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November 14, 2006
Escaping from PowerPoint Purgatory (part 2)
An earlier post on PowerPoint Purgatory noted some suggestions on improving your PowerPoint slides. Worked with a client this week who was trying to put together a presentation for a group and he had over 120 slides (which he agreed was too much). He wasn't ready to go to a complete version of pictures and wanted to start by just cutting down on the number of slides and words on the slide. After some time together, r we came up with some "rules" for his presentation:
1-What do you want to accomplish with the presentation?
2-Who is the audience?
3-No more than 12 words per slide
4-Remember it is NOT an art project or movie-the transition effects are a distraction, not a help
5-What 3-5 questions will they want answered?
6-What are your answers?
THAT is your PPT presentation.
Posted by chitch at November 14, 2006 8:28 AM