{"id":412,"date":"2012-11-30T18:29:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T18:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/?p=412"},"modified":"2013-01-29T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T21:12:50","slug":"tips-for-better-powerpoint-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/tips-for-better-powerpoint-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Better PowerPoint Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Less is more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When in doubt, make your slides simple.\u00a0 Cluttered slides do not improve a PowerPoint.\u00a0 Also avoid creating a wall of text.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Never read directly off your slides<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The only exception to this might be a short quote \u2013 otherwise, don\u2019t do it.\u00a0 Your listeners can easily read what is on the slides.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk about what\u2019s on your slides<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t put information on your slides that you don\u2019t plan to talk about \u2013 your listeners will not appreciate it.\u00a0 Text should be concise and relevant.\u00a0 On a related topic, if your slides have information you would like your listeners to read and\/or copy, give them enough time to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Images trump text<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need text for an effective PowerPoint presentation.\u00a0 Include an image that illustrates your point and talk about your point.\u00a0 You are giving a <em>presentation<\/em>, so actually presenting is the most important.\u00a0 Your PowerPoint should <em>not<\/em> be able to give your presentation without you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid flashy transitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bullet points flipping onto the slide with gunshot sound effects and fireworks might look cool, but it\u2019s unprofessional.\u00a0 If you find your standard PowerPoint boring, Prezi provides some options that are more visually interesting, but as always be careful about going overboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/thecroaker\/death-by-powerpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\">this hilarious presentation<\/a> on how Powerpoints can bore people to death.<\/p>\n<p><em>By ITA, Hillary Shipps<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less is more When in doubt, make your slides simple.\u00a0 Cluttered slides do not improve a PowerPoint.\u00a0 Also avoid creating a wall of text. Never &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powerpoint","category-tips-and-tricks"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/itfits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}