Effective Use of PowerPoint

1
Effective Use of PowerPoint

• The dos and donts
• of Slide Design

2
The 6 x 6 Rule

• No more than 6 lines per slide
• No more than 6 words per line

3
Following the Rule

• Easy to read
• Main points highlighted
• Focus is on presenter

4
Not following the Rule

• There is a lot of text that takes a lot of time
  to read.
• People are reading your slides and not listening
  to you.
• Your main points get lost in all the other text
  on the slide.

5
Color

• Background
• Text
• Contrast

6
Contrast

• Readable?
• Blinding?

7
Font Size

• Titles 44 60 pt.
• Headings 32-36 pt.
• Sub-Points 28 pt.

8
Bad Font Size

• Big Fonts less room
• Small fonts less readable

9
Images, Sounds and Animation

• For impact
• Use in Moderation

10
Too Much!

• Fade and Sound for everything!
• Increases the time to get one slide up

Boy, is that annoying!