Presentations:

What’s the point of

the perfect
Focus on the
presentation? individuals you are
educating- not the
- Comprehension information you are
- Information presenting on!
Simplified
- Connection with
Viewers
 Powerpoints:
Do’s and Don’ts
 Images:
Don’t: overcrowd your slide Do: Spread your images out and
with images align them for proper viewing.

Things get muddled and

confusing!
 Color:
Don’t: Use complementary Do: Use Contrasting Colors
colors
Dark on Light
Red and Green Light on Dark
Orange and Blue
Do: Stick to one color
Yellow and Purple
scheme!
Don’t: Use To not confuse your
viewers: stick to a
Light on Light selected amount of colors.
Light on Light
For this presentation, one
Dark on Dark can use blue, black and
white to not be confusing!
Dark on Dark
 Font:
Don’t: Use fonts that are Do: Focus on font style, size
difficult to read. and placement!

Use fonts that are difficult to read. Think about spacing, ability to
(Pacifico) read, and style!
Use fonts that are difficult to read.
(Pinyon Script) These fonts are not bolded,
Use fonts that are difficult to read. sized differently or edited besides
(Lobster Two) varying the type of font.
Use fonts that are difficult to read.
(Caveat)
Use fonts that are difficult to read.
(Lobster)
 Transitions:
Do NOT: Overuse Do: Use
transitions! transitions to
emphasize
This can be
important slides
confusing,
and points!
annoying and SLOW!
 Text:
Don’t: Do:

Write long, blocky, wordy Paraphrase

sentences. This not only
makes your life more Write short, concise
difficult, but also makes a statements.
viewer’s life more difficult.
Could you keep up with your Bullet points preferred.
teachers who wrote like this?
I’d say not, you don’t want Get your points across,
readers to miss information blatantly.
or waste time going back to
slides when information is
missed.
 Information Overload:
Don’t: Busy up a slide with Do:

images and text. Space text and images

This is uneven
evenly.
spacing and
difficult to Understanding is important.
read, especially Keep descriptions concise.
when explaining
an art piece.
 Presenting:
Don’t: Do:
Read off your slides! Use notecards!
(Practice, practice
Use small, tightly packed practice!)
text!
Come off invested! (You
(Your viewers may read
should be!)
faster than you present.)
Keep in mind Guy Kawasaki’s
Seem unfamiliar with your 10/20/30 rule…
topics… your viewers may not
seem as invested in your “No more than 10 slides, 20
minutes or smaller than 30
points if you DO NOT KNOW
size font!”
WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
(https://guykawasaki.com/the_102030_rule/)