The document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations with a focus on using images instead of excessive text, following the rule of 6 words per line and 6 lines per slide, keeping text large and readable, incorporating visual contrast and animation, and avoiding simply reading slides verbatim. Key recommendations include using photos over clipart, limiting text, making slides visually engaging, and checking reference sites for additional presentation design ideas.

1. Keep it Simple

2. PowerPoint
Use Images not words
Use Rule of 6
Only 6 words per lines
6 lines per page
Keep Text Large

3. Use Images
Photos if possible
Avoid average clipart
So not this….

4. Clip art, SIGH!

5. Better image!

6. Not this

7. Use this!

8. Rule of 6
 6 lines
 6 words
Keep clutter to a minimumnimim
(And check your spelling)

9. Keep text large
 No one wants to read this
 Or this
 Or even this
 Stick to 24 or
 28 or more

10. Keep visual contrast strong
Doesn’t work well
Better

11. Be Animated
Avoid the talking head
TELL them something
Move around a bit

12. DO NOT read the slide to us
The back
of your
head is
NOT that
interestin
g.

13. DO NOT READ THE
SLIDE TO US!!!!!

14. Check out these sites for more
ideas!
 Death by powerpoint
 http://www.slideshare.net/
thecroaker/death-by-
powerpoint
 You suck at powerpoint
 http://www.slideshare.net/
jessedee/you-suck-at-
powerpoint?src=related_n
ormal&rel=82344