POWERPOINT!

This is the big week for our class. We will finally be giving our big PowerPoint presentations involving our interests to the class. It is important however, to first make sure that people understand exactly what making a PowerPoint presentation should include.

I personally thought that out of the three articles we had to read, the most useful was certainly the first one entailing 10 pieces of advice for a good PowerPoint presentation. It had many useful pieces of advice such as use of pictures and transitions.

One of the most useful pieces of advice that was shared amongst all three articles was the use of professional pictures instead of cheesy PowerPoint made images. All three articles emphasized the fact that professional images can really elicit a strong emotional response from the audience and if it does, it can really serve as a catalyst for a good presentation. This is a piece of advice that should be taken seriously by the entire class. We have all sat through boring PowerPoint presentations and thus we should naturally all want to make our own presentation more entertaining with high quality photographs.

Some basic advice and guidelines that I believe the whole class should take into consideration while designing their presentations are:

1) Keep it simple: The less words per page the better
2) Use interesting photographs or use none at all
3) Use few transitions and if you do use them, use ones that are professional
4) Choose a clear, large font that is easily read by all people in the room
5) Take time to organize the slides into a logical manner

Finally, I think it is important to inform the class of what I personally find annoying in bad PowerPoint presentations. I personally think that the three worst aspects of bad PowerPoint slides would be too much text on a page and cheesy transitions/sounds.

These general aspects of a good PowerPoint presentation will greatly enhance the quality of any PowerPoint presentation that we make during our college career.