CREATING AN

EFFECTIVE
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION
BY MR JUNOS

LEVEL 3 ENGLISH FOR EMPLOYABILITY

18 JAN 2022
WHAT IS POWERPOINT

• PPT is an abbreviation (short form) for PowerPoint

• A software tool by Microsoft
• Presents information in slide-show format
• Offers text, graphics, sound effects, & video
HINTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL
PRESENTATION
• Plan carefully
• Do your research
• Know your audience
• Time your presentation
• Practice your presentation
• Speak comfortably and clearly
EFFECTIVE POWERPOINT SLIDES

• Use design templates

• Standardize position, colors and styles
• Limit the information to essentials
• Content should be self-evident
• Use colors that contrast
• Be consistent: effects, transitions & animation
• Excessive slides can lose your audience
TEXT GUIDELINES

• Stay under 6 words per line

• Stay under 6 lines per slide
• Avoid long sentences

• Larger font indicates important

information
• Font size ranges from 18 to 48
• 3 feet from your screen, is the text easy to read?
• Be sure text contrasts with background
• Fancy fonts are hard to read
• ALL CAPS ARE HARD TO READ
• Avoid abbreviations and acronyms
• Limit punctuation marks!!!!!
BULLETING

• Bulleting gives structure/organization to slides

• Limit to 6 bullets per slide
• Make bullets visible; 18-24 font
• Limit each bullet to 6 words
• Contrast the text with the background
ANIMATION

• Don’t get carried away

• Restrict animation to certain slides
• Use animation for special emphasis
• Animation can demonstrate how something works
• Excessive animation looks childish
• These apply to sound effects also
CLIP ART AND GRAPHICS

• Should balance the slide

• Enhance, compliment the
text
• Use when text needs
visual explanation
• Limit to two graphics per
slide
REMEMBER THIS (SUMMARY/CALL
TO ACTION)
• Slide shows aren’t your presentation
• Use PPT as an outline
• Don’t read verbatim (word for word) from your PPT
THANK YOU!