PowerPoint Presentation Tips

Tips for PowerPoint Presentations:

• Think of your audience:
  • Avoid typing long paragraphs on your slides.  Use the Speaker Notes as a place to put details.
  • Use bulleted lists that highlight your main points for the slide.
  • Pictures should re-enforce your ideas, not distract from them.
  • If you have long lists, split them into two slides.  This avoids "cluttering" the slides and makes sure the font will be large enough to read.
• Use Spell Checking
• Pay attention to contrast between the font color and the background (avoid using pictures as background)
• Coordinate with your group memebers before presenting.
• Practice what you will say and know all of the slides (what if someone is sick the day of the presentation?!?)
• Speak loudly, clearly, and to the audience.
• Be professional - don't take attention away from your teammates when they are presenting.