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I’ve recently had some training on presentation skills which I’ve found very useful. In the process, I have also become very picky about PowerPoint presentations. I came across a couple of interesting sites that I’d like to share that relate to using PowerPoint effectively:

The first is the 10/20/30 rule of PowerPoint. Basically, a powerpoint presentation should have 10 slides, last no more than 20 minutes, and contain fonts no smaller than 30 points. Here’s a link: 10/20/30

The other site that I like is called Presentation Zen. I’ve mentioned it before in this blog, but it’s worth mentioning again here…

Presentation Zen

I’m still learning, but here’s my basic advice to good presentations with PowerPoint.

1. Use big fonts and some pictures or graphics to make it interesting.
2. No more than 6 bullets per page, about 6 words per bullet.
3. DON’T READ YOUR SLIDES!
4. Memorize the main idea of each slide. If that’s all you get across to your audience, then you’re fine.
5. Throw some humor in. People respond to humor and everyone enjoys laughing.
6. PowerPoint is not the presentation, you are! Don’t allow the slides to be the main attraction.
7. Never hand out your slides in advance.

That’s all for now…

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