Microsoft created Phrase and PowerPoint for a motive. A Phrase doc and a PowerPoint presentation are usually not the identical factor.
They serve two totally different functions!
And but, daily, I see folks making their slides as packed and dense as any report or commonplace working procedures.
It’s a nasty observe.
You drive the viewers to decide on. The viewers will both take heed to you and overlook the slide, or—what’s extra possible—they’ll begin studying the slide. And once they begin studying, you may have one other drawback and it’s one that you simply can’t management.
Individuals is not going to take a look at the identical issues on the identical time. They are going to be all over whilst you proceed talking. Some folks will take a look at the photographs or graphs; some will begin studying the textual content; some quick readers will likely be on the fourth level when you are nonetheless speaking concerning the first level.
And other people can’t learn one factor and hear effectively to a different on the identical time.
Hold the slides in your PowerPoint presentation easy!
For many slides, the viewers ought to have the ability to grasp the message in a couple of seconds after which get again to you. The slide ought to help what you’re saying.
Can your PowerPoint presentation sometimes have a fancy slide?
Sure.
🔹 If you wish to present a fancy slide to convey the concept one thing is complicated (a producing course of, for instance) with out going into the small print, that’s high quality. Simply make it clear to the viewers that the aim of the slide is to provide a basic impression of the topic, not the small print.
🔹 Should you intend to undergo the slide then (a) deliver components in one after the other with a easy animation to maintain the viewers with you, (b) work together with the slide and (c) spend the required time on the slide.
Bear in mind, a PowerPoint presentation must be used to help what you are saying. The viewers ought to have the ability to perceive most slides in three or 4 seconds after which get again to listening to you.
