Friday, November 15, 2013

PowerPoint Tips and Tricks

PowerPoint presentation is one way to make a visual presentation to get applause from the crowd.

Within any working environment presentation is almost as important as the information it portrays, and there are some who would argue that it is even more so.

Here are 5 odd-balls tips that professional PowerPoint presentation can be utilized to power up your presentation.

1)     Presenter! Please be consistent – When you are using different fonts, borders and too many animations on your presentation, it can leave the audience bewildered and distract their information absorption, leaving the presentation with little idea of what it really meant, that is the reason why audience cannot stand with our presentation. A unique PowerPoint presentation can polish the brand of your company as well as the theme, templates, and design of your presentation. Common multiple-use slides such as PowerPoint diagrams and PowerPoint org charts can stand out with the use of a well-designed template.



2)      Presenter! Show them, don’t tell them - Presentations are powerful tools (if you know how to used it) when used to bring information, concepts and ideas to life. Information is truly great but it must be used with imagination. PowerPoint flow charts can tell the audience about the concept or idea in a simple and understandable way, but that doesn't mean it should be boring instead. A well designed PowerPoint flow chart will illustrate that words alone could never do.



3)     Presenter! Please remember your audience – Do not forget the KISS principle and present it to your audience. Change your paradigm, don't only think of what you want to deliver to them and what you want them to take away, but remember also to consider their expectations from the presentation. For example is PowerPoint map, it is great when you are defining regional sales strategy to a team of reps with your maps, but may not be as useful for explaining the same to other delegate such as a Finance delegate.



4)    Presenter! You are on the right track – This PowerPoint presentation need to be selected to best show what you want to show, much like your choice of shirt depending on whether you go for casual or formal invitation. PowerPoint timeline and PowerPoint SWOT are particular examples of specific templates that simplify and illustrate information key to overall analysis and development. As such, using a professional design ensures your PowerPoint SWOT and PowerPoint timeline slides reflect the news they carry.



5)  Presenter! Make a change that Inferior to become Superior - By using slide by slide on professional PowerPoint presentation, you secure the importance of your presentation, as well as exactly what you want to convey to your audience. PowerPoint org charts, PowerPoint flow charts and PowerPoint diagrams can ease within any organizational standards and keep their independent style. Specialty templates such as PowerPoint maps, PowerPoint timeline and PowerPoint SWOT can offer more potential to push the boat out with a killer design, as long as the information doesn't lose the track.

(Irawan, 2013)

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