Chris Atherton (and more about her here) has a great blog post on how to give a presentation that keeps your audience’s attention. It’s from the angle of student presentations (she’s a college lecturer), but the points apply to any presenter. Dr. Atherton’s research Dr. Atherton also did research comparing slides with significant bulleted text […]
New video lesson on YouTube!
Are you still creating PowerPoint slides with lots of bullets and text? This 4-min. video will revolutionize how you create presentations. You’ll see a makeover, step-by-step, that gets rid of a distracting background and turns a boring, bulleted slide into a clear, image-rich presentation.
Create a slide list
A printed list of slides is very helpful when you present. You can use the list to move quickly to a specific slide (in Slide Show view, just type the number of the slide and press Enter). To create a slide list, follow these steps: In the left pane, which usually shows slide thumbnails, click […]
How many bullets should I put on a slide?
People often ask, “How many bullets should I put on a slide?” First I’ll tell you what others are saying. Then I’ll give you my answer. “6 lines or less per slide, 6-8 words per line” “6 words per line, 6 lines per slide” “Limit the number of bullets per slide to five or fewer.” […]
Undim bulleted text
Bulleted text elicits a lot of animated, opinionated discussion. I’ve covered the pros and cons of bulleted text and provided some tips for working with, or without, them: * Quickly get rid of bullets * Cliff Atkinson’s Beyond Bullet Points Sometimes, you can’t think of a way to avoid bullets. So, how do you format […]