Top 10 Things To Improve PowerPoint Presentation

Determine the Purpose of your Presentation

Most presentations are simply informative – The goal here is mainly to be informative. Other presentations are persuasive, you are trying to persuade the public to take action. Before you write your presentation make a list of what you want your audience to know when you are done presenting.

Use a good Presentation structure
Once you have a predetermined goal, it is necessary to determine the state of mind of your audience and determine a plan as to how you will get them to move from where they are mentally when you start presenting and where you hope they will be when you are done presenting. This will include analysis of the level of knowledge and prejudices of the audience and the credibility it has with them.

Select colors that will contrast each other
When you are putting together your presentation, stick to colors contrast each other so that the text and graphics are easy to be seen when they are shown. Popular choices include dark background color as blue or dark purple with a clear text color like white or yellow. This makes the text float on top and makes it easy to read. Think about how white will look on a yellow background! Your audience will not be able to read the slides.

Choose fonts that are not too large or too small
You should probably never use a font smaller than 24 points, preferable between 24 and 32. For titles use a font between 36 to 44 in size. A small font is hard to read and the message will be lost, a large font throughout your presentation seems unprofessional.

Use bullets
Instead of sentences, use bullet points to give the key ideas in the slides. Using bullet points, make sure to not to put too much information on one slide. The 6 by 6 Guideline is good to have in mind – each bullet item must have no more than 6 words and each slide each one must have no more than 6 bullet points.

Build Bulleted text
When using bullets, build them one by one in the slide and avoid excessive bullet points. In this way, you can talk with each issue separately and the audience will know what idea is expanding.

Avoid movement of the slide elements
While moving around text or graphics to the slide may seem fun, it’s a great distraction for your audience. Avoid excessive animated effects where the movement is outside the boundaries of the text or graphic. The effect is preferable to create the effect appears when the text appears only in the right place on the slide. Use animated effects that will emphasize a concept and don’t just do it just to make a slide be more interactive.

Carefully select Graphics
You should only use graphics or images if they will complement your message and your slide. There are so many images available for use today, with social media, but many of them will only be a distraction to your presentation. Always check that your image or graph enhances the points you are presenting before putting on the slide.

Use the appropriate box
Charts – charts and tables – can be a great way of presenting information if used correctly. When you select the chart type, consider whether the data you are trying to show is sequential in time or not and how many sets of data will be displayed. For complex ideas, the division of a graph in small amounts of common data in a graph in general can be the best way forward. This is better than throwing out a lot of complicated information at once.

Read, Read and Practice
You need to feel one hundred percent when delivering your presentation and the best way is to be really prepared! That way you don’t have to be scared of potential questions. As a matter of fact you should try to predict questions so that you can have an answer ready. There is no way to be prepared without practising. All good speakers has mastered the art of presenting and they have mastered ways of being confident. Practice in a setting that best mimics where you will actually present. Practice what you plan to say, but it is necessary to remember, because a memorized speech sounds “canned” or like an animated robot and not as a conversation, how does a good presentation sound?