After joining dozens of PowerPoint presentations, he never ceases to amaze me with the number of slides that are completely unreadable. Here are some simple steps to avoid this type of error.
- Show only a maximum of 5 points on the slide.
- Each point should contain only 7 words. If you need more words, make sub-points below the main point.
- For each subnet, reduce the number of key points on the slide. The goal is only 5 lines of information. Anything more will confuse the viewer and often makes it unreadable.
- If the sub-items require a lot of words, reduce them to 7 basic words. Details must be specified separately in a text document or other file. There should not be much detail in a PowerPoint presentation. The presentation on the slides is intended only for basic purposes so that you can follow the audience. If they just need to read their presentation on the slide, you will lose focus on what you say.
- Avoid detailed slide statistics. If you need to present something, make the page fuzzy with numbers that you want to highlight in a circle with bold and large fonts. Then the focus is on the results with a general idea of where the information came from. There is nothing worse than trying to read a multitude of numbers, lines, and columns on a slide that you could only read if it was two feet away.
- Use color wisely, but use color. Some colors work better for slide shows, and other colors work better for print. Display slides using the suggested colors from Microsoft. Print slides in black and white without a background.
- Use slide transitions that are interesting. Do not get carried away with too much, but use variety in your presentation.
- When presenting a presentation, do not look at the display screen - your audience does not want to view your back. Place the computer in front of you so that you can see the slide you are working on.
- Do not read the slide to the audience, do not touch the main point and do not enter the details. The audience will take notes about the details or later request additional information. Give the audience information in writing from your website. Register your email address on your website to access the presentation. This will help you connect to your audience at the same time and get valuable email addresses. If you give them everything at the presentation, you will lose this connection if you do not call them personally. People tend to forget who will save the presentation if they do not have an action element to get the materials. Oh, offer a special bonus to those who go to the website.
