![]() And some people I know turn that area into four or five points. The default layout in PowerPoint often has you putting a title and three points underneath. And when you're presenting after someone else, that's a big deal! Tip one: Only have one point per slide They help me look much more professional. But here are the three design tips that I've found have a significant impact on my slide design. It's not – just count that as an extra bonus. I know, you're probably wondering if the “don't use the default layout” was one of the three tips. Three effective PowerPoint presentation design tips We can create really powerful and effective slides if we don't use the default layout and follow three design tips that I've jotted down for you. ![]() It's the reason most people hate PowerPoint. Because the default layout is a recipe for boredom and poor design. In fact, many people don't know you can change the layout to a blank canvas.īut you can, and you should. But that doesn't mean you need to use the default layout that PowerPoint gives you. You and I both know we're not professional designers. And that means I'm spending a lot of time in PowerPoint. It's that season where I'm doing a lot of speaking. You have not failed if you look at the screen, and you will not turn to stone so long as you keep these guidelines in mind.I have four presentations next week, and in a couple weeks I'm speaking another three or four times. It’s better if you don’t read aloud from your slides during the presentation, but if you do it is not the end of the world. If you have difficulty reading the bullets because the font is too small or the text is too dense, then your audience will have an even harder time.ĭoes the text read well? Do the bullets read the way you want the audience to make sense of them? If not, change them. In fact you must, because that is what you are asking your audience to do. ![]() You should definitely look to the screen and read from your slides in rehearsal. Do not condescend. Share and enjoy the audience’s moment of discovery. When you read, it should be discovery reading.“And look here…what this says.” Read the way you read with a child, as if you are both making the discovery at the same time, not a dull recitation.If, heaven forfend, you are reading from the slide notes on your laptop, all the same rules from “When to Read from Slides” above still apply.Use a pointer if you have one to show the audience generally where you are reading from on the slide…where they should be looking on the screen.If it is a long passage, try to break it up into shorter more easily digestible bites.Is the audience still with you? Were they listening and did they comprehend what it is that you read to them? Don’t continue staring at the screen while you click to the next slide. Immediately return to the audience after reading whatever it is you are going to read.Open up your stance with you inner foot leading back toward the screen. Try not to simply twist around at the waist with your feet planted firmly forward.Do not turn away toward the walls before coming about a full 180 degrees to arrive at the screen. Only turn about 90 degrees to look back at the screen, not a full 180 degrees. But don’t turn your back entirely to the audience. Before you turn to look towards the screen, you must make sure you are standing far enough stage right or stage left so that you are not blocking the audience’s view of the screen.to read verbatim from a slide if the bullet contains an important quote - or concept you are branding - that you want to make sure everyone gets.Give the audience a second before and after you read the full quote, allowing them to see the quote “printed” on the screen for themselves (with the writer’s attribution if appropriate) to let it register. When looking at the slide, look for key words and “read” quickly to yourself, not aloud. But they are not your script and you should not recite bullets word for word. The slides are basically the notes I speak from, so bullets can act as prompts.Just highlight the important thing(s) you want the audience to be looking at on that slide. I look to the screen about every other or third slide just to confirm where I am. It is fine to refer to the screen occasionally to sync up where you are in the presentation. ![]() But you have permission to look at the screen, and even read a little of it aloud, as long as you obey the following rules: It’s OK to look at the screen and read from your slides during a presentation.
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