Uncommon Grace The Autobiography of Isaac Folorunso
The making of power point slides
1. THE MAKING OF POWERPOINT
SLIDES
How to avoid bad slides
2.
3. IT IS A POWERPOINT, MAKE IT
Clear
Concise
To the point
4. TIPS TO BE COVERED
Outline
Background
Fonts
Color
Slide structure
Content
Spelling and grammar
5. OUTLINE
Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your
presentation
Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the
presentation
Only place main points on the outline slide
7. BACKGROUND-BAD
Always be consistent with the background that you
use
Use backgrounds which are light
Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult
to read from such as this one
12. Use a colour of font that contrasts sharply with the
background
Using a font colour that does not contrast with the
background colour is hard to read
Though boring, apparently white backgrounds and black text
are supposed to work best
Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary
Trying to be creative can also be bad
13. THE COLOR WHEEL
Adjacent colors harmonize with one another
(Green and Yellow)
Colors separated by another color are
contrasting colors (complementary)
Colors directly opposite one another are said
to CLASH
Clashing colors provide readability
Green and Purple
14. SLIDE STRUCTURE-GOOD
Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation
Write in point form, not complete sentences
Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only
Include 4-5 points per slide
15. SLIDE STRUCTURE-BAD
This page contains too many words for a presentation
slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult
both for your audience to read and for you to present
each point. Although there are exactly the same number
of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks
much more complicated. In short, your audience will
spend too much time trying to read this paragraph
instead of listening to you.
23. Proof your slides for:
spelling mistakes
the use of repeated words
grammatical errors you might have make
If English is not your first language, please have
someone else check your presentation
24. YOUR SLIDES ARE NOT YOUR PRESENTATION
Your slides are a focus for your presentation
Your topic is proof
You present your proof with slides to focus
interest on what you think is important