The Don'ts of PowerPoint Presentations

Blue Dog Marketing attends many meetings and conferences. We see all types of PowerPoint presentations. Some awesome….and some awful!

What type of PowerPoint presentations do you create? Do you excite, motivate and educate your audience? Or do you put them to sleep?

Now, we don’t want you making these mistakes.

Don't overuse visuals and effects

Use sound, animation, and other visual effects to emphasize key points, but don't let them become distracting. Before using a visual in your presentation you should be convinced of its utility.

Don't use more than 5 words per line or 5 lines per slide

Don't use unnecessary words

Don’t use too many words

Do not use too many words or include non-essential information in your presentations.

Avoid hard-to-read color combinations

Color combinations like red/green, brown/green, blue/black and blue/purple are hard to read. Use high contrast between the backgrounds and the text.

Proofread, proofread, proofread!

Proofreading is very important and mustn't be skipped. You don’t want misspelled words or incorrect grammar.