How to improve your communication skills and make Great PowerPoint slides using Colour, Font, Layout and Design features. The full presentation and PowerPoint 2010 *.pptx version can be found here: http://alesandrab.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/how-to-make-a-great-presentation/

1. Alesandra Blakeston

6. Teach the audience
something (on any topic)
Make the audience see
something a certain way

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14. Company profileBusiness plan
Slide decks
Online show
Notes pagesHand outs

16. Create an outline or storyboard of the major topics

17. until you have one key message per slide

18. your slides effectively

19. Resist the urge to
cram everything
you know onto your
slides
Use humourONLY if
you are comfortable
with it

23. Slide A Slide B
Which slide is more memorable?

24. NEITHER!!!!

25. • They lead to infinite bullet point syndrome (IBPS)
• They discourage graphics
• Every slide ends up looking the same
• The designs are usually awful
• The presentation looks like every other presentation
out there
• Your audience will lose interest before you even
begin
• It implies a lack of style, a lack of knowledge and a
lack of professionalism!

26. Colour
Layout

27. AND STICKTO IT!!!!

28. Less is more!
Accent colour!

29. Calm, serene

30. Bright, bold

31. Aggressive, Fiery

33. www.colourlovers.com
kuler.adobe.com
colorschemedesigner.com
www.colorexplorer.com

34. again LESS is MORE!

35. One for the body text

36. You’ll need at least four!

37. The layout tells your audience
where the slide fits into the big
picture!

38. Remember these????

39. OR

45. (it makes the image “pop”)

46. morguefile.com
www.sxc.hu
www.rgbstock.com
www.photl.com

50. (An easy way to sex up your slides)

51. By manipulating the colour, , size,
weight, and you can enhance
the impact and visual interest of your
slides, creating hierarchy!
position

53. colour and placement of the text,

54. White space is your friend!

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