Presentations are the effective tools to communicate, but how to make them simple and effective

Effective Presentation Creating Skills

As you all aware that, a good presentation will reach every corner of the audience and wins the attention.

This article will help you to understand the basic points to be considered during the power point presentation.

Effective PowerPoint Presentations

PowerPoint is now as much a part of office life as water coolers are.

Ever since digital projectors started appearing in board rooms, almost everyone seems to think that taking a few words from their talk, sticking them in bullet points, then adding some irrelevant clip-art, is going to win you a standing ovation.

Sadly, PowerPoint presentations are now a major cause of frustration for audiences, who desperately try to stay awake, as they notice the words “Slide 14 of 324″ in the corner of the screen.

Indeed, some people are so against PowerPoint that they suggest ditching it altogether. Some offices have banned it, demanding that their employees go to the effort of making speeches with handouts.

However, often the reasons behind this backlash are simply that they’ve sat through one to many terrible presentations – and are blaming the tool. There are ways to use PowerPoint effectively, but they are generally not practiced.

Here is some advice for using PowerPoint successfully.

1) Thinking of making a speech

2) Take turns with audience attention

3) Try not to use words

How to make effective presentation from Satyajeet Singh

Think of making a speech

The best presentations are actually speeches, with PowerPoint used to add supporting visual elements. When people are asked to make a speech, they spend far longer preparing than if they were asked to make a PowerPoint presentation.

Take turns with audience’s attention

Don’t expect your audience to pay attention to you and the screen at the same time.

When you are talking, and the subject you are on is not related to what is on the slide, switch the screen to black. You can do this by pressing the “B” key on your keyboard.

Conversely, when you put up a new slide, give them a few seconds to look at it before you start speaking.

Try not to use words

If you must use PowerPoint, use it as a visual aid – not a visual alternative of your presentation for people who can’t hear you.

The aim of having slides is to show people something that you can’t describe. Don’t waste ten minutes describing a new building, when a few photos will do. Don’t list the past six-months sales figures, when a simple graph with a trend-line will do.

In general, don’t use sentences and paragraphs of text in PowerPoint slides. It’s difficult to read from a screen, and you would be better handing out full-notes for them to read later.

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