PowerPoint Presentation Slide Show

Making a great PowerPoint presentation involves more than plugging in text on a slide design; it means you need to work on the design to highlight the content. If you’re working on your next class lecture, an academic defense, a pitch in a business environment, or an official meeting, these PowerPoint presentation tips will assist you in creating a professional and interesting look.

Keep it simple and clean

Do not make the slides with excessive text or images on the same screen. Try and use bullet points, short sentences, and keywords to keep them apart from long scrolling paragraphs. Keep the fonts to the same size and font type throughout your slides.

Use High-Quality Visuals

Pictures, graphs, diagrams, and infographics can help to get complex messages across in an instant. Use high-quality visuals every time – They need to be relevant to what you are writing about. Never use clip art unless it suits your approach in presentations.

Maintain a consistent design

Select a professional template and maintain a uniform color scheme, font, and layout. Ensure that your headers, titles, and the body of your presentation all maintain a consistent design on your slides.

Limit Text Per Slide

Follow the 5/5/5 rule: Use no more than 5 words per line of text, 5 lines of text total, and 5 text-heavy slides in a row. And that keeps them interested.

Focus on Key Points

Each slide ought to be an echo of what you tell. You can also caption each slide like a headline by writing more text if you need to clarify the points you are making (as I did in the wine example just above), but don’t write here everything you want to say on the turn—just key articles so you can expand on your comments when you speak.

Practice Timing and Flow

Make sure the presentation is organized in a logical sequence from one point to another. Time yourself so you don’t go over time.

Use Animation and Transitions in Moderation

Utilize discrete transitions and animations to subtly direct your audience’s focus, but refrain from overuse of the features that are likely to take focus away.

These easy but impactful steps will enable you to present your PowerPoint presentation with confidence and like a pro.