Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint

1. Too few slides
   2 Too many words
   3 No ‘road signs’ (where are you going?)
   4 Reliance on gimmicks (skip sound effects)
   5 Ignoring design
   6 Not rehearsing
   7 Forgetting your audience

The Rules of Presentation Design

• Limit fonts used
  • Use a heavy font
  • Avoid stock templates
  • 3-7 bullets per page
  • A bullet is 2-5 words
  • Readability test, (stand 15 feet away from the screen, can you read it easily)
  • Design for the back of the room
  • Create your own templates
  • Use builds or simple animations to bring bullets on line by line
  • Justification & capitalization (be consistent)
  • Consider screen vs. print
  • Use transparency
  • Ease to change
  • With multiple presenters, utilize a style guide and templates