OVERVIEW
Basic rules for the professional use of PowerPoint
- Only create slides once the concept is complete
- Use the company's corporate design (often saved as a slide template)
Tips for the preparation of different content
- Classic text slide
- No more than 3 lines per slide
- Limit to phrases or keywords
- Have lines appear in sync with the spoken text
- Image/video slides
- Make as large as possible
- Only add text if necessary
- Pay attention to image quality and rights (recommendation: company-owned or commercial image database)
- Tables or graphs
- Reduce data set to key content
- Highlight key numbers
- Illustrate as large and simply as possible
Planning the slide presentation
- Calculate approx. 3 to 5 minutes of speaking time per slide
- Schedule phases without PowerPoint (variety!)
- Switch off the projector image while the program is being changed (such as if an Excel table is to be shown)
- Go through the presentation several times in advance with a stopwatch
CHECKLIST
TRANSFER TASK
Create a slide plan
Before you get started with PowerPoint:
Based on your content concept, think about what you need a slide for. Make a note of the central bullet points and sketch what should appear on the slide. Consider the time as well. Structure your slide plan into sections for the introduction, the main part and the closing part.
