How to Make a Good Power Point Presentation

I found the top ten slide tips and the faculty recommendations the most helpful articles. The top ten slide tips article emphasizes simplicity and the use of white space. There should be no distractions on your slides. This article also explains that it is ok to have an almost empty slide. Do not feel as if you need to fill up empty spaces with pictures or logos that do not really need to be there. The faculty recommendations also emphasized the importance of a simple powerpoint presentation, but it also focused on the in-slide text. There should be almost no text or bullet points throughout a power point presentation. Usually the points and information that is provided on a slide is just repeating what is going to be verbalized in the presentation. My advice for a good power point is
1. Avoid Clip-Art
Clip art is very animated and a real picture is more relatable for an audience
2. No bullet points
If a slide has any text at all there should be no need for bullet points because there should not be enough information to bullet
3. Color Coordination
Do not use an extreme variety of colors. It tends to be distracting and hard to follow.
4. Large Font
Font that is too small tends to make the presentor feel the need to cram more information into each slide and makes it hard to read for the audience
5. Avoide Excessive Animation
Slide transitions that are too slow or too elaborate and take away from the information that is trying to be conveyed to the audience.

A bad power point presentation has too much information on each slide. It also tries to make up for lack of research with colors, clip art, and extreme transitions. In a bad power point presentation the presentor will read directly from the slides and not engage the audience.