Powerpoint

[jond1122]

Hi, I am doing a project for school and I want to make my PowerPoint stand out from the others. Anyone know some cool tricks? 

Yes, it is PowerPoint 2013

[GoldenBE]

-Not to much text

-Easy readable text

-Visualize things ( use many pictures )

[jond1122]

-Not to much text

-Easy readable text

-Visualize things ( use many pictures )

Thanks, will do!

[Exploded117]

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Don't use 5-hour long transitions that just waste time and make you look like an idiot who just figured out how to use windows movie maker.

 

I've had that person in my class.....

[jond1122]

Don't use 5-hour long transitions that just waste time and make you look like an idiot who just figured out how to use windows movie maker.

 

I've had that person in my class.....

OMG yes, I have had that person in my class too. I don't want to look like an idiot, because I actually have a YouTube channel, and do video editing so people will start do doubt me... lol

[jond1122]

And then there is this person.

[olbaze]

When I make slides, I make the points on slides short sentences or topics. You should never be reading straight from the slide, that defeats the purpose of giving a presentation in the first place, might as well print out the damn thing and hand it to people.

 

Try to avoid backtracking between slides whenever possible. That messes with the flow of the presentation and is quite distracting.

 

Leave time for questions and/or discussion at the end. And be prepared for that. One thing you might do is practice the presentation with a family member or a friend and tell them to ask you about anything that they didn't understand.

 

People aren't going to remember the design of your presentation afterwards. That's for designers and professional talkers. They will, however, remember what you talked  about. So make it count.

 

If the class has multiple presentations and there are some before yours, pay close attention. Look at what you think they are doing wrong. Look at how they're are presenting, what kind of layouts they are using. Look at how the other students are reacting to those presentations. Learn from observing. Don't just sleep through others' presentations.

 

People shouldn't be there for your slides. They should be there for your presentation.

[LogicalDrm]

Use theme that is same theme with your subject. Use more pictures/animation than text. When people are reading the text, they don't listen to you. Also you might want to have tablet with notes so you don't read slides and have to look there to think what to say next.

 

Instead of making professional looking powerpoint, make your presentation feel like you are comfortable doing it. Thats the hardest part and very few people besides those who teach as profession, can do it right.