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Does your PowerPoint Suck?

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September 10, 2012
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Does your PowerPoint Suck?

Here are 5 questions you need to ask?

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Transcript

  1. Does my PowerPoint Suck?

  2. FIVE QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK to find out if

    your PowerPoint sucks

  3. Microsoft’s Themes & Layouts Suck! DID I TRUST MICROSOFT? 1

  4. And pick your own color palette. (hint: check out kuler.adobe.com)

    START WITH A BLANK LAYOUT

  5. Tons of bullet points suck! ARE MY SLIDES TOO BUSY?

    2

  6. Rule of Thumb: HAVE ONE POINT PER SLIDE

  7. IS IT HARD TO READ? Did I assume everyone was

    sitting in the front row and was 25? I suck! 3

  8. USE CONTRAST!

  9. AM I USING SUCKY IMAGES? 4

  10. Pick the right images for them. (Hint: Check out ShutterStock.com)

    KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

  11. Only my mother wants to listen to me go on

    and on… IS MY PATH CLEAR? 5

  12. This way, if you suck, they know when you’ll be

    wrapping up. ALWAYS SHOW STATUS

  13. CHRIS LEMA http://chrislema.com Twitter: @chrislema Facebook: /chrislema LinkedIn: /in/mrchrislema