How to do

BADPowerPoint!PowerPoint!

Use different colors on

every slide

Use lotsof

fancy fonts

Don’t prepare any handouts.Don’t prepare any handouts.

Everyone will be paying attentionEveryone will be paying attention

to your every word,to your every word,

and will remember everythingand will remember everything

next week,next week,

so who needs paper?so who needs paper?

Don’t worry about checking speling

or gramar.

Save your main point until the very

end,

then say it only once!

Don’t rehearse, and don’t check out the equipment or facilitybefore your presentationstarting time.

Use monochromatic,

low contrast colors

for text and background

Use irrelevant graphics

and audio clipsto distract your audience.

Memorize your talk word for

word.

Then, if you lose your place, you can start all

over again!

Cram lots of small size text on every slide.

See, isn’t this legible from 20 feet away? http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/default.asp

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/index.html

http://www.soniacoleman.com/templates.htm

http://www.websiteestates.com/ppoint.html

http://www.brainybetty.com/20Percent.htm

http://www.brainybetty.com/index1.htm

https://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column08.asp

http://www.presentingsolutions.com/effectivepresentations.asp

http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointtips.htm

Start talking before the animation

stopsPeople tend to stop listening while they are

watching, but who cares?

Don’t use any logical

progression in presenting your

thoughts; this will keep your audience

guessing!

Use many special effects

and lots of animation;

everyone will be very impressed!

Don’t worry about matching the design of your slides to the situation and topic.

Go ahead and use a circus theme for an executive

budget meeting!

Zoom through the Zoom through the slides, and don’t slides, and don’t

add any more add any more information.information.

Don’t give any Don’t give any thoughtthought

to pacing.to pacing. Put several unrelated ideas on

a single slide or string a single thought…

through several slides.

Remember Burma Shave?

Don’t summarize,

review the major points,

or bring your presentation full

circle to a conclusion.

And be sure to end with this view…!

Created (with tongue firmly in cheek) by

Sharon BarnesSouth Central Kansas Library System

sbarnes@sckls.info