How to Make an

Effective
Powerpoint
Keep slides
clean and ▹ Keeping slides simple allows the
simple audience to focus on the information
rather than the design of the slide

▹ Overloading a slide could cause a

distraction

2
Cater the
slides to ▹ If your audience is children, have few
your words and add visuals
audience
▹ If your audience is professional adults,
your slides can be more formal and
slightly more information focused

3
 Avoid
reading ▹ Your information is written on the
off of the slide, therefore there is no need to
slides repeat the information

▹ Instead, use the information as a

starting point for your discussion

4
 Use
▹ Using images can help grab the
images/vi audience’s attention
suals ▹ It can also allow you as the presenter to
put less words on the slide and instead
use the picture to start a discussion

5
Keep the
slides ▹ Align objects correctly and ensure
organized text/visuals are straight to avoid
distraction

▹ Make sure the text flows as if your

audience is reading a book so that there
is no confusion

6
Use readable ▹ Avoid using bright colors that might
fonts/colors not allow for the text to be readable,
especially to an audience looking at a
projector

▹ Choose simple fonts

7
 Make ▹ Your presentation is most often being
your text viewed from a distance and from a
large projector

▹ Use large fonts to ensure the text is

readable to the audience

8
 Use
▹ Use graphs to present data clearly and
graphs
effectively