Using Powerpoint effectively

Here's some great ideas, that look obvious when you see them, but that aren't necessarily anything like what we actually do...

These are slides from a presentation about how to do presentations.
You can also go here, to hear the oral delivery of the presentation along with seeing the slides.

I found them from this blog posting, from this blog "Do I dare disturb the universe" from Scott Elias, an educator.

Here are some of the ideas:

• Don't write down everything you're going to say. YOU are the presentation, not powerpoint.
  
• Don't use slides as a prompter or a handout generator
  
• Don't use lots of bullet points and talk to them. "It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at you in the written and spoken form at the same time."
• Do use images, and talk to them - not clipart, but copyright commons licenced images, eg from flickr
• 10-20-30 (from Kawasaki)
• 10 slides, 20 minutes, all text used 30 points or more
• Can use diagrammes/graphs etc and talk to them. Easier than reading text and listening.
  
• People can't concentrate for more than 18 minutes. Have a "commercial break" regularly. Needs to be related to subject.
• Get people to be involved - eg "get them writing to get them thinking" starting off with quick jot down of what they want to get out of the session, and stopping for discussion as you go. Ask a question; poll the group; think-jot-pair-share; quick writes