10 Steps To Better-and Less Annoying-PowerPoint Presentations
By David Woodford

What is your biggest hate when it comes to presentations? Slide after slide of boring PowerPoints right? Don't fall into the same trap yourself - adopt the following 10 steps and you'll be welcomed!

Steps

1. Keep it simple! Don't use a template that becomes the focus of attention itself - a pastel color background with contrasting text is fine.
2. Avoid gradients in the background. It may look fine on your computer screen - but what happens when it's used on another computer, or a less powerful projector? Grainy, muddy images, that's what
3. Be consistent on every slide - text in the same size and in the same position and the same color.
4. Use plain fonts - and not more than two. "Impressing" everyone with a load of fancy fonts actually has the opposite effect!
5. The fewer words the better! YOU are the word-user not the slide. Plenty of graphics (simple ones please) and as few words as possible.
6. The slide is NOT your notes! DON'T read from your slides (see Step 5 above).Are you saying that the audience can't read for themselves? That's the message you put over
7. Make the font sizes as large as you can without being silly. You never know what size auditorium you might be in next.
8. Don't over use capital letters - it slows down reading.
9. Don't have too many slides. People have come to hear you not look at your slides - otherwise you could just mail them and save them hours of time!
10. Ask yourself "would I like to sit through this PowerPoint presentation?" If you wouldn't - don't make your audience!

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David Woodford is the owner of info4u-services producing articles of value to business people.

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