
7 Forgetting your audience
The Rules of Presentation Design
- Limit fonts used
• Use a heavy font
• Avoid stock templates
• 3-7 bullets per page
• A bullet is 2-5 words
• Readability test, (stand 15 feet away from the screen, can you read it easily)
• Design for the back of the room
• Create your own templates
• Use builds or simple animations to bring bullets on line by line
• Justification & capitalization (be consistent)
• Consider screen vs. print
• Use transparency
• Ease to change
• With multiple presenters, utilize a style guide and templates