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Build a Presentation You Can Be Proud Of

PowerPoint is a revolution in presentation tools. It has the power to raise the learning experience, given the impressive visual arsenal it has at its disposal. Who has not been impressed by its fades, fly-ins, and grow & turns since Microsoft debuted its modern special-effects suite in 1997? But where the dazzle begins, lays the dangers of PowerPoint overkill. PowerPoint has the power to enhance as well as the power to ruin a perfectly scripted lecture or presentation, especially if left in inexperienced hands.

Make sure you steer well clear of the following pitfalls:

Reading from your slides. This is the most common mistake people make in their PowerPoint presentations: reading from their slides. If you think about it, it’s kind of pointless since the audience can read what you’re reading too. Also, remember that you’re supposed to present your ideas, not talk to your slides. So, to avoid this pitfall, make sure you know your material well, so you can spin a good narrative about them, elaborating on each slide, and being truly engaging in the process.

Special-effects special. PowerPoint is a fun tool, with lots of bells and whistles to play with and include in your presentation. But beware, the whizbang animation can easily distract your audience from your message. Moderation is key here; before embedding an animation or using a special effect, ask yourself first if it helps your audience understand a point you’re trying to make. If it doesn’t, it’s almost surely just eye candy—and probably a distraction—and you can safely leave it out.

  WordArt, too. Fancy fonts are like special effects, they can be a distraction if you overuse them or if you use them inappropriately. The rule of thumb here is to make do with standard fonts such as Arial and New Times Roman (together with their respective font styles: bold, italic, etc.) in all your slides. Still, don’t be afraid to use other fonts if you particularly need to emphasize titles or key terms, but make sure that the new fonts you choose belong to the same family as your base fonts (use Arial with Calibri, for instance).

Fancy those themes. It’s easy to go overboard here, such being the siren call of themes. Remember though that themes are just backdrops; the foreground should always be the content of your PowerPoint presentation. Therefore, choose themes that don’t drown out visually or aesthetically your text or your images. A quiet theme (in contrast to a loud one) is a safe theme and guarantees legibility. If you want to spruce up your theme, use the company logo or company colors in the header or the footer.

Text overload. This is related to the pitfall of reading from your slides in that it is a cautionary tale against forgetting that any PowerPoint presentation is just a visual aid, not the narrative itself. If you include all or most of your narrative in your slides, you’re in effect turning your audience into readers instead of listeners. You might as well hand out brochures.