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    Tips for Creating and Using Effective

    PowerPoint Presentations

    Hints for a successful presentation

    Plan carefully
    Do your research
    Know your audience
    Practice your presentation
    Speak at a comfortable pace and project to your audience
    Avoid speaking quickly to include more content
    Show enthusiasm for and interest in your topic
    Time your presentation appropriately (PowerPoints Rehearsal feature lets you time
    your presentation)

    Effective PowerPoint slides

    First slide should include your presentation title, your name, organization logo and
    date
    Use design template to standardize position, colours and styles
    Use colours that work well together (Such as yellow or white on a dark blue
    background. Avoid use of red)
    Limit the information to essentials
    Use effects, transitions and animation very sparingly
    Limit the number of slides (no more than 12 for a 10-minute presentation)
    Do not apologize for any slide. If the content is hard to read, redo it

    Text guidelines

    Generally no more than 7 words a line


    Generally no more than 7 lines a slide
    Avoid long sentences
    Provide only key points on your slides
    Larger font indicates more important information
    Font size generally ranges from 18 to 48 point
    Be sure text contrasts with background
    Fancy fonts can be hard to read
    Words in all capital letters are hard to read
    Avoid abbreviations and acronyms
    Limit punctuation marks
    Spell check and proofread your work

    Canadian Cochrane Centre 10 May 2005

    Clip art, graphic and other features

    Use clip art, pictures, charts, tables and diagrams to enhance presentation content
    Use sound and video when appropriate to content
    Use a chart or graph to present statistics
    No more than two graphics per slide

    Example of a good slide

    Example of a bad slide

    Acknowledgements

    Tips for Creating Effective and Interesting PowerPoint Presentations, Eccles Health Sciences
    Library, University of Utah website, viewed April 28, 2005,
    http://medlib.med.utah.edu/ed/eduservices/handouts/PowerPoint_Web/ppp-tips.pdf

    Creating an Effective PowerPoint Presentation, Virginia Montecino, George Mason University


    website, viewed April 28, 2005, http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html

    Canadian Cochrane Centre 10 May 2005

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